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July 19th, 2008 — Odd Ends, Projects
Writing Project: 25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog
The project above by Liz Strauss is one that sure got folks thinking. What can I say in 25 words that will have meaning and impact? She provided a few great examples and many folks have responded already. The deadline is today though; this is a barely under the wire post.
All said, here’s my take:
No person an island they say. Then why do we work so hard to keep folks on their own islands. Consider inviting them to yours.
May 23rd, 2008 — Projects
I’ve been running the Social Networking Postcard Project for several weeks now. A couple dozen postcards have gone out. If you haven’t asked for one, Friday is the day. Just direct message me on Twitter.
Today though, I’d like to point you to another postcard project, one run by eMailOurMilitary, Postcards Across America. This project is both easy to participate in and doesn’t require you to invest in a fortune in postage.
What’s it take? Buy up a bunch of postcards, write a message to ‘Dear Soldier’, or something similar. (Avoid saying sailor, marine etc. These may go to any branch.) Stuff that bunch of postcards in an oversized envelope and send them to:
eMail Our Military
Postcard Project
8004 NW 154 Street, Suite 344
Miami Lakes, FL. 33016
Yep. It’s that easy. What’s holding you back? Can’t find postcards? I’ve had the best luck at tourist attractions, Hallmark, and Wal-mart stores. Your local college might have some as well.
If you’ve ever been away on duty or a long trip, you know already how much mail means. Please consider joining this project. Have you already jumped in? Come tell us about it! Share some snapshots and stories.
May 18th, 2008 — Odd Ends, Projects, social networking
from Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum.
Susan Reynolds, one of my favorite online people, shares the story of a great artist networking project. She and several other artists have been part of this project, inspired by the Flat Stanley Books
*. I won’t steal her thunder here, but lets just say it involves flat people representations of the artists and a traveling bus.
You might already be one of those artists, or been in a similar project. The project has been extended by reaching out to not just people they’ve met in person or worked with, but to their online contacts. The next artist might be you.
Another great person, Ann, @annOhio to some, is all about social networking online and off. She’s got a brand new blog up dedicated to it. Check it out.
So what social projects are you engaged in? Pen pal? Postcards? Sending flat people cross-country in a bus? Driving or flying there yourself?
*The Flat Stanley Book Series by Jeff Brown has become a huge educational boon, encouraging kids to read, write and think creatively. They send Flat Stanley to other people who take photos of him doing different interesting things. Then Stanley and his photo-journal gets returned to his home base. Flat Stanley has been on every continent and it is entertainingly documented on an ongoing basis.
May 18th, 2008 — Blogging, Projects, social networking
The postcards have been put out again. As in previous weeks, 1, 2, 3,and 4 the opt in was closed on Friday night. The postcards are written, stamped and out. They should be leaving my local area on Monday, the 19th of May.
Twitter pals to get postcards this week are:
Twitter pals of mine are given the chance on Friday night to DM me and ask for a postcard. I’ve been of the mind that social networking needs to have more social involved. In that spirit I’ve been trying to visit in person, talk on the phone, send personal video messages, and doing this postcard project. At about 6 folks per week, this will take forever but it’s fun.
I’ve been asking if folks will at least tweet about the postcard or write a blog post. There’s no obligation though, and I hope no one stops themselves from asking over that worry.
If you’d like to do the same thing, jump right in. Whatever you do though, I strongly encourage you to not make Twitter your only social medium. Get in there and connect with people. Talk to them, write to them, send them a video or a song, but definitely make the effort. People will notice.
What are you doing to connect?
April 26th, 2008 — Odd Ends, Projects, social networking
The postcards have been put out again. As in previous weeks, here and here and here, the opt in was closed on Friday night. The postcards are written, stamped and ready to go out. They should be leaving my local area on Monday, the 28th.
Twitter pals to get postcards this week are:
Twitter pals of mine are given the chance on Friday night to DM me and ask for a postcard. I’ve been of the mind that social networking needs to have more social involved. In that spirit I’ve been trying to visit in person, talk on the phone, send personal video messages, and doing this postcard project. At about 6 folks per week, this will take forever but it’s fun.
I’ve been asking if folks will at least tweet about the postcard or write a blog post. There’s no obligation though, and I hope no one stops themselves from asking over that worry.
If you’d like to do the same thing, jump right in. Whatever you do though, I strongly encourage you to not make Twitter your only social medium. Get in there and connect with people. Talk to them, write to them, send them a video or a song, but definitely make the effort. People will notice.
What are you doing to connect?
