Twist the tail off and do WHAT!?!?!?!?! UH?! REALLY?! No I pass!!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
There is so many sides to me - this is mis amigos latino #SoulcialMe ¡Mi barrio es mi vida!
It's been about 3+ years since I've hung out with them. I did not realize how much I missed them. The true United nations...
Sunday, March 25, 2012
International Call For Entries: First Glance Teen Film, Visual Arts & Poetry Competition - National Black Arts Festival : National Black Arts Festival #SoulcialMe
International Call For Entries: First Glance Teen Film, Visual Arts & Poetry Competition
Posted by tracy on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 · 2 Comments and 3 Reactions
Are you a teen filmmaker, visual or spoken word artist ready to take the next step in your artistic career? By participating in First Glance: Fresh Perspectives From Young Artists you will be doing just that. NBAF invites the International community of young artists to create original work around the theme “Connect, Inspire, Transform”. Winners are eligible for up to $1000 in prizes, master classes with professional artists, access to professional mentoring, an opportunity for your work to be featured at the National Black Arts Festival and much more. This program is sponsored by Turner Broadcasting through the Turner Voices initiative. DEADLINE: April 15, 2012
Filed under Home Page Slide, NBAF BLOGS, Uncategorized · Tagged with film, NBAF, poetry, teen competition, visual arts
via nbaf.org
I will be getting my son involved as well as some other talented youths!!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
You Have a Social Media Presence, but Are You Missing the Tools for ROI? - Information Management Online Article #SoulcialMe
March 23, 2012 – Although more enterprises are using hashtags and wall posts than ever before, most are lacking the enterprise tools and internal governance policies to fully harness social media data, according to a new survey from CompTIA.
The report from the non-profit IT trade association, entitled “Social Business: Trends and Opportunities,” surveyed 400 IT and business executives at various U.S. industries in January 2012. For the survey, CompTIA broke “social tools” down into two categories: social media, like the use of public networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn; and social enterprise tools, those internal solutions that may be tied into an enterprise communications strategy or CRM system.
Use of social media was the norm among those surveyed, with 82 percent engaged in Facebook, and the majority also accessing Twitter (68 percent) and LinkedIn (68 percent). For those not involved on the social networking front, the study likened the hesitation to similar early business resistance to creating an Internet presence in the early 1990s, with some businesses having little or no social media implementation during this period of mass adoption as they wait to see if social media and tools “are a passing fad.”
Even with a social media presence, CompTIA estimated no more than half of all enterprises were “significantly” engaged in their public social networking outlets. Social implementation dives even lower when it comes to adopting social enterprise tools, with only a handful of those enterprises surveyed extending their social data capabilities with tools such as Yammer, Chatter, Jive or IBM Connections. A strong social media presence backed by enterprise tools led to more communications with customers, stronger brand positioning and overall cost savings, according to the survey.
Seth Robinson, CompTIA Director of Technology Analysis and an author on the report, says there is a “stark difference” between enterprise use of Facebook and LinkedIn, and analyzing data from those networking outlets with social enterprise tools.
“For all the discussion on social technologies, most companies have adopted a presence on the public sites but have not yet translated this experience into an internal platform,” Robinson says. “This translation is difficult because company culture can drive communication preferences, but the benefits to social communication indicate that companies will want to replicate these results internally.”
Between spending predictions that are expected to balloon in this space over the next few years and increased social media involvement, Robinson expects social tools to increase in prominence, especially with the growing capabilities around social analytics and data mining.
Also expected to grow in the coming years are internal policies to address social media use. Just 30 percent of those surveyed stated their enterprise had a formal social media policy in place, though another 34 percent noted that one was in the works. A challenge to instituting such a policy for many organizations will be addressing governance and allowing and enabling employees to interact online and “produce a more authentic social presence,” says Robinson.
“There are still going to be boundaries for permissible behavior, but much of that may already be covered by a company code of conduct. The power of social communications lies in transparency – a good message means that much more if the audience knows it is sincere and not crafted by corporate communications,” he says.
To access a copy of the report, click here.
Justin Kern is associate editor at Information Management and can be reached at justin.kern@sourcemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @IMJustinKern.
Atlanta Justice: 1,000,000 Hoodie Rally For #TrayvonMartin Monday, March 26 at 5:30pm #millionhoodies #SoulcialMe @DryerBuzz
Occupy The Hood & Yungface - rally for Trayvon Martin
Social media buzzing with the following rally announcement for Atlanta:
... Rally will be at the Georgia State capitol (downtown Atlanta) to show the world that Atlanta cares about this issue and that Atlanta won’t stand for it!!!!!
Time and place: Monday, March 26 at 5:30pm
Calling on all of Atlanta to show up and show out!!!
This could be any of our children in Georgia!!!
Share share share this event with everyone you know
Join the Community Page
https://www.facebook.com/1MillionHoodieMarchAtl
Sign the petition
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
Atlanta civil and human rights organizations currently in the midst of fighting several cases similar to Trayvon Martin's. Georgia has a Stand Your Ground Law in place. Legislators looking to pass further laws which prohibit protests. The language is skewed but obvious. Representatives against such laws seeking support from constituents. Buzz Developing.
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