The power of five

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in May 2007; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

Griff points us to a nice story: the eBay Community is to be given a lifetime achievement award in this year’s Webbies. Meg Whitman will accept the award next month, given “in recognition of eBay’s contributions as a cultural phenomenon and commitment to innovation, growth and social consciousness”.

As Griff says, Webby acceptance speeches are traditionally limited to five words only: “Brevity is not always our strongest suit, so I’m curious what Meg will decide on.” It will be very interesting to see if she follows Paypal’s cheaty lead from last year: in accepting the People’s Voice award in the Finance sector, they said “Paypal thanks *a hundred and five* million users”. If they’re calling that a five word speech, it’s significantly not as described ;-)

You can add your suggestions for Meg’s five words to this thread.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
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Comments

3 Responses to “The power of five”

  1. Dan on May 3rd, 2007 1:20 pm

    It could be “PayPal thanks 105,000,000 users” still SNAD: only 4 words.

  2. Mark on May 3rd, 2007 1:41 pm

    Heh, couldn’t resist.

  3. Sue Bailey on May 3rd, 2007 10:17 pm

    AuctionBytes asks a very important question: should Fruity collect the Webby instead of Meg?

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