Have you read the book? Linchpin by Seth Godin. Reviews are collected here at Squidoo.

Are you a Linchpin? Do you aspire for more? Do you want to lead or create or connect or give back?

Linchpins are meeting in 700 cities world-wide. More than 4000 people. On June 14th, 2010. Are you going to be there?

There are many places to connect with Linchpins online. There is the Tribe. (Now with a blog everyone can read). There is a Linchpin NING. There are a few LinkedIn groups. Now there are over 600 MeetUps. There are probably groups local to you similar to the Tampa Creative Network or Brand Tampa.

But this is In-Person! Connect with another local Linchpin live! Maybe you will connect through Art or Genius. Maybe you will Inspire each other to Ship!

(Did you know that there is a Linchpin Manifesto?)

You can meet Seth live on his book tour (dates here; Boston on June 17th)

Linchpin Meetup June 14th

PS: There is another way to meet Linchpins in-person: events like BarCamp.

There isn’t a single I in Team. But there are 4 I’s in this group: INITIATE, INVITE, INFORM, and INSPIRE. (Thanks to Ed Brenegar).

A few other posts about being a Linchpin:  Mind Map, Tampa Linchpin MeetUp, and Are you a Linchpin?.

Seth Godin called for a Linchpin Day on June 14, 2010. You can find a local Tribe of Linchpins meeting up on that day in over 500 cities worldwide.  “Chemistry happens when people interact…” That’s why Seth encourages  face-to-face meetings whether it is Linchpin Day, his Day Long Seminars, or his World Tour.

Tampa has 20 people attending its Linchpin Day at the Ideafield Offices. Details here.

What will people do that day? A little speed networking, talk about all the great ideas in Seth’s books, and maybe discuss the following: “How to advance “leadership” in Tampa Bay. In tech, culture, economy, urban living, and sustainability.”  Will you be there? Are You a Linchpin?

I surpassed 500 this week on LinkedIn. I didn’t even notice. Someone else emailed me and asked me what my LinkedIn strategy was. It was a question that made me think.

My strategy for LinkedIn was to network with the top performers in Telecom and some of the best marketing people in North America. For the most part, I have stuck to that strategy. I also use LI as a contact database. If I meet you, I look for you on LinkedIn and invite you to connect. That way I can keep track of folks. Top of mind kind of stuff.

I am willing to help anyone attain their goals, but I am stingy with the recommendations. Why? A recommendation has to be authentic. I have to have worked with you – really worked with you. How can I talk about your work ethic or your business attitude if I have not seen it? A few folks have asked me for a recommendation but this is the problem. I have not seen them work. And I’m not going to leave a quote about their attitude at a networking event. [Matt Baron has a little more about the anatomy of a recommendation here.]

So if you are on LinkedIn, work in Telecommunications, Web 2.0 or Marketing (PR, Sales, Advertising, New Media), drop me an invite.