How using Social Media has helped me be a better Dad

Mother’s Day was last month and to celebrate I hosted a special evening, Social Media Moms Nite out. In researching this event I found out that there were a lot of Mom bloggers in Ottawa. The reason mom blogger was that they were moms of different ages but blogged about their kids or hobbies not work or business. Now that it’s Father’s Day I thought that I would see what the Daddy bloggers’ are up to.  So with the same criteria in mind I trolled the web and Twitter. So here’s a few dads that I came across.  Not...

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The King of Twitter

The King of Twitter is apparently Ashton Kutcher according to Oprah Winfrey. He is on Oprah Live today if you want to get the scoop. A few months ago I started following him to learn how celebrities are using Twitter. Since the mainstream media has been writing about this face, his followers have increased and so have other celebrities joining Twitter. What makes this attractive to their fans is the fact that they get the inside scoop on what’s going on from the celebrities themselves. The paparattzzi might just go out of business....

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Twitter Poll

For the longest time it was referred to a Tweet. You tweet someone on Twitter. Then the traditional media picked up on it and now I hear Twit or Twittering. So given that everyone is jumping on Twitter what is it supposed to be? Tweet Twit Twittering I have added a poll on LinkedIn. I will update you on the results.

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Educational Tweets from Twitter, Mesh 2009

erin_bury: We can see each other truly as equals -all carry different impressions of who we are in the world – false dichotomy of poor and rich #mesh09 JodiEchakowitz: Non profits take note: you can’t bond with a brochure or a statistic. Need to put a human face on what you are doing. #mesh09 CandiceShirreff: What’s worked for kiva.org? Know your mission, stay open, iterate, connect individuals and Just Start! #mesh09 erin_bury: We can see each other truly as equals -all carry different impressions of who we are in the...

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Twestival

Tweet. Meet. Give = twestival Ottawa will join over 184 cities across the globe in bringing people together through twitter to raise money and awareness for charity.  The charity of choice is Water – a non-profit organization bringing clean, save drinking water to people in developing nations by funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. When:Feb. 12th 2009 Where: Suite 34, 34 Clarence St. Time: 7pm For those with small donations under $100 you can purchase tickets. So come on out and have fun for a good...

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