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Recognizing Essential Communities

#reverb10 December 7th prompt: Community.

Community has been such a significant keyword in my life throughout 2010 that I had to mindmap everything I could think of relating to community in my life this past year (hence the image to the left). Yea, a lot, right?

First of all, to answer the first part of today’s #reverb10 prompt, “Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010?” Believe it or not, online communities often help formulate IRL relationships. I know, hard to believe that having profound, intelligent, and sometimes emotional conversations in an online community could move you . . . → Read More: Recognizing Essential Communities

Happy Birthday to Me! (and my blog)

Happy birthday to me.

No more early 20’s for me. Today I’m 25 years old. They say that my brain should be fully developed by now – that I should be the person I’m likely going to be for the rest of my life.

I finally know who I am, what I’m not, what I value and what I don’t, who matters & who doesn’t, and what work I’m passionate about. Of course none of this happened overnight. I didn’t just turn 25 and everything became clear. No, but I do think that a lot of this discovery took . . . → Read More: Happy Birthday to Me! (and my blog)

Lesson From Social Media Day: I’m An Expert, Too

What I learned on Social Media Day (June 30, 2010)

Yesterday was Social Media Day, as pronounced by Mashable. I only heard about it a few days earlier and I really wasn’t sure what the purpose of a Social Media Day would be, even after reading Mashable’s explanation. But as someone who is, I’ll just say, interested in social media and its future, I didn’t debate whether or not I would participate, but rather debated which local event I would attend.

There were two haphazardly organized events: the first one at Campbell University’s business school nearly an hour from . . . → Read More: Lesson From Social Media Day: I’m An Expert, Too

On Justifying Social-Networking (Or Why I Might Abandon Social Media)

Would I keep using social media and networking sites if I weren’t ever looking for a new job or clients? Already certain industries are more prominent on LinkedIn and Twitter (marketing, public relations, news sources, internet startups, consultants, freelancers, etc.) and more jobseekers than steady-job-havers keep active social networking profiles.

But at this stage in the game I just can’t see ever not using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Brazen Careerist, but believe it or not there was once a time when I barely used them (two of which I didn’t even adopt until 2009). Whoa was I behind the . . . → Read More: On Justifying Social-Networking (Or Why I Might Abandon Social Media)

Twitter Made Me More Positive

It’s so easy to complain to your family and close friends. Often its too easy to complain. We know that no matter what we say or how annoying we are, they will still be there for us. When we whine about work or our relationships our friends are usually there to be a sounding board, listen and agree with us about how much life sucks.

Too much of a good thing can be bad though. Our automatic thoughts become: complain, whine, negativity – hoping that our friends will make us feel better.

This is where Twitter comes into play. . . . → Read More: Twitter Made Me More Positive