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Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. If my actively engaged social media colleague James posts a photo of his young son Harold on his Facebook page, James might expect comments by me and other peers who may not know the mother of that child.

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Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In a long-ago interview with Wired , Professor & Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defined a person being in the “Flow” as Being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. If you want to get better at using social media, try to channel how you behave at your “social peak” into your social media activities. Time flies.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), I’ve always loved the expression “it takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and five minutes to lose it.&# As for social media, people must keep in mind that being active is a huge part of the success of any avenues of social media.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Consumers are actively looking for and want to engage with most businesses that fall into the following categories. Certain niches are more likely to see greater returns from social media. High Return Industries These industries tend to see high returns in social media marketing, quickly.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It seems the activity level has fallen off. Read more: [link] Reply Frank Jovine January 26, 2010 at 11:10 pm This is a value add and one that even I paid attention to. I think SU has lost some of its swagger the last six months. I think this is mainly due to the major change to SU.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Avi explains, “Twitter lets us take relationships deeper and convert supporters to active volunteers.&# The three staff members also maintain their personal Twitter accounts ( @SanjayPatel is the third) and use these (and a primary @EpicChange account) to spread ideas and to interact with followers.

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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Typically, a fair portion of the class involves group work and some interactive elements — we’ve had discussions, card games, Jeopardy, chart-making, a range of Montessori activities, videos, song-writing and much more. I see this seminar as a forum. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).