On Friday I spoke to the NJPSMG group about emerging technologies. The session was basically about the cool tools that use in my daily routine and some that I want to try. My co-presenter, Lisa Kanda, introduced me to a few new ones as well.
For those of us that live in a social media-driven world, we might feel like Rockwell in the 1984 hit, Somebody’s Watching Me. Between status updates on Facebook, check-ins on Foursquare and Gowalla and location-based tweets, our lives are everywhere.
If you are like many marketers or event professionals, you are considering adding new media tools to your communication mix. While you have the best intentions, the reaction from management might be “you want to do what?”
I was fortunate to have worked for two of the best networkers in the world. Domenick Iellimo and Sally Glick both taught me the importance of networking as a business development tool. It wasn’t just about meeting people, but about helping others succeed. It’s about paying it forward. Both of these individuals, both successful in two very different industries, seem to know everyone. They are out there in the world, attending events, having lunches, having breakfast, having dinner…never alone, but with people that they could help.
If you look up the word “social” on Wikipedia, it says: The term Social refers to a characteristic of living organisms (humans in particular, though biologists also apply the term to populations of other animals). It always refers to the interaction of organisms with other organisms and to their collective co-existence, irrespective of whether they are aware of it or not, and irrespective of whether the interaction is voluntary or involuntary.