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Arriving at Bengaluru International Airport
in India in June 2009, I found my checked
bags on the luggage carousel within seven min-
utes. Wow! I tweeted that. Leaving Seattle in
April 2010 I discovered that I’d mistakenly
requested a flight on Wednesday, but showed
up on Tuesday expecting to fly home to my
son’s Little League game in Austin that evening.
Continental Airlines made it happen, without
charge, in less than 30 seconds. Wow! I wrote a
blog post about that. This is social business in
action: Running your organization in a way that
generates the conversations you want. Read on
to find out how these businesses did it, and how
you can too.