Recognizing Essential Communities

By Carlee Mallard, on December 8th, 2010%

#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

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

By Carlee Mallard, on May 11th, 2010%

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)

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