November’s theme is ‘Community’. My initial thinking behind this theme was that one way of achieving more sustainable lifestyles is through working together and supporting each other. I believe it is much harder to challenge societal norms on your own and as human beings we are naturally social animals who want to belong. Let’s encourage ourselves [...]
Back in March, Oliver Burkeman wrote an interesting piece in The Guardian ‘Are our friends really just marketing tools..’. He talks about the marketing gurus who emphasise the need to invest in relationships in order to get something back. Burkeman argues that increasingly friendships are seen as a means to an end – [...]
I recently attended a local Chamber of Commerce networking event and the featured presentation was on Social Networking sites. One chap was speaking about maximising the use of Linked In (you can view my profile here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonclaytonsmith). Our table ended up having an interesting discussion about his advice to connect with anyone. [...]
Recently I have been experimenting with using Twitter – http://twitter.com/home. Someone likened it to being on the bus and choosing what conversations to overhear. There seem to be the people who love it, those who are wary and those who think it is a complete waste of time. At the moment I’m hovering in [...]
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