I’ve been pondering having a blog for some time so finally, this Sunday morning…well afternoon now actually, I am sitting in bed setting this up. Hope it goes ok…..still got to decide on my appearance theme….in the mean time, check out any of my websites or twitter pages listed below:
www.communicationandconflict.com
http://twitter.com/alan_sharland
http://twitter.com/PropertyUKlinks
http://twitter.com/I_Love_SBI
http://twitter.com/JaynesJewels – but sssshhhh don’t tell anyone that’s mine….most people think it is run by a woman….called Jayne….I set it up for my lovely friend Jayne…hi Peachy …..but I run it for her. It seems to be very popular with Jewellery makers all over the world.
Anyway, hope you like my blog….look forward to connecting with you.
I try to UNREG it.
shit.
I wish I knew earlier > <
then I try to REG it again.
IT WORKS.
HOLY SHIT IT WORKS.
*dead*
I’M GONNA BANG YOU ALL DAY LONG HAHAHAHA
k. since I’m happy now (gak nyambung) I’m going to give you TVXQ’s Come to Play the date was on Oct 21st, 2008. gah, it’s been a year!
and I wish to see them more in shows like this.
hwaiting guys. I LOVE YOU FULL <3
Rank Talk
Changmin’s cassanova revealed lol
Attic Talk
it’s so touching here. heart-to-heart moment. pay attention to Junsu as he retells his first GF story. I heart him a lot here <3
Eftersom jag tycker Twitter inte fungerar så bra har jag bestämt mig för att lägga av med det.
Jag har inte tid och lust att behöva skicka varje meddelande flera gånger innan det till slut publiceras. Har också tappat flera av dem jag följer och upptäcker detta då jag får ett “mentions” av personen i fråga. Ibland har jag trott att personerna inte har twittrat på några dagar men så var inte fallet. Detta har alltså hänt flertalet gånger under några få veckor. Vad detta beror på har jag ingen aning om mer än att jag byter twitterklient mellan Twittelator på iPhone och TweetDeck (Mac). Tycker inte det är särskilt intressant när det blir såhär och hur än jag letar i flödet så är vissa delar borta ur konversationerna. Några gånger har jag fått “nå, vad tror du om det?” och jag har ingen aning vad det rör sig om. Det visade sig att dessa kontakter hade skickat några frågor som jag aldrig har fått.
Någon som känner igen dessa problem? Kommentera gärna!
I’m excited because I recently joined an online group called The Global Education Collaborative. Dr. Ransom heard about a webinar on twitter that he thought I would be interested in viewing about e-pals. That’s how I found out about this group. Some members of the Global Education Collaborative have invited me to be their “friends” and this week one person invited me to join the ning. In class a few weeks ago when we had to join a ning, I found the National Council of Teachers of English ning, and someone just “friended” me today. I have to admit I have not done much with these two nings but now that other members have shown interested in me, I’m going to explore these groups more. It’s really amazing how online networking works and how you can meet other teachers like yourself and share career information with them.
Este artigo examina os efeitos do Twitter no campo político, investigando as atividades de natureza política no microblog, o que inclui as manifestações discursivas de detentores de mandato eletivo e de movimentos ciberativistas dedicados de forma temporária ou permanente à vigília de feitos e performances de atores políticos. Visa identificar, substancialmente, o fenômeno de recuperação do poder discursivo do cidadão comum que faz dessa rede social um instrumento de regulação e de sanção da atividade política. Parte-se do pressuposto de que o Twitter tornou-se um fenômeno na ágora digital, ao disponibilizar mecanismos que consolidam a horizontalização da comunicação mediada por computador, necessária aos processos democráticos de livre expressão individual e coletiva. E, ainda, por sua força viral, resultante do estabelecimento de interações mútuas, confirmadas pelas replicações discursivas que os usuários do serviço fazem no mesmo espaço (reply, retwetts e direct messages), ou interagindo com outros fóruns de diálogo virtual na Web.
When the Halloween pumpkins are gone,
And the leaves have all fallen to ground,
When the air has turned windy and cold,
Then Thanksgiving will soon be around.Thoughts of loved ones all feasting together,
Pleasant pictures from past times appear
To dwell in each heart and each mind–
Then Thanksgiving is finally here!The kitchen has scrumptious aromas,
The dining room looks oh, so fine,
Decorations with pilgrims and turkeys,
And now we are ready to dine!First the napkins are placed on our laps;
Now the prayer for the meal to be blessed,
Then we stuff the good food in our tummies,
And we hope for it all to digest!
You can check out more poems where I got this one at Poem Source
In the recent years, dengue has been documented in travellers returning from several countries in West Africa, and particularly dengue type-3 virus. Dengue type-3 virus has first isolated in travellers returning to Japan and France from Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire in 2008 and from Senegal to Italy in October 2009.
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Published Date 23-NOV-2009
Subject Dengue/DHF update 2009 (48)
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Toda quarta-feira à noite Ticiane Pinheiro tem um encontro marcado com seus seguidores no Twitter. A apresentadora da Record, religiosamente, narra pela rede de relacionamento o que está rolando no programa do marido, Roberto Justus, 1 Contra 100, do concorrente SBT.
“Adorei esse participante”, relata Ticiane, entre outras coisas. Ela, entretanto, não faz um comentário sobre Bela, a Feia e Poder Paralelo, as atrações que na mesma hora estão no ar na Record.
Alguém já viu alguém da Globo falando de outra emissora? Inovadora, Ticiane está dando audiência ao marido.
Ninguém quer “passar recibo” sobre a atitude de Tici. Mas um diretor lembra que o “contrato dela com a Record acaba em 2010″, sem falar mais nada. Será que essa foi a forma encontrada por Ticiane para mandar seu currículo ao SBT? Tão inovadora.
Cruisedeals.com and Social Fresh, LLC teamed up to bring the 1st Premier Annual Social Media Cruise to the Carnival Destiny on 11.12.09. CruiseDeals.com is a leader in Group and Conference Cruises and Social Fresh is a leader in Social Media Conferences. on 11.11.09, we teamed up with the South Florida Social Media Community to throw the Social Fresh Bon Voyage Tweetup which was the largest Tweetup in Miami history. By the end of the Social Fresh Cruise, we proved that “Social Media and Cruising are like peanut butter and chocolate, two tastes that taste great together”. Most of the Social Fresh attendees have been long-time evangelist for the importance of making online connections stronger by taking advantage of opportunities to meet face to face. On Social Fresh Cruise, we took Face to Face to another level. We shared many once-in-a-lifetime experiences with those who are equally as passionate about the impacts of Social Media on all aspects of business. We had a diverse group of attendees who create incredible content online for a wide variety of audiences. We even had few owners of Social Media Applications in the mix of attendees. Cruising with a group of people who share a passion whether it is Golf, Poker, Bridge, etc. adds value to the cruise experience. Cruising with some of the most Social people involved with Social Media today, and it was a homerun.
We had 6 hours of Interactive Sessions with content and direction from Jason Keath, Chris Brogan, Greg Cangialosi, Amber Naslund, DJ Waldow, Lyell Petersen, Ryan Wynia, & Katie Morse. We had an impromtu Bloggers Roundtable that was wide open with all kinds of great lessons learned flying around the table. At the bottom of this post are links to the note for all of the Sessions.
Ryan Wynia Presenting Audience to Army at #SoCruise
We were in Cozumel from 7AM – 10PM. We had a 3 hour beach party scheduled from 2 – 5 PM at Carlos and Charlies. Everyone went their own way in the morning and we all met up at 2PM. At Carlos and Charlies, everyone shared fun stories about how they spent the morning in Cozumel. Many like @Kitmueller and I rented scooters and toured the entire Island. @ChrisBrogan and some others ate Fresh Grilled Lobster on the backside of Cozumel. At Carlos & Charlies (Charlos & Carlies according to Greg), 3 hours of Beach + Sun + Cervezas + Social Media Peeps = one of the highlights of the Cruise.
@nikinotes, @ashevilleallie, @Cmajor, & @girlgamy
The Social Fresh Crew at Carlos & Charlies
Each night we ate dinner as a group in our own designated section. The Dinners on the Carnival Destiny were delicious as always. I’m surprised Carnival did not go broke after @DJWaldow and @LuggageBoy put away multiple entrees each night. I can’t talk too much since I did eat two Lobster Tails on the formal dinner night. Social Fresh Cruise is one of the few Social Media Events that your non-social media spouse wants to attend. And with the amount of time that we put into social media, we sometimes need to reconnect with them too.
Dinners on the Destiny were Delicious!
At night, we played together in the Casino, sang Karaoke, danced in the discos, watched Rick Springfield perform on the Lido Deck, and on the last night we all dressed up in our Bathrobes to dance to ‘I’m on a Boat’ in the Piano Bar. My two passions are Social Media and Cruising. So although I’ve been on a lot of cruises, the Social Fresh Cruise was by far the most fun and valuable. The Cruise attracted the FUN Social Media Leaders who needed a vacation and saw the value in getting away with 50 other Social Media Insiders. By disconnecting for a couple days we actually made our strongest online connections. While the Cruise was close to perfect, we did have some places where we can improve the experience. We look forward to making the Social Fresh Cruise 2010 even better.
@LuggageBoy aka @findmespecials and Autumn enjoying the Sunset
All Photos in this post were taken by Steve Hall, @Adrants.
We booked 100s of groups each year. If you would like to do a conference cruise please email me at rtucker@cruisedeals.com .
A few of the tweets from attendees after they returned from the 2009 Social Fresh Cruise (#SoCruise is the Twitter Hashtag):
@GeekMommy DITTO! I’m looking forward to CO in Feb, and #SoCruise next year! Posted By MissKatieMo
Really missing all of my #socruise #sofresh people. I’d break an ankle instead of just sprainig it to cruise w/ them all again. Wild. Posted By @GeekMommy
@93octane Lyell! I had a blast! Thank you for being such an awesome host! #socruise Post by @JenChicago
@tomtravel2 Sure thing! Most valuable for me was an informal bloggers roundtable – a great peer-to-peer discussion. Very helpful! #socruise Posted by @MaidenVoyage
@RichTucker many thanks again for an awesome trip. Finally got to relax for a bit;) #socruise Posted by Elizabeth Hannan
Links to the Session Notes:
Real Online Communities - Amber Naslund of Radian 6 & DJ Waldow Community Mgr. Blue Sky Factory
The Future of Connectivity – Greg Cangialosi CEO of Blue Sky Factory
Future of MicroBlogging – Lyell Petersen aka @93octane the dotcom in CruiseDeals.com
Reverse Q & A with Chris Brogan Author of Trust Agents -
The Recording and Music Industry Today – Katie Morse aka @misskatiemo
É complicado ser uma estrela e apostar na fidelidade. Mais ainda se for Fergie, a estonteante MC dos Black Eyed Peas, sem dúvida uma das mulheres mais hot do mundo.
Segundo a MTV Latina, a loira não se zanga com nada: além de reconhecer abertamente que é bissexual, assegura que custou muito para entender que não podia ter romances extraconjugais, nem com homens nem com mulheres, depois de seu casamento com Josh Duhamel.
“Sempre fui honesta com ele, desde o começo. Acho que as mulheres são charmosas e não me envergonho por dizer que me diverti muito com elas. Falando com meu terapeuta, descobri que, mesmo que esteja com uma mulher, trata-se de infidelidade”, disse Fergie, que também não deu a mínima aos rumores de que Josh tinha tido sexo com uma stripper, recentemente.
More on the topic of social media in my everyday life: Went to a movie tonight with a friend and a car load of girls (six to be exact) to see an incredibly hyped film based on an insanely popular series of books. The movie was New Moon and there were gasps and sighs in the audience every time the two main male characters, Edward & Jacob, appeared.
So where does social media come in? Was talking to my friend (who for the record is happily married and did not swoon over Edward and Jacob) about Twitter and how I chronicle my local travels by Twitpic-ing unusual shots. We got to talking about my business and social media in general. She commented that she was under pressure to create a Facebook Page, but just didn’t feel like having to deal with keeping up the conversations. She asked me how I handle FB and I let her in on the knowledge that I am handling a lot more than a FB page. Made me think of all the social media sites that I am personally using on a mostly daily basis:
LinkedIn Personal Profile & Company Profile
Plaxo- really just a place holder- don’t use it
Facebook Page
Facebook Fan Page
Twitter Personal & Biz Accounts
Skype
YouTube
Flickr
Website w/blog
Blogger site
WordPress Blog
Gmail
Google Profile
Google Reader
Skype
Yahoo
Delicious
Still need to set up:
Zakta
Ning
Ping.fm
Digg
I also write in my Gratitude Journal every day and try to crank out a couple of blog posts a week. Keeping up with all of this in addition to doing work for clients keeps me more than busy. I have to admit that there are days when the 6th Google Alert set to “social media” hits my inbox and becomes the straw that breaks the camel’s back. I just want to scream “no more social media!”. Good thing no one can hear the roar inside my brain as I have a virtual conversation with myself in real time. These are the rare times when I unplug and join the BG (Before Google) world and just ‘chillax’.
Washington – Internet telah mengubah banyak hal. Penghargaan bernama Webby Awards, coba mengelompokkan 10 peristiwa di dunia internet yang paling dahsyat dalam 1 dekade terakhir.
Popularitas Craigslist sampai awal ekspansi Facebook masuk di dalamnya. Daftar ini termasuk momen yang memang sudah terasa dampak besarnya sejak awal atau even biasa saja, namun terbukti amat berpengaruh di kemudian hari.
Sepuluh momen yang ada tidak dirangking melainkan dianggap sama pentingnya. “Seberapa pentingnya itu tergantung siapa Anda dan tertarik pada apa,” ucap David-Michel Davies, Executive Director Webby Awards.
Berikut 10 momen terpenting di dunia internet versi Webby Awards menurut waktu terjadinya:
- Tahun 2000: Situs iklan Craigslist berekspansi dari basisnya di San Francisco. Popularitasnya meledak dan dinilai sebagai contoh peralihan iklan koran ke online.
- Tahun 2000: Peluncuran layanan Google AdWords. Layanan ini dinilai membuat para pengiklan online lebih baik dalam menarget konsumen yang diinginkan.
- Tahun 2001: Peluncuran Wikipedia, yang dipuji sebagai permulaan proyek kolaborasi online dunia. Saat ini, Wikipedia telah memiliki lebih dari 14 juta artikel.
- Tahun 2001: Napster ditutup. Penutupan situs file sharing ini dinilai memicu pertumbuhan situs musik legal seperti Hulu atau iTunes.
- Tahun 2004: Penawaran awal saham Google ke publik. Langkah ini dinilai sebagai awal Google menjadi raksasa internet berpengaruh saat ini.
- Tahun 2006: Revolusi video online yang dipicu YouTube. Bandwidth yang lebih cepat, kamera video yang murah, memicu ledakan video online.
- Tahun 2006: Facebook dibuka ke publik luar kampus dan awal Twitter lahir. Revolusi jejaring sosial online dipicu oleh dua situs ini.
- Tahun 2007: Debut smartphone iPhone. Ponsel Apple ini memicu popularitas aplikasi ponsel via internet yang sekarang seakan jadi barang wajib.
- Tahun 2008: Dominasi internet di pilpres Amerika Serikat. Belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya pertarungan capres sangat dipengaruhi aktivitas di dunia maya.
- Tahun 2009: Protes pemilu Iran via internet, utamanya Twitter. Dengan pemblokiran akses wartawan, Twitter jadi andalan menyebar berita mengenai Iran saat itu. ( j-red )
Monday’s One Tree Hill (2.6 million viewers) dropped ever so slightly and Gossip Girl (2.2 million viewers) dropped a bit more in the ratings compared to last week.
Last night’s 90210 ( 2.1 million viewers) stayed the same in the ratings compared to last week.
For some reason, this week (both Monday and Tuesday) The CW only had 94 percent coverage instead of 95 percent. But I’m not sure how much difference that actually makes in the ratings. I’ve been told it was 94 prior to this season so it’s possible that will be the norm again.
The CW sent out a press release, however, touting this week’s ratings for all 3 shows, as well as how the network did overall during the sweeps period as well for this season in general compared to last year.
It was comforting to read the comments on EW.com’s 90210 recap and see many other original fans with similar complaints to the Jackie-Kelly storyline as I have.
TV Guide Magazine has a spoiler-filled interview with Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210).
Greg Vaughan (Cliff, Beverly Hills 90210) tweeted that his new role on 90210 will begin in January and that it is recurring.
Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210) is reportedly dating Rihanna.
Zimbio has an interesting look at the hairstyle Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills 90210) had at the New Moon premiere.
PEOPLE.com and EW.com have brief recaps of Kellan Lutz (George, 90210) appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today.
Kristin has major spoilers for Gossip Girl.
GQ named Leighton Meeter (Blair, Gossip Girl) their Obsession of the Year.
PEOPLE.com has more details from Meester’s Glamour UK coverstory.
Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl) is partnering with Coach on a jewelry line.
Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) is featured in the new SoGoPro prodcast.
Article form the Mountain State University Website – 17th November 2009
“Social Media for Leaders White Paper Available Today
We are pleased to present our new white paper, Social Media for Leaders. It is available for free download here or as a permanent feature on the sidebar on the top left of this blog. Here at Mountain State University, we believe that involvement with social media is a powerful way for leaders to extend their influence and impact. We hope this tool will help you as you navigate various social networks and learn to use social media effectively. Please feel free to share it with others. You might also enjoy our other white paper, Twitter for Beginners….”
You see what you’ve done Cleveland. I hope you’re Baltimore. Your Monday Night suckfest has taken the purest of Kentucky’s flowers and sullied those virginal baby blues to the point that he is now entertaining the most prurient of (misspelled) visions rather than watch your programming. If Kige is vulnerable, what hope do the rest of us have..what hope do the rest of us have.
De acordo com informações do jornalista Daniel Castro, do R7, Manoel Carlos nega que a rejeição da personagem de Taís Araujo em Viver a Vida seja racial.
“Não acredito. Somos um país de negros, e todos muito talentosos, sempre aplaudidos no teatro, cinema, TV e música”, afirmou ele.
Para ele, o problema está no preconceito à moda:
“Gosto muito da Taís como Helena. Sei de alguns focos de resistência, mas acho que isso é normal, em se tratando de um personagem que durante dez novelas foi interpretada por atrizes mais maduras, entre 50 e 60 anos, exceção da Maytê [Proença], mas foi há muito tempo, e as Helenas ainda não eram bastante conhecidas. De repente, coloco uma atriz descolada, moderna, jovem. E entendo que haja um ruído. A Helena não é superficial mais do que qualquer modelo. O mundo da moda é visto com preconceito. A própria Helena diz: todos nos consideram bonitas, magras e vazias. O personagem cumpre esse papel”.
Last week I reported that Kathy Griffin was gonna host the show Let’s Dance on ABC. Well, before it as ever aired it as already cancelled. A pity because it could have been a lot of fun. She will have a role though in Law&Order SVU as a lesbian activist. I love everything Kathy does so she will rock this as well, I am sure.
Levi Johnston is still welcome to Sarah Palin’s house for Thanksgiving she said after Oprah Winfrey asked her that on her show this week. According to her Levi is still part of the family. I don’t believe a single word of that. But if he does go there he can show Sarah the award he has already won. An 11- inch silver dildo for mainstream to porn crossover for his Playgirl shoot. I think it’s great he has the guts to do this.
On Britney Spears’ Twitter she says. “I hope the new world order will arrive as soon as possible” and “I give myself to Lucifer everyday for it to arrive as quickly as possible. Glory to Satan”. Looks like somebody’s Twitter got hacked into again!! haha
Estão abertas as inscrições para o Boardflex Rio Doce Classic de Surf 2009, que acontece nos dias 28 e 29 de novembro, nas boas ondas de Baía Formosa, litoral sul do Rio Grande do Norte. A competição terá sete categorias em disputa – Iniciantes, Mirim, Júnior, Open, Sênior, Master e Grand Master.
A premiação inclui pranchas Rio Doce e blocos e roupas da Boardflex.
As so many companies know, the real key to success during times of economic recession is an effective marketing strategy. Let’s face it – it’s all very well having a great product or service but if nobody knows about it then your business is likely to go the way of the Dodo.
The problem is that during times of economic depression small businesses tend to cut-back on marketing and business development at the exact time they need to be pro-active. A struggling economy offers small businesses that want to move forward the opportunity to reach their target market due to the fact that their competitors tend to bury their heads in the sand and attempt to simply ride the recession out.
The question still remains however – how can a small business owner with a limited budget prosper during an economic downturn?
Write some of your own Press releases. This is less expensive than advertising and it offers your business a level of credibility and helps in reaching your ‘target-market.’ Once you’ve written your press release then start contacting members of the media to pitch your various angles. It’s very important to keep the media in mind when doing your pitches – the key is to pitch towards their needs.
Combine your Press releases with Social Media available free on the Internet. You could utilise social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to generate an interest in your company.
Utilise Internet marketing wisely. This is an area that you could potentially spend an awful lot of money on. However, there are a few things you can do to try and limit costs:
Look for an affordable web-host. Web-hosts can either be ridiculously expensive or very affordable – such as 123-reg, uk2 and BT.
Buy a web domain name that is relevant to you. For example, if your brand is called IBM Computers then it makes sense to buy a domain that reflects this: ibmcomputers.com
Rather than focusing on expensive Search Engine Pay per click campaigns look into utilising Social media to its full advantage – consider starting a company blog. This can be completely free as companies such as Google and WordPress offer free hosting and domain names.
Search Engine Optimisation. This is something of an art (albeit an inexpensive one if done right) and I strongly advise reading this article for more information on this – www.marketresource.co.uk
So there are numerous things that can be done to improve your marketing. I have included a list of other resources on this subject below and I strongly advise doing more research into effective, affordable marketing techniques to improve your business.
Social Media – the future of small business marketing Taking a larger bite out of the marketplace
So, we’ve looked at Proof and Presence and why they’re the lead tandem in the New Four P’s of Marketing.
Now let’s look at what you need once you have Proof and Presence: some Persuasion.
Persuasion — What good is Presence if you don’t use it wisely? If you don’t use it to demonstrate your Proof to potential customers? That’s what Persuasion involves: using your Presence effectively to deliver your Proof and persuade customers to, well, become your customers.
How do you persuade? Well, I’m not suggesting you do anything that’s not genuine, as the word persuasion is sometimes viewed. What I mean is you need to develop market knowledge and a customer-first mentality, and leverage it to be an expert and give customers a reason to trust and do business with you.
What kind of knowledge? Data and statistics about your market and about your customers. Unique experience or perspective. Customer needs and how to address them. Hell, even just having an opinion is market knowledge and worth something in terms of mental capital with customers. Even a forum or community on your site can be knowledge, even if it doesn’t come from you — if you bring customers together to discuss things and share thoughts, you’re the driving force behind their connection. You’re an expert.
How do you leverage it? A variety of ways. Start a blog, and use it to craft an authoritative perspective. That’s Persuasion at its best, when your organization’s leaders — and even its front line people — share their expertise with customers via social media. That’s real enagagement. You can start an enewsletter, develop white papers, open Twitter accouunts, build a unique content area of your website. It may seem like irrelevant effort if it’s work that doesn’t focus on your products or company. But it’s not. You have to make a case for customers to trust you. You have to persuade them why you’re relevant, why you’re the best choice. Showing them Proof and having a Presence isn’t enough — you must deliver content and perspective that makes the case.
Aggregating and sharing this knowledge is the Persuasion that helps you keep customers that your Presence found for you.
Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I’m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas.
Day 16: Remember when your parents would prompt you with “What do you say? Say thank you.”
My mom was the thank you note enforcer. Writing them was non negotiable.
When I graduated from high school, Mom took custody of my graduation presents. Only after I had written a thank you note could I get possession of each gift.
Crane doesn't just make lovely thank you notes -- they also offer a PDF with tips on writing thank you notes. Click here to read it.
So I admit to having a strong bias but I believe in the power of the thank you note — especially of the hand written and mailed variety.
It seems obviously to me that if someone has done something I’m grateful for, it’s a wonderful thing to say so and to say thank you. It’s one thing to make a note in my gratitude journal, which is good for my heart, but what if I can make the other person feel good, too?
Usually thank you notes are transaction specific — thanks for the gift, for inviting us to the party, for the job interview.
But this week I’m writing thank you notes for a variety of things and people I’m grateful for, even if my gratitude is big and broad or if the inspiring act was long ago.
If you stumble for the right words when you’re writing thank yous, the good folks at Write Express offer some pointers — these are just a few, you’ll find more on their site:
Stick to the point.
Be sincere–most people can sense when you aren’t being honest.
Be specific and include details from the event. Make your letter stand out.
Reaffirm your gratitude or restate the compliment.
Close with either an expression of thanks or an indication of your intention to continue contact.
Just to get warmed up a little:
Jim Wojcik, thank you for all your wisdom and patience not only as our college newspaper adviser but also as my job placement expert and frequent career therapist. I’m not sure where I’d be professionally without you and I will be forever grateful.
Julie Peterson, thank you for hiring me to be a health writer at the University of Michigan News Service when I’d never been a medical writer in my life. You trusted me to figure it out on the job. Thank you for that chance and for showing such confidence in me.
Karen Joseph, thanks for being my life raft of a roommate at one of the lowest points in my life. You probably didn’t know what you were signing on for when you rented my spare bedroom but I’m grateful for the kindness and support you showed me.
Cecil Shepherd, thank you for welcoming me into the University of Michigan family in New York City. You probably more than any other person made New York seem doable for a girl who’d never moved away from her home state. Your encouragement and enthusiasm made it so much less intimidating and I’m grateful.
This week I’ll be doing some proper thank yous, with pen and paper like Mom taught me, in addition to some social media versions on Facebook and Twitter, too.
Who deserves a thank you note from you? It doesn’t have to be big life-changing events — what about the colleague who’s helped you or the neighbor who always waters the plants and gets your mail when you’re on vacation? Or maybe it is big stuff: the teacher who inspired you or the friend you couldn’t imagine life without? Share
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2) learning of and connecting with other small group types not daily but minute by minute
3) constantly receiving info telling me of a new small group book that has been published, a small group conference that has just been announced or a concept that a small group peer just thought of
4) asking a question and getting multiple answers back within minutes from other small group pastors and gurus
If you’ve been considering twittering but have been saying things like, “I’ll go into that kickin’ and screamin.” it’s time to put on your steel-toed boots and enter a sound-proof room. Or maybe your phrase has been, “I’ll start twittering when I become one of those nerdy tech types.” Buy an iPhone, replace your PC with a Mac and get a t-shirt that announces, “I Tweet.” Or maybe you’ve been saying, “When I have time I’ll join the twitter movement.” You may find out, like I have, that being a twitterer may save you time as you are constantly getting the answers to your questions (or being directed to a blogpost or article that can) in 140 characters instead of having to read an entire book.
Because I long to learn from everyone doing good small group ministry, I am constantly working to build my small group tweep list. Below you’ll find 48 small group pastors and gurus that I am connecting with through Twitter. If you’re the small group point person for your church and you don’t see your name (these are in alphabetical order) and you twitter, please, oh please send me your twitter account name so I can follow you by responding to this blogpost. Another option…. go online and follow me (rickhowerton). When I get your request to follow my tweets I’ll choose to follow you.
Feel free to use this list to build your own. I think every person on this list would be honored if you join this network of gifted small group aficionados.
A lot of us are drawn to social media due to what I believe is a shared human need – the need to connect with others. So if I’m to be found here on this blog, and on Twitter and such, why wouldn’t I feel free to open up and tell the world what’s on my mind?
Let me tell you a story. I have been on a few job interviews lately and one of them was with a well known not-for-profit entity that is associated with a particular religion. My recent background is in digital advertising sales, so an interview with a non profit is slightly discordant to begin with, but nothing I couldn’t manage. Here’s the rub: I went home and wanted to ‘tweet’ a link to a newspaper editorial, and then stopped myself cold. How would that piece ‘play’ to my prospective employer? (Not that my interviewer would necessarily even know what Twitter IS, but you never know.)
That’s just one example. How about this one: I politely decline an invitation to something I have absolutely NO interest in by apologizing and saying that I’m already booked that night. Then I have to go and note my calendar NOT to go to Facebook that night and post an update like “Watching Goodfellas for the 65th time and eating pizza – good times!”
I’m home sick with a cold and as I follow the health care reform bill, I have thoughts I consider sharing, but then decide not to. During the last presidential election, I watched heated debates take place all over various social media channels, and I stayed on the sidelines. It looked like most were just preaching to their own particular choirs anyway. And when there were the inevitable clashes, the results were usually horribly polarizing.
People used to say that there were three topics you needed to avoid in polite company – politics, sex and religion. It seems like when I am faced with this whole self censorship battle, the reason is generally traceable back to one of these topics. But I have never been one to shrink away from any kind of battle, so why does this one seem more difficult?
Does anyone else out there struggle with this or am I being silly?
O humorista Tom Cavalcante durante “O Curral”, parodiando o apresentador Britto Jr.
Começaram ontem nos estúdios da Record, em São Paulo, as gravações de “O Curral 2″. Tom Cavalcante volta a interpretar Cabrito Junior nessa nova sátira ao reality “A Fazenda”, que no próximo domingo, dia 15, estreia a sua segunda edição.
Caberá ao Tiririca a missão de se passar por Karina Bacchi – um dos nomes já confirmados – no “Curral”, até porque esta não será a sua primeira experiência com a “personagem”. Em “Simple Life – Mudando de Vida”, da mesma Record, ele já foi Karina Bacchi – ou melhor, Tiririca Bacchi.
Vale lembrar que o primeiro “Curral” alcançou boa resposta de audiência e contou inclusive com a participação dos eliminados do programa, situação que agora deve se repetir.
E mais: o tipo criado pelo Tom Cavalcante ficou tão popular, que nos eventos promovidos para comemorar o sucesso da primeira edição, Brito Jr. era chamado de “Cabrito Junior”. “O Curral 2″ estreia dia 21, um sábado.
Theme : “Kilos Pamayanan : Sa Droga Patuloy Na Lumaban.”
Duration : 30 seconds
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· Must be a resident of Misamis Oriental and the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog.
· Participant must own the submitted material.
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· Participants are not allowed to use voices of radio/TV personalities.
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Criteria :
Style and Creativity 30%
Context and Presentation 40%
Call for Action and Impact 30%
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Rules :
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· Deadline of submission of entries : November 18, 2009, 5:00PM
· Submit in DVD copy with the entry form to the Provincial Peace and Order Council, c/o Press Office, 2nd Level, Provincial Capitol, A. Velez Sts, Cagayan de Oro City.
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· The radio plug may use various formats (mini drama, straight announcement, endorsements, dialogue, question and answer, puzzle and quizzes, musical jingle).
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November 20, 2009, 6pm at the Provincial Capitol.
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Prin martie am inceput sa ma joc cu un cont propriu pe Twitter, iar din mai am inceput serios sa-l folosesc. Discutiile se poarta in aceasta retea cel mai mult in timpul saptamanii, asa ca atunci conversez si eu cel mai mult acolo.
Va las cu un grafic generat de Tweetstats despre cat si cand am tweeterit eu si cu gandul ca nu stiu cum am trait inainte sa descopar jucaria
Excerpt from Linked in Q & A Nov 4, 2009
Question asked by
Dave Schneider, Sr. Vice President / Director of Client Services at Tribal DDB Chicago, IL
Answer by: Deb Durkey, President of Social Internet Expertise, Dallas, Texas
2009 is nearly done and gone. As the recession starts to break and we all get back to the “new normal” of business, what will digital marketing look like on the other side as we enter 2010? Several of our clients are starting to show an increased desire to be significantly more aggressive across all digital marketing platforms. What do you see? What opportunities are starting to emerge?
Answer:
Dave, that’s a very perceptive question. I teach Social Media and conduct workshops for Small Business owners in the Dallas, Texas area. Small business is, without question, the heart of American business! I see an intense level of business interest in Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and LinkedIn here. This is going to increase for all of next year. These business owners have all sorts of range in computer skills, from excellent to…well…just not very good. I let them know that Social Media is important, but it is not the whole picture for their business internet presence. I let them know that they still need to have a killer website (or two, or three), SEO and a great PPC campaign. That’s hard to wrap their mind around when they have a homemade template website and don’t understand what the above terms mean. I bring them information about how long it takes to develop a following on social internet. And the weekly commitment it takes to “link in” and “follow” and “find friends”. Then I explain that everything they do on social media is done to support their entire web presence and internet marketing plan. Everything must tie together and work together to bring in new business and revenue. I foresee that social media is going to raise the level of awareness among small business owners who have previously avoided the need to have a comprehensive internet marketing strategy for their business this year. This should bode well for reasonably priced website developers in the United States. And it will also help these small business owners quickly recover financially from the recession, simply because they are making this new investment in their business.
@veteransairlift advertises themselves in their Twitter bio as “free rides for vets in jets” and their background links to their organization’s blog. Veterans Airlift is a all-volunteer network that provides free transportation to veterans for “medical and other compassionate purposes,” according to their blog’s headline. They Tweet about their organization and link themselves to the organization’s official website.
@veteransairlift and every other Twitter Tuesday user I showcase can easily be found on the Twitterers I Follow page of my blog.
Add this user to your Twitter followers, and like always, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @heatherbray. I’d love to hear from you. Happy Twittering!
On this episode of The Wheelhouse: Bower and “The Sweet Nasty” Chris Cause finish off where we left off with last night’s show by recapping everything that happened in WEEK 8 of the NFL! That’s Wwhere we talk about how much the BROWNS think that ERIC MANGINI is a GENIUS and talk some FANTASY FOOTBALL! “The Champ” Jeff Peck then defends his TWITY TITLE aganist Bower in this week’s HEY! NICE TWITS! Finally we wrap up the show by welcoming back COPERNICUS & CAPTAIN OBVIOUS to find out who won WEEK 8’s STUMP THE SALLY!
Ever have your Twitter jacked before because you allowed access to a app, game, program to get more followers, or countless other apps that ask you to allow them? I know i have, and i’m sure some of you may even have. If you have like I have then you know it’s not nice. It’s annoying as hell, and pisses off all your followers with massive spam directing more people to the hi-jacking site. Well I’m about to explain how to stop this in this blog. About a month or so ago I was surfing for some apps/tools/games to add to my Twitter since I’m a whore, and love Twitter, and I came across this RPG game. Little did I know all hell was about to break loose. So I add the app and it asks me to allow/deny it, so what do I do? Of course I allowed it, thinking it was going to be a cool game. It in fact was a spam bot that jacked my Twitter and started spamming the shit out of my followers every so often. So my boy Oink follows me, and he saw that it was spamming me to hell, and found a way to get rid of it. It’s pretty simple but not many people know how, so they just let the program spam their account to shit. Check the diagram below for more help on how to get rid of these programs IF IN FACT YOU ALLOWED ONE. (sometimes this won’t work and you’ll need to change your password) All you do to get rid of this crappy spammer is simple… Go to your twitter.com page, go to “SETTINGS” then go to “CONNECTIONS”. Inside “CONNECTIONS” you shouldn’t have anything there.(Unless you’re like me and have your twitter connected to your Myspace/Facebook) If you have programs connected then hit “REVOKE ACCESS” on all the programs that you have there, and you should be good to go now. Like I said tho. Some of these programs you MIGHT need to change your password. If your account spams and you have NOTHING in connections, then your best bet is to change your password. Check the diagram below to get a hands on of what I’m talking about. I hope this helps you out. Enjoy!
As many of you know, a new Windows was released recently, Windows 7. Windows 7, and the less loved Windows Vista, both offer a feature called “gadgets.” These gadgets are small applications that stay on your desktop at all times like so:
As you can see there, there is an application with a “t” at the top.
This is a Twitter gadget called Twitter Explorer. When my class was required to start to use twitter, I downloaded this gadget to help keep me updated. I loved the gadgets feature of Windows 7 and I especially love the twitter gadget. It gives me different options, such as the color of the gadget, how often it gets updated, and the size of it.
I really enjoy using this gadget. Instead of opening my browser every so often to see updates, I can view them right from my desktop. Without opening the webpage I can also post tweets, respond to tweets, and retweet easily. I can also search for trending topics and select to view only tweets directed at me.
I think that Twitter Explorer via the Windows 7 gadget will definitely become more popular as Windows 7 becomes more popular. Once I graduate from Rowan, I will hopefully get a job teaching. Although I will probably be teaching younger children who won’t be using tweeter yet, I will still follow fellow teachers. Without having to open my internet browser, I can keep up to date with the strategies and tips that other teachers may offer via twitter. Overall, I’m very pleased and will continue to use this application as I continue to use twitter!
…..but I run it for her. It seems to be very popular with Jewellery makers all over the world.
the date was on Oct 21st, 2008. gah, it’s been a year!
Odair Del Pozzo
