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What is the purpose of a Facebook page for a Toastmasters club, service club or other group? Bring in new members. Build camaraderie within the club. Promote the club to the larger world. All the above. In my opinion, it can be all of the above, but each situation is different. During a discussion I recently led on how Toastmasters clubs can benefit from a Facebook group or page, the question was raised – does having a Facebook page bring in new members for that particular club? The answer was – not necessarily. Yet when Toastmasters (or members of any [...]

Are you a regular user of Twitter? If so, how do you use it? Some people find it a great way to search for information, even better than using Google. Others like using it to follow their favorite celebrities, sports figures, and/or thought leaders in their profession. Twitter can also be an easy way to share links to helpful articles or entertaining YouTube clips. It can also be a terrific tool for businesses to use to keep in touch with their customers, especially the unhappy ones. I must admit that until recently I had kept an arm’s length relationship with [...]

In recent conversations with my sister, I got to thinking more about our parents and the impact they had on me and my way of approaching the world. As I wrote in a blog post a few weeks ago, my mother Natalie Eder was an lifelong learner.  She re-read the classics with me when I was in my teens and she was in her 40s. Then in her 50s, she learned Spanish after my parents moved to Tucson, AZ. I truly believe that one reason I love social media so much, especially LinkedIn, is because, like my mom, I love [...]

Just as I was mulling how to put together a blog post that would summarize and compare the major social media sites, I found a very well written piece that I thought my readers would find very helpful.  I found it through a posting in my LinkedIn newsfeed, and it was posted by an official representative of the LinkedIn social media website. Author Katherine Reynolds Lewis in her article: “Facebook, LinkedIn, and Tweets, Oh My! Everything a Working Mom Needs to Know about Social Networking” takes a very practical approach to contrasting these social media sites. She answers the following [...]

What classes have you taken lately? Are you pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree? What certifications are you working on? In what I often call my “day job,” I work as an enrollment advisor for the College for Financial Planning. That means helping professionals in the financial planning industry assess their educational needs. Then I guide them through a process of determining which distance educational programs that our college offers will best meet their needs. If you are curious about our college, check out www.cffpinfo.com It doesn’t just take money and time to go back to school. It also takes [...]