Category: 2013

Five pillars of a quality meeting (and Twitter chat)

Meeting in the Office

Working as the social media guy for a pretty big company, I spend a good chunk of my day on Twitter, responding to customers, promoting programs, spreading the good corporate word; and also personally for professional development, networking and information gathering (among others).

I see lots of good stuff in my feeds, and some tweets that aren’t so good.

Since meetings (and PowerPoints) are often staples of the business process, I also see a fair share of conference rooms, appointment notifications and recurring gatherings.

And just like tweets, some meetings are useful, and some meetings are – well, you get the idea.

This week I participated in the #pr20chat – a weekly Twitter discussion about PR and social media organized by Justin Goldsborough and Heather Whaling – and found a lot of value from the professional discussion, social media analysis and varied perspectives.

In jotting down my notes from the Twitter chat, the similarities crystallized between a quality Twitter chat and an effective meeting.

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Tri for Les: “Triathlon swimming made easy”

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Basketball was my thing growing up and despite being short, slow and unable to jump very high (slapping the backboard on lay-ups was pretty much my vertical peak) I learned a lot from my hooping days.

One of the phrases that stuck with me over the years is, “Work smarter, not harder.” My coach used to say it all the time and even though it sounds so simple, it’s much easier said than done.

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Photos: #WHPlookingup

Under the tracks #WHPlookingup

Every Friday, Instagram rolls out a Weekend Hashtag Project to give photographers a theme to shoot for over the weekend.

And despite the lingering bad taste in my mouth after Instagram’s botched Terms of Service update a few weeks ago, I still have fun participating.

This past weekend – just before a chilly morning run around Tempe Town Lake – I posted a couple photos for the Weekend Hashtag Project Looking Up (#WHPlookingup) theme.

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Awesome Bucket v2013

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In my previous post, you saw how my passion bucket runneth over in excitement for the coming year, and learned about a smarter strategy to attack our 2013 New Year’s resolutions.

Well, it’s January and naturally, we’re geeking out at the starting line. The gym is packed, junk food is tossed in the trash and – after we’ve cleaned up and recovered from all the New Year’s Eve shenanigans – we find ourselves pointed in the right direction.

Showing up is a crucial step to accomplishing our goals for the New Year. And since we’re here, with full passion buckets in hand, we can check that off the list.

But the next two steps are the big ones: finding your one thing, and mapping out the routine.

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Dominate your 2013 New Year’s training resolutions

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I hope you’re as excited for 2013 as I am.

For starters, we survived the Mayan-predicted apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012! I even had some fun at work in the process, coming up with this Facebook post. You know how I’m always preaching relevant content? Nothing’s more relevant than the end of the world!

In the process of putting together my list of goals for 2013 – which currently includes becoming an Ironman, getting my scuba-diving and CPR certification, taking a Krav Maga class and volunteering once a month – it soon became clear how easy it is to get wrapped up in all the excitement and try to take on too much all at once.

I needed a strategy.

So I gathered a few tips on how to make New Year’s resolutions the smart way, and tied them to triathlon training strategy.

Read my latest post on Tri for Les and let me know what you think: Dominate your 2013 New Year’s training resolutions

Here’s to an exciting, productive and healthy 2013 – and to dominating those bucket lists!