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I want and need your wisdom on the title for my new book. I recently completed a total rewrite and massive restructuring of my book, GLOBAL SENSE. I am planning to release it this fall. To get advance trade reviews (Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, Foreword, etc.), I need to modify the title enough for the book to be treated as brand new.

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 Case for Global Sense

Making Sense of Global Sense

Global Sense Matters

Uncommon Global Sense

Enlightened Global Sense

Democracy and Global Sense

Making Global Sense

The Global Sense Revolution

The Global Sense Evolution

The Rise of Global Sense

Living with Global Sense

Global Sense Now

Global Sense Solutions

Grassroots Global Sense

Basic Global Sense

Liberating Global Sense

Global Sense for the 21st Century

Revolutionary Global Sense

Evolutionary Global Sense

Common Global Sense

Awakening 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

Global Sense Solutions
The Global Sense Revolution

My two cents.

Wow, lot's a titles there. I have to say while scanning through the list; the two that really caught my eye were The Dawn of Global Sense and Awakening Global sense. The worlds dawn and Awakening are very gripping and captivating and putting them in the title pulls people in. Where as I might not read a book title Global sense, I would definitely pick one up with either of the other two titles.

Sense and Global Sensibility.

Apologies, could not resist thinking in that direction :)

I have to admit though, and this is probably something coming from differences in cultural perspectives and backgrounds, the word "sense" has a bit of a different thought behind it than it probably has for you.

It is definately a case of language, and while English is my main I've been exposed to others so much that I speak those better than English :P With that comes a bit of change in perception as well. Sense as a word for me has more to do with the rational, the calculated, than the spiritual or emotional. It's something I associate more with the group, than the individual (from a sociological perspective, so to speak).

Obviously I do not know if you plan to release your work in languages other than English, if that is the case it might be time again to consider the title.

S.K.N. wrote: "Wow, lot's a titles there. I have to say while scanning through the list; the two that really caught my eye were The Dawn of Global Sense and Awakening Global sense. The worlds dawn and Awakening a..."

That's actually a good observation there. Trigger words. I do think there is an intent behind the current title, but it does not connect (yet) with that which triggers behaviour. Whether that is to think or to buy or both (ideally) is largely irrelevant at this point. What matters is considering how the introduction of a non abstract has such an effect.

Dawn of Global Snse.

That's actually a good observation there. Trigger words. I do think there is an intent behind the current title, but it does not connect (yet) with that which triggers behaviour. Whether that is to think or to buy or both (ideally) is largely irrelevant at this point. What matters is considering how the introduction of a non abstract has such an effect."

Perhaps I'm kidding myself about the potential for "global sense" entering the common lexicon, yet I keep thinking that no one had heard of Alvin Toffer's obscure phrase "tipping point" until Malcolm Gladwell's book and title went viral. Just a thought...

Global Sense Uncovered
(the cover art may be that of Earth half hidden in shadow from the moon and the other half illuminated by the rising sun)

How about MAKING GLOBAL SENSE OF THE WORLD: A Spiritual Handbook etc etc

How about MAKING GLOBAL SENSE OF THE WORLD: A Spiritual Handbook etc etc

Ahh theres so many to choose from! haha. I like Global Sense is Common Sense and The Global Sense Revoultion. Those to me stand out and they sound good together.

I like:
Global Sense Matters
Uncommon Global Sense
Global Sense Revolution
Global Sense Solutions

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.

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

The final selected title is THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE. 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? Suggestions?

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