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Good gosh. That's a list. Without spending a lot of time figuring out exactly what it's about, it's hard to say, but simply "Make Global Sense" appeals to me the most if you can't just stick with "Global Sense" itself.
Indeed, that is quite a list. Personally, I kind of like Common Global Sense, playing on the classic Common Sense.
Here are the top votes so far:Making Global Sense (9)
Make Global Sense (3)
Living with Global Sense (2)
Beyond Global Sense (2)
Global Sense and Sensibility (2)
Global Sense Solutions (2)
The Global Sense Revolution (2)
The Dawn of Global Sense (2)
More votes or suggestions are still welcome.
Geez, Judah. I can't believe I even scanned all those titles. Now I'm suggesting one not on the list: Global Sensemaking. I like short titles and the word Sensemaking or Sense-making is popular these days in the knowledge management field.Just thinkin'.
I'd help, but I don't understand any of the titles. I don't mean to make a joke, but "Global Sense," and any of its derivatives, makes no sense to me. In other words, they are all bad. They give no idea what the book is about.
Michael wrote: "I'd help, but I don't understand any of the titles...."As recommended in the initial posting, to grasp the core concept behind the term "global sense," please visit the website of the previous edition: http://globalsense.com
Please note that almost nobody had ever heard the term "tipping point" until Malcolm Gladwell's book, and now the phrase is common parlance.
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." -- John Locke
Jerry wrote: "Geez, Judah. I can't believe I even scanned all those titles. Now I'm suggesting one not on the list: Global Sensemaking. I like short titles and the word Sensemaking or Sense-making is popular the..."The "sense-making" process is described with some detail in the book to explain how we make global sense of the whole world, that is, how we develop a global sensibility. The term's connection with business management, however, may mislead readers into thinking this is a business book, which it is not (although I do advocate "natural capitalism" as well as "conscious commerce").
I prefer "THE GLOBAL SENSE EVOLUTION" for any such change or step towards the change would be a giant step in terms of evolution.A more positive approach to embrace the sense globally.
And we have a winner! (thanks to all of you....)My wife and I have chosen "The Dawn of Global Sense: Awakening Humanity to Save Our World in the 2st Century"
We chose this one chiefly because it "tells the story" of the book best, and because it conveys that the book itself tells a story, that ideas in the book build like a story.
At this point, the main question is whether on not to keep within the subtitle the prepositional phrase, "in the 21st century." We see pros and cons with and without. Your feedback would be most welcome on this last point.
Here is a fast draft of the cover with the new title: http://globalsense.com/about-global-s...
What do you think?
Judah
FYI: Here are the top ten title getting more than one vote:
1. Making Global Sense
2. The Dawn of Global Sense
3. The Global Sense Revolution
4. Global Sense Solutions
5. Global Sense Evolution
6. Make Global Sense
7. Beyond Global Sense
8. Global Sense and Sensibility
9. The Power of Global Sense
10. The Politics of Global Sense
Judah wrote: "And we have a winner! (thanks to all of you....)My wife and I have chosen "The Dawn of Global Sense: Awakening Humanity to Save Our World in the 2st Century"
We chose this one chiefly because i..."
Good job. Much better. Sounds professional, too. I shouldn't have to go to a website to read what a title means. "The Tipping Point" means something in and of itself, even if you don't know what he's saying in the book. Your original title was meaningless. You improved it greatly.
None give me a hint what what global sense means, so I would tend to pass rather than hunt for meaning. Also, nothing tells why you did the big rewrite and what this new edition offers that the last one didn't.
The book mainly is for those who already consider themselves "global thinkers," and the meaning of the phrase in almost every case "makes global sense" to them, I've learned over the years. I have been told that my book brings context and deeper meaning to the now-trite catchphrase of "thinking globally and acting locally." As for "tipping point, the phrase came from Alvin Toffler and was unknown until it was introduced in his book 1970s book, Future Shock, which actually was yet another meaningless phrase that combined two familiar words in a new way. The rewrite and massive restructuring was done in response to readers' feedback that they loved the ideas but found the book slow going. Now the ideas flow one into the other in a more readable and compelling way, building logically and inexorably toward a climax like a good novel.
The website for existing edition: http://globalsense.com.
I'm wide open to suggestions for improving the subtitle that now begins "Awakening humanity to...."
Judah wrote: "The book mainly is for those who already consider themselves "global thinkers," and the meaning of the phrase in almost every case "makes global sense" to them, I've learned over the years. I have ..." Having read your site I thought Finding your Global Sense seemed right?Rgds Andrew
Title decided. Now tweaking the subtitle. Sticking with the opening words "Awakening Humanity" since that ties in with the "Dawn" theme.
Last night, while flying eastward at 39,000 feet above the earth, my wife and I did some brainstorming on subtitles. Here are the best options we developed:Making sense of the new global awakening
Making sense of the global awakening
Making sense of the awakening into global consciousness
Making sense of humanity's global awakening
Making sense of the awakening into global awareness
Seems like these finally are moving in the right directions as subtitles for THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE. Our goal is to help readers grasp the meaning of the phrase, "global sense" at the same time as conveying the core concept of the book.
Feedback?
Judah
Here is the final title and subtitle:THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE: Making Sense of the Rising Global Consciousness Now Changing Our Lives
A huge THANK YOU to all of you who supported this process!
Judah Freed
http://globalsense.com
As a salute to the American Fourth of July, and as a thanks for all of you who recently contributed toward selecting the final title and subtitle of my new book (THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE: Awakening to the Rising Global Consciousness Now Changing Our Lives), I am offering a free download of a PDF advance review copy of the book -- today only. http://globalsense.com/about-global-s...
Toward this end, I want your feedback.
The one caveat is that I need to keep the phrase "global sense" within the new title. Beyond the time and effort I've spent branding the phrase, one of the goals always has been to add that phrase to the popular lexicon, which has at last begun to happen with people in conversations saying this or that thing "makes global sense," so I do not wish to drop this phrase just as it's finally catching on.
All that said, below is a list of the new titles I've brainstormed so far, listed in the order they arose. I have my favorites, but I will not spoil your objectivity by telling them to you now.
Please scan through this list and let me know if any pop out as the most compelling. If you come up with a better title not on the list, please sing out.
To get a look at the most recent edition (late 2011), please visit my website at http://globalsense.com/
Thanks much, and here goes:
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The Dawn of Global Sense
The Need for Global Sense
The Case for Global Sense
Making Sense of Global Sense
Global Sense Matters
Conscious Global Sense
Uncommon Global Sense
Plain Truth and Global Sense
Simple Facts and Global Sense
A Global Sense of Freedom
Enlightened Global Sense
Enlightenment and Global Sense
Democracy and Global Sense
Make Global Sense
Choices that Make Global Sense
The Global Sense Revolution
The Global Sense Evolution
Embrace Global Sense
Global Sense Makes Common Sense
The Rise of Global Sense
Global Sense for These Times that Try Our Souls
Global Sense For Global Change
Why We Need Global Sense
We Need Global Sense
The Need for Global Sense
Reasons for Global Sense
The Cause of Global Sense
Ideas That Make Global Sense
Living with Global Sense
A Call for Global Sense
Global Sense for a Sustainable Future
Global Sense for Planet Earth
Global Sense for Life on Earth
Global Sense Now
About Global Sense
Good Old Global Sense
Global Sense and the Common Good
A New Age of Global Sense
Global Sense For a Troubled World
Global Sense to Save Our World
Global Sense for Our World
Global Sense Solutions
Time for Global Sense
The Global Sense Approach
Grassroots Global Sense
Basic Global Sense
The Common Sense of Global Sense
Global Sense Choices
Liberating Global Sense
Advocating Global Sense
The Idea of Global Sense
The Impact of Global Sense
Truth and Global Sense
The Truth of Global Sense
Global Sense for the 21st Century
Revolutionary Global Sense
Evolutionary Global Sense
Reality and Global Sense
Inspiring Global Sense
The Power of Global Sense
Making Global Sense
Common Global Sense
Awakening Global Sense
Creating Global Sense
The Shift into Global Sense
Shifting into Global Sense
Understanding Global Sense
The Politics of Global Sense
Oneness and Global Sense
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Do any of these strike you powerfully? Have you any better ideas?
Thanks so much for helping!
Judah