Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.
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The reason people need advice on using social media is that they're a much more complex and nuanced way to communicate than a conversation or email.
I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.
Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world.
Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email.
When it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you know. There are just some times you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means you've got to set those phones down.
I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.
Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.
I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.
I'm equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there's something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think we're closer when in fact we're not seeing each other, we're not connecting.
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