[BOOK REVIEW] Share or Die Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis - CareerEnlightenment.com

Collaborative consumption or “the sharing economy” is a method of efficiently spreading around scarcer resources and it is dependent on connection and  communication.Since jobs are certainly a scarcity these days Buczynski provides an interesting section on entrepreneurship and work. She suggests using online resources  such as Kickstarter for funding, Skillshare for extra income and affordable skills training, and sites such as coworking wiki, Loosecubes, and Liquidspace  to find coworking space.If You Cant Find Work, Create Your OwnIn the essay Emergent by Design, Venessa Miemis, founder of the popular website Emergent by Design, shares her experience of discovering her professional  purpose. The end result is nontraditional and inspiring.Using online resources accessible to everyone, Miemis has developed a flourishing brand. She started a website to share her ideas about collaboration and  co-creation and a Twitter account to keep track of what others were saying.Pretty soon s he had a strong network of followers and peers. Of this experience she says, This is how the new economy works, where trust can be built in a  networked environment with peers around the planet.Many projects have followed and she says that she regularly uses Skype for meetings and conference calls and has received funding from Kickstarter. She  says, And now here I am…with a career that is emerging from a simple blog and the genuine desire to connect communities and amplify the work of change  agents and mission-driven organizations. Inspiring stuff.Explore the PossibilitiesIf the innovative possibilities of connectedness sound exciting to you, explore this book. It’s loaded with content on the topic. In addition to creative  career development youll find articles on how to start a worker co-op, lead a union strike, self-educate, deal with student loan debt, and navigate family  life while developing a professional life.A revolution is happening and it could greatly change how w e live and work.True to Shareable ideals, a free format of this book is available online at  http://www.shareable.net/blog/share-this-book-the-free-version-of-share-or-dieYou can find the printed version at  amazon.com.Check out shareable.net for even more connection and inspiration.