Highway to Hale

It has been a quick-feeling week, but the social media world packed in some great content. These three #followfriday recommendations harnessed the power of conversation quite well this week – and it was no surprise to those of you following them on Twitter or keeping up with their blogs.

My first recommendation is a person that has made me consider moving to Canada so I could hangout with him. He is funny, intelligent, engaging, helpful, and considerate. His blog is always informative and/or helpful, humorous, concise and thought-provoking. What can’t @DannyBrown do? I am not sure…but I will let you know if I find out. Danny is the head of a program called 12for12k that has set out to raise $12,000 for a different charity every month of 2009. Danny never shies away from a conversation on Twitter and his blog offers great content on which to converse. He understands how a community should work and treats everybody like a valuable member of his community.

My second recommendation is another person that has a knack for stirring up some great conversations. You would never guess @DavidSpinks is only 22 years old based on his knowledge and ability to write engaging material (often at The Spinks Blog). David is the community manager for the blogging community, Scribnia. The great part about David is that he uses his position at Scribnia to pass along great information he comes across and highlight really intelligent bloggers. Like Danny, you will never find David sitting on the sidelines during a great conversation. It just so happens that many of the great conversations over the past week (and prior) have come from the content David has provided.

My third recommendation is somebody that hosted the best conversation I was able to find this week. Unfortunately my personal interaction with @dmullen has been limited, but that has obviously been a mistake. If you don’t believe me about the best conversation of the week, check out Mullen’s blog – Communications Catalyst. On Twitter, Mullen can be found with incredible insight right in the middle of the most interesting topics. You can bet Mr. Mullen has found his way into a pretty exclusive group in my TweetDeck in the past few weeks. I’ve been reading David’s blog for awhile now, and I’m looking forward to getting to know David a little better by catching more of his tweets.

So, go out and follow these three kings of conversation and have a great weekend.