Comments on: Evangelizing Social Media http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The Ramble: The power of the blog (sometimes a little too powerful) http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/#comment-1962 The Ramble: The power of the blog (sometimes a little too powerful) Sun, 25 May 2008 02:42:12 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=379#comment-1962 [...] to blaze a trail to a world where people accept and embrace these new social media tools need to find a way to be evangelists, showing exactly how blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like can be used properly to engage a [...] [...] to blaze a trail to a world where people accept and embrace these new social media tools need to find a way to be evangelists, showing exactly how blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like can be used properly to engage a [...]

]]> By: Jason Falls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/#comment-1948 Jason Falls Wed, 21 May 2008 16:17:04 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=379#comment-1948 Dan - Thanks for the overseas perspective. Interesting to know we're both moving down similar paths in our respective markets. Thanks for stopping by! Bryan - It's on the offing, sir. And with this educational push from us, I sense it will happen sooner than later. Thank you! Matthew - Keep up the good work and we will too. Hopefully, we can all buy in to the teaching track and grow this thing huge. Dan - Thanks for the overseas perspective. Interesting to know we’re both moving down similar paths in our respective markets. Thanks for stopping by!

Bryan - It’s on the offing, sir. And with this educational push from us, I sense it will happen sooner than later. Thank you!

Matthew - Keep up the good work and we will too. Hopefully, we can all buy in to the teaching track and grow this thing huge.

]]> By: Matthew Chamberlin http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/#comment-1947 Matthew Chamberlin Wed, 21 May 2008 14:04:06 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=379#comment-1947 "But we only can be if we stop talking to each other and start showing the rest of the world what social media is." Bingo. As a high school English teacher once counseled us in a creative writing class, "Show, don't tell." It can also be gratifying when you see someone's light bulb go off when you show them how cool GoogleSync is or why RSS is no different than a magazine subscription. We're doing the dirty (but fun) work down here in Miami... “But we only can be if we stop talking to each other and start showing the rest of the world what social media is.” Bingo.

As a high school English teacher once counseled us in a creative writing class, “Show, don’t tell.”

It can also be gratifying when you see someone’s light bulb go off when you show them how cool GoogleSync is or why RSS is no different than a magazine subscription.

We’re doing the dirty (but fun) work down here in Miami…

]]> By: Bryan Person, Social Media Breakfast founder http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/#comment-1946 Bryan Person, Social Media Breakfast founder Wed, 21 May 2008 13:43:52 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=379#comment-1946 Great post, Jason. Playing with all the tools is fun, but teaching others how to use them and apply them in their own lives and in their own businesses is imperative. We'll all be far better off for it! Social media education is part of the reason I founded the Social Media Breakfast series, which I hope you'll add to your stable of events in Louisville sometime soon, too. Have you ever hired that assistant yet? He/she can help! Great post, Jason. Playing with all the tools is fun, but teaching others how to use them and apply them in their own lives and in their own businesses is imperative. We’ll all be far better off for it!

Social media education is part of the reason I founded the Social Media Breakfast series, which I hope you’ll add to your stable of events in Louisville sometime soon, too. Have you ever hired that assistant yet? He/she can help!

]]> By: Dan Thornton http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/05/21/evangelizing-social-media/#comment-1944 Dan Thornton Wed, 21 May 2008 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=379#comment-1944 Sounds pretty similar to the outcomes of similar gatherings under the Measurementcamp, and Mediacamp banners in the UK. A large part of Measurement camp is dedicated to finding ways to share case studies in a manner which encourages input from stakeholders - whether that's anonymous for example, and what data is needed. And I totally agree about going outside the early adopter echo chamber as much as possible. It's essential for spreading the message, and even has some selfish personal benefits, as you can be reinvigorated by seeing someone experience the likes of Twitter for the first time, and you'll have positioned yourself as an expert to a whole range of new users... Sounds pretty similar to the outcomes of similar gatherings under the Measurementcamp, and Mediacamp banners in the UK.

A large part of Measurement camp is dedicated to finding ways to share case studies in a manner which encourages input from stakeholders - whether that’s anonymous for example, and what data is needed.

And I totally agree about going outside the early adopter echo chamber as much as possible.

It’s essential for spreading the message, and even has some selfish personal benefits, as you can be reinvigorated by seeing someone experience the likes of Twitter for the first time, and you’ll have positioned yourself as an expert to a whole range of new users…

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