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Over on the Examiner, I’m writing about how losing my connection to the Internet while away from home (far away, in the frozen tundra of northern Minnesota), made me realize how deep into social media I really am.
Something great happens there in the “social” part of social media. I have gathered a little gaggle of voices I really want to hear. Regularly.
Since I’m about to launch a workshop series on social media, I tend to examine my own process rather closely. How did I get to this point? Can I help others through that technological thicket?
I think I’ve got some pieces figured out. It boils down to being able to jump to the next step, skill-wise, and finding the rewards there in terms of relationships, conversations, community-building, and feeling connected to the people and the projects you find most rewarding.
Isn’t that just like meaningful networking and relationship-building in any sense? Many skills to build.
Be well, be warm,
Suzanna
Read more about my experiences with connectivity at the Examiner.
Hear about my visit with my sister in Duluth (and other stuff!) on Twitter.
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Possibility. Upheaval. Expansion.
Have you ever turned soil on a garden? Sent your shovel deep into rich dark soil, then turned it over, into the light? Did you see the life moving through the dirt? I remember my father’s gardens, the soil almost black with richness, big fat grubworms and long pinkish earthworms wiggling back down into the dirt where they could do their good work.
As the days grow short and the daily news narrows into a dim hallway, I find myself expanding as I dig deeper into the great creative potential of online worlds. Here, we are teaching each other, making discoveries, forming communities, and recreating ourselves. I want to tell you everything I’ve learned. (And yes, we will definitely talk about the “pour forth plateau!”)
I’m most excited these days about the experiences I’m having as I teach people in my community how to write blog content. I’ve seen many new blogs be born, and new awareness of possibility that tends to come with the connectivity of online publishing. The community salon I’m founding now called Bay Area Bloggers Society (BABS) is taking off, and from the feedback I am receiving, this is a time for communities to gather to teach and learn together.
If you want to be sure you’re included, don’t forget to subscribe to my website. I have some excellent material to share with you!
Love and many blessings for this winter season,
Suzanna
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