Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Last month I wrote a blog post about my decision to walk away from Facebook and Twitter for a month. Now that the month of self-imposed exile is behind me, it's time to reflect on the experience. Not surprisingly, there is both good and bad that comes with ignoring channels of communication where one is …
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Social media has been my profession since 2010. I manage a large, 70,000-person internal community for a company that's #56 on the Fortune 500 list. I served many years on its social media team and now perform those same functions from its Corporate Communications team. Through the years, I've had responsibilities that include the company's …
Continue reading Dear Facebook and Twitter, I need a break from you.
One of the most satisfying things I’ve done professionally in recent years is to start the weekly Twitter chat #ESNchat in September 2013, to see it grow through the 13 months I hosted it, and now to see it have new life and new leadership going forward through The Community Roundtable (@TheCR). After sensing a void …
What a whirlwind of a week! The last several days have been among the most hectic, exhausting and exciting days I have had in a long time. Besides the normal activities that contributed to this nearly 70-hour work week, there were two lengthy evening software upgrades to the test and production environments of our enterprise …
Sometimes it isn't until a little time passes before we realize we have learned something. In this case, I realized today that my vacation last week has taught me something I needed to learn (again). It isn't a new lesson. it isn't profound. But to a task-oriented person like myself, it is a much needed …
