“You are what you share.” ― C.W. Leadbeater, We Think: The Power Of Mass Creativity What is value? Value is not intrinsic, it is assigned. How do we decide what something is worth? Is it worth our time? What are we getting out of it? If we focus on valuable interactions, we can decide not…
Category: Networks
Find Me on Linked In, Twitter, Facebook!
'Find' someone to love. 'Find' someone to talk to. We are always looking for something and our favourite place to search is the internet. When we are not searching, we are inviting people to find, follow and friend us on social media. We are all explorers. We are all searching for people, places and things…
You Can Get Everything!
"You can have everything in life you want, if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar There are many schools of thought around what you can and can't have in life. I personally like Zig's philosophy. We are only as good as the people around us. If you have…
What Can You Offer Your Followers?
This week in one word would be, ‘networking’. I have accepted a multitude of invites for various events in a very short period of time. An invitation is an act of generosity and it is always a pleasure to be asked. It is lovely to be included in various gatherings, however, I am not able…
The Universe
“The universe provides, it opens windows, it gives us opportunities, I just put it out there and it responds.” I hear statements similar to this on a regular basis. While I agree with the sentiment attached to the words, I would like to change the language used. I would like to use the word ‘community’…
Your Story, Your Twitter, Your #Hashtag
What are you passionate about? Last Wednesday evening at Twitterversity I had the pleasure of exploring other people's passions. Twitter is a tool, a conduit for getting your voice out into the world to share our passions. The really wonderful thing about Twitterversity is the connections and conversations that take place after the course has finished.…
Changes to Twitter Will Not Change Your Network
Twitter is rolling out changes to how your profile page looks and behaves. Your profile now has a larger header image to capitalise on when telling your business’s story. Popular Tweets will appear larger on the time line and important Tweets can be pinned the to the top of the page. The new images tab…
Twitter Fundamental No 5. You Only Find What You Are Looking For, Part 2
It was Socrates who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." He was a smart guy. If he thinks it was a good idea, I would tend to agree. But how do you do it? How does one examine anything, where do you start? I think it is easier to start at the end.…
Twitter Fundamental No. 5, You Only Find What You Are Looking For
“What a difference a day makes Twenty-four little hours” – Lyrics by Stanley Adams, What A Difference A Day Makes Life can change drastically in a very short period of time. That is a given, what is not given is the time needed to understand those changes. The time needed to comprehend the roller coaster…
Twitter Fundamental No. 2, Be Authentic Online
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” - Aristotle The more things change the more things stay the same. I say that because Aristotle lived in a very different world to ours, but the principles of what it is to have a good life are the same. Life…