Tag: social media
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More Insight into a New Way of Being
I don’t write long posts. I wrote about a New Way of Being. As I write this – we are still in that “quarantine and starting to re-open” phase. I keep the posts short and just work out the info – but I don’t spend much time explaining. My hope…
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The Inner Work of Identity
…….is hard. Let me repeat that. “The Inner Work of Identity is hard.” Inner – the stuff that’s happening inside of you; in your heart and head; thoughts and emotions Work – effort to achieve something or fulfill some purpose Identity – who or what you are Sometimes I…
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The Way Family Podcast
I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Way Family Podcast. It comes out June 20, 2016 and you can find it here. We talked about #identityformation and the impact that #socialmedia can have on identity. We also briefly talked about extended adolescence and the way that #millenials…
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The Life Cycle of a Social Media Post
I did a quick search for this, and I didn’t quite find what I was thinking about. I definitely don’t have all the information to definitively write on this topic – but this is a blog post. I can try out an idea. It has been a few weeks of…
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What You Don’t Know about Social Media
……..can really rile you up. Just go to a presentation about Social Media and you’ll see what I mean. rile (rl) tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rile I don’t typically focus on writing about social media. I am more interested in the identity…
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A Podcast and a Relaunch
Do you podcast? If you do, I want to talk to you. I want to learn how and start one. I already have this conversation that my friend Jasen Ashdown and I have started. We record a video of us talking about things that we are processing through and learning.…
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Facebook Fatigue
Are you tired of Facebook? It’s been around since 2004. They opened it up to other schools. I remember when I signed up for it, I had to add all the information about our college – dorm names, majors. I wasn’t just signing up for myself, but for the institution.…
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My Low Self-Esteem and Need for Approval
Can you relate? I saw that line on a picture today. It was someone’s TwitPic picture. The thing that caught my attention wasn’t the picture itself – it was the line. The picture wasn’t risque or anything. It was just someone’s self-portrait, but the fact that someone acknowledged it caught…
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Why You Keep Checking Twitter and Facebook
You keep checking becauase that means that someone needed you. You keep checking because we all need to be needed. It’s so much easier to communciate it with social media. When the phone goes off, we have to check to see what people need of us – becaus we need…
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The Social Media Deaf
There is something about getting an @ reply to you from a brand or an author. I have thad great tweet conversations with some great companies and authors. It’s always a great feeling when they recognize you. Now, this isn’t anything new, but businesses that don’t listen to the chatter…
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The Best Kind of Social Networking
….is the kind that happens 3 feet from each other. The best kind of social networking is the face to face interactions that we have with people. I guess, even a skype video conversation – which technically is face to face – is still pretty good. Even though you’re not…
