http://ssnblog.com/2010/04/today%e2%80%99s-social-media-disaster%e2%80%99s-friend-in-need%e2%80%a6-a-friend-indeed/ Information for the connected business professional Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ssnblog.com/2010/04/today%e2%80%99s-social-media-disaster%e2%80%99s-friend-in-need%e2%80%a6-a-friend-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Jerry Constantino Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:34:47 +0000 http://ssnblog.com/?p=2496#comment-579 I find that a very interesting observation. To go a from social media groundswell of approval to the actual practice of relating to the people who elected him are two different things entirely. Social media can move mountains... but it takes a little 'old time religion' (working with the populace in a way that has been the more comfortable custom) to create a feeling of work in progress. I find that a very interesting observation. To go a from social media groundswell of approval to the actual practice of relating to the people who elected him are two different things entirely. Social media can move mountains… but it takes a little ‘old time religion’ (working with the populace in a way that has been the more comfortable custom) to create a feeling of work in progress.

]]> http://ssnblog.com/2010/04/today%e2%80%99s-social-media-disaster%e2%80%99s-friend-in-need%e2%80%a6-a-friend-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-544 marc arenstein Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:56:11 +0000 http://ssnblog.com/?p=2496#comment-544 When I opened this, I expected coverage of Eyjafjallajökull and the at best mixed reaction to the use of social media in easing traveler burdens. Yes, America seems best empowered - Obama example - but I think most of us - in the US or not - feel off message and share more with Syriana's Bob Barnes and the case of the missing missle (sic) no one wants to talk about. And just possibly that intensifies for those who felt the enthusiasm of feeling on message before the election. How Obama did it or at least good parts of it can be seen in Edelman, "The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama's Social Media Toolkit" and what has happened since on the President's social media front, one view: http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/the-obama-disconnect Perhaps Micah L. Sifry 's key point: "I suspect that when the full history of Obama's presidency is written, scholars may decide that his team's failure to devote more attention to reinventing the bully pulpit in the digital age, and to carrying over more of the campaign's grassroots energy, may turn out to be pivotal to evaluations of Obama's success, or failure, as president." When I opened this, I expected coverage of Eyjafjallajökull and the at best mixed reaction to the use of social media in easing traveler burdens. Yes, America seems best empowered – Obama example – but I think most of us – in the US or not – feel off message and share more with Syriana’s Bob Barnes and the case of the missing missle (sic) no one wants to talk about. And just possibly that intensifies for those who felt the enthusiasm of feeling on message before the election. How Obama did it or at least good parts of it can be seen in Edelman, “The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit” and what has happened since on the President’s social media front, one view: http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/the-obama-disconnect
Perhaps Micah L. Sifry ‘s key point: “I suspect that when the full history of Obama’s presidency is written, scholars may decide that his team’s failure to devote more attention to reinventing the bully pulpit in the digital age, and to carrying over more of the campaign’s grassroots energy, may turn out to be pivotal to evaluations of Obama’s success, or failure, as president.”

]]> http://ssnblog.com/2010/04/today%e2%80%99s-social-media-disaster%e2%80%99s-friend-in-need%e2%80%a6-a-friend-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Jerry Constantino Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:43:49 +0000 http://ssnblog.com/?p=2496#comment-367 When I wrote the above post, "Today's social media: A Friend in Need, a Friend in Deed," I was so focused on the tremendous impact social media has in charitably involved empowerment, I completely forgot... we elected Barack Obama, didn't we? This was our first presidential election where social media really made a difference. You think young America doesn't feel empowered... and actively involved? Never would have happened any other way. When I wrote the above post, “Today’s social media: A Friend in Need, a Friend in Deed,” I was so focused on the tremendous impact social media has in charitably involved empowerment, I completely forgot… we elected Barack Obama, didn’t we? This was our first presidential election where social media really made a difference. You think young America doesn’t feel empowered… and actively involved? Never would have happened any other way.

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