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Re: Social Media: Introductions and Perseverance Can Bring (Little) Victories

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:58:25 -0000

Thank you for mentioning my article and website.

Re: An Idea to Increase Census Response

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:39:36 -0000

I like your idea. I'd also love to get something like a Foursquare badge for filling out my census. I mean, I get a silly sticker each time I vote. Why not have a digital version of that. I used to keep the "I Voted Today" sticker on my visor until they fell off last month. I had quite a collection.

Re: From Ballroom to Boardroom – Ignite Phoenix 5

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:38:32 -0000

What a great resource! It's a perfect follow-up to your talk, Alex. I expect that many people in the Ignite Phoenix community will be taking that first step into dance class based on your passion and your explanation of the many side benefits of ballroom dance. Thank you for an amazing presentation.

Re: I can never go back: A New House

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:14:11 -0000

I completely get where you are coming from. My mom is in the process of selling our family home in a terrible market because it is too much for her after dad's passing.

You have amazing memories of that house. And while being in the house may trigger those memories, the memories are inside you. You can still drive past the house when you are in town.

I've been living with this same uncertainty for a couple years (yep, it's a slow market there) and have been slowing making peace with it. One trip, perhaps the next one, I'll be visiting a brand new house for the first time instead of going "home."

One thing I've started to realize is that HOME is where the people are that I love. Even if the house is weird and unrecognizable, the people are going to be the people I love most.

I think you post here is a great start of collecting and honoring your memories. I suggest that you continue to write about them. Collect pictures of times in the house, and of the house itself. Pull all of these things together so you have a permanent record to help trigger those walks down memory lane. (Well, as permanent as anything can be that can be stolen, torched, flooded, or otherwise destroyed.)

Re: Using Your SEO and Analytics to Create a Social Media Strategy

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:49:51 -0000

Great article, Jacob. This is a component that I have not yet used, but will start examining right away.

Re: Authentic Community

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:40:20 -0000

Thanks for writing this post. You captured a lot of what crosses through my mind each day that I haven't taken the time to verbalize. Social media is new form of communication, and bringing the same old conversation to the new media just doesn't cut it. So many people, either by habit or lack of awareness, are trying to have the same old monologue out here, and like you, it doesn't work for me.

Being real, whether that is in your life or in social media, is a personal journey that never ends. Some people don't take that journey. I can respect that as a personal choice in life, but I also choose to limit my social media (and real life) involvement with people who don't choose to be real. Being real means sharing your warts, saying impulsive things that sometimes offend, and not hiding behind any sort of mask you previously thought was acceptable. Being real doesn't give you a license to be rude, to disrespect others, or engage in other bad behaviors. It just means that in the course of dialog with me, I understand that sometimes you speak before thinking, and that I might not like everything you say.

Being real (on my part) means that I have to allow you room to be real on your part, which includes giving you the benefit of the doubt and overlooking the things I'm not crazy about. It also means that I have to give myself the same permission, to know that sometimes my jokes miss the target, that sometimes I speak before thinking it through, and sometimes I have to apologize for things I say that cause hurts I didn't intend. But you have to tell me when I've offended, and I can only apologize for the unintended impact, not for saying what I thought in that moment.

In other words, being real is a whole different game than most people are used to playing in the business or public worlds (and sometimes even in the private world). it's a hard choice, on the one hand, but it's the only path with a heart that I see in my own life.

Re: Grab your reader by the eye balls

Charlene Kingston (@Kinchie) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:39:37 -0000

I agree with you about the importance of images with blog entries. In this Twitter-sized attention span world, many readers need an image or they will skim and be off. I'm not keeping my blog for page view counts, I'm keeping my blog because I want to share my ideas, and that doesn't happen when people land and flee my entry.

I keep an art blog, so the images I use normally are pictures of my art projects. However, I post even when I don't have a project to share. For those posts, I use other images.

I use www.BigStockPhoto.com for my images. I purchase them in large quantities so I get them for $1 each. After the purchase, I have one year to use my credits, so I can always find the image appropriate for my postings.