Wednesday 29 April 2009
Proud to be a twit
Now I have been called a twit before, and sometimes much worse, but recently I have become rather fond of the title.
I was unsure of Twitter when I hooked up, I did it as I an experiment because if you are in ‘New Media’ these days then of course you ‘HAVE’ to be on Twitter, apparently.
My first ‘post’ if that is what you call them? Asked,” How far can we go?”Well in less than a week, it would appear, quite a long way. I have not exactly reached every country in the world but my message has certainly been carried afar. Not only that, but I have connected with some really great people. People with similar missions and values in life, people that I know I can add value to their mission by sharing their message. I can see the potential issues with spam but I believe that if I stay with my own intention to add value and to be of service, then that is what will come.
This morning for example I had an email saying that someone had joined me on Twitter
, I checked it out and through their profile I found a great organisation that is certainly singing off the same song sheet as me –
Musicians On Call. http://www.musiciansoncall.org/.
They are a non profit organisation that was formed in 1999, and provides live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. Musicians On Call uses music to promote and complement the healing process for patients, families and caregivers. www.twitter.com/musiciansoncall
I have done various searches for music therapy/healing initiatives but not found these people through Google or similar, but through being a bit of a ‘twit’, hey presto. Just the sort of organisation that I would like to support through Feed your soul and the children.
Another ‘twit’ who chose to follow me and I think well worth a mention is ‘Matas Baranauskas’ www.twitter.com/logostudies Matas is a 16 year old youngster from Lithuania. He does great logo designs. If you need one, I recommend you check him out.
You see being a twit can be really good, and right now in writing this I am getting a lot satisfaction to offer some supportive and well deserved kind words regarding a youngster’s life. I don’t know him from Adam, but I can see he has got talent and I think he will go far.
It’s taken me two minutes to add these words to write about Matas, they are two minutes that could make a difference in someone’s life.
As Zig Ziglar says “You can get everything in life you want, if you will just help enough people get what they want” Zig’s a twit too! www.twitter.com/tomziglar (son of Zig)
Be the change – because the power starts with you
Have a joyful day
Anánda
I was unsure of Twitter when I hooked up, I did it as I an experiment because if you are in ‘New Media’ these days then of course you ‘HAVE’ to be on Twitter, apparently.
My first ‘post’ if that is what you call them? Asked,” How far can we go?”Well in less than a week, it would appear, quite a long way. I have not exactly reached every country in the world but my message has certainly been carried afar. Not only that, but I have connected with some really great people. People with similar missions and values in life, people that I know I can add value to their mission by sharing their message. I can see the potential issues with spam but I believe that if I stay with my own intention to add value and to be of service, then that is what will come.
This morning for example I had an email saying that someone had joined me on Twitter
, I checked it out and through their profile I found a great organisation that is certainly singing off the same song sheet as me – Musicians On Call. http://www.musiciansoncall.org/.
They are a non profit organisation that was formed in 1999, and provides live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. Musicians On Call uses music to promote and complement the healing process for patients, families and caregivers. www.twitter.com/musiciansoncall
I have done various searches for music therapy/healing initiatives but not found these people through Google or similar, but through being a bit of a ‘twit’, hey presto. Just the sort of organisation that I would like to support through Feed your soul and the children.
Another ‘twit’ who chose to follow me and I think well worth a mention is ‘Matas Baranauskas’ www.twitter.com/logostudies Matas is a 16 year old youngster from Lithuania. He does great logo designs. If you need one, I recommend you check him out.
You see being a twit can be really good, and right now in writing this I am getting a lot satisfaction to offer some supportive and well deserved kind words regarding a youngster’s life. I don’t know him from Adam, but I can see he has got talent and I think he will go far.
It’s taken me two minutes to add these words to write about Matas, they are two minutes that could make a difference in someone’s life.
As Zig Ziglar says “You can get everything in life you want, if you will just help enough people get what they want” Zig’s a twit too! www.twitter.com/tomziglar (son of Zig)
Be the change – because the power starts with you
Have a joyful day
Anánda
Monday 27 April 2009
Wixing lyrical...
.... If you know something of value – SHARE IT!
This is something I strongly believe in.
On several occasions I have, and it has dramatically changed someone’s life, so now I never hold back, no matter what. Would you, if you knew you could have that impact?
Here is something else that is definitely worth sharing and it may just change your life too -
WIX, a flash web design programme.
Now that may seem like a tall order for web design software,
However, Wix has allowed me to launch a new business, start to raise funds for a good cause, it’s also a heap of fun working on it and it has not cost me a single bean!
Now I call that pretty life changing for a start and I also think of the possibility – What are the ripples in the pond? How many other people’s lives could we impact, through the fundraising.
How many other fundraising ideas could you or I create using Wix?
In a past life I was a consultant in the charity sector and as I continue to research in this market, I really don’t think that we have even begun to recognise the power of the internet for fundraising. But maybe that time is coming close?
My only challenge so far with Wix is the sleep I am loosing as I find it so exciting as I consider possibility...
Re - invention
For many of us, we are looking for a new way forward. There is a need to re-invent ourselves, because the skills we have learnt and trusted to support us and our families may well now be redundant for good. I have recently had to re-think my business due to the recession and also because I wanted to develop a lifestyle that allowed me to travel.
I have done a lot of research, piloted some programmes and have tried in vain to get my head around html, Adobe illustrator and Dreamweaver. I have then looked on in wonder as webmasters have brought my ideas to life in front of me, with me thinking -
“Wish I could do that” especially as I then had to pay them several thousand euro’s for their work.
But that is the past and old thinking. I have now found a system that I can understand and use AND thank goodness is FREE as right now I don’t have several thousand euro’s to pay a designer. A lot of people are in a similar position right now, maybe this could be a tool for change for others as well.
It’s time to stop wondering and start doing with Wix.
Everything is drag and drop, simple to understand and even I can create a unique and stylish website. Despite Wix being in flash it is search engine friendly, you can fully monetise your site, upload to your blog, myspace and a host of other applications. It really is quite sexy. Over the holidays I created my own ecards to send out to friends and family and I am delighted with the mini site that I have created for this blog. I also embedded the same site for an email campaign and as a result have had feedback from the UK, USA, Brasil, South Africa and Italy. Not a bad start in just a few days. For musicians and photographers they have some great widgets for displaying and promoting your work.
It’s never been so easy to 'wix lyrical!'
This is something I strongly believe in.
On several occasions I have, and it has dramatically changed someone’s life, so now I never hold back, no matter what. Would you, if you knew you could have that impact?
Here is something else that is definitely worth sharing and it may just change your life too -
WIX, a flash web design programme.
Now that may seem like a tall order for web design software,
However, Wix has allowed me to launch a new business, start to raise funds for a good cause, it’s also a heap of fun working on it and it has not cost me a single bean!
Now I call that pretty life changing for a start and I also think of the possibility – What are the ripples in the pond? How many other people’s lives could we impact, through the fundraising.
How many other fundraising ideas could you or I create using Wix?
In a past life I was a consultant in the charity sector and as I continue to research in this market, I really don’t think that we have even begun to recognise the power of the internet for fundraising. But maybe that time is coming close?
My only challenge so far with Wix is the sleep I am loosing as I find it so exciting as I consider possibility...
Re - invention
For many of us, we are looking for a new way forward. There is a need to re-invent ourselves, because the skills we have learnt and trusted to support us and our families may well now be redundant for good. I have recently had to re-think my business due to the recession and also because I wanted to develop a lifestyle that allowed me to travel.
I have done a lot of research, piloted some programmes and have tried in vain to get my head around html, Adobe illustrator and Dreamweaver. I have then looked on in wonder as webmasters have brought my ideas to life in front of me, with me thinking -
“Wish I could do that” especially as I then had to pay them several thousand euro’s for their work.
But that is the past and old thinking. I have now found a system that I can understand and use AND thank goodness is FREE as right now I don’t have several thousand euro’s to pay a designer. A lot of people are in a similar position right now, maybe this could be a tool for change for others as well.
It’s time to stop wondering and start doing with Wix.
Everything is drag and drop, simple to understand and even I can create a unique and stylish website. Despite Wix being in flash it is search engine friendly, you can fully monetise your site, upload to your blog, myspace and a host of other applications. It really is quite sexy. Over the holidays I created my own ecards to send out to friends and family and I am delighted with the mini site that I have created for this blog. I also embedded the same site for an email campaign and as a result have had feedback from the UK, USA, Brasil, South Africa and Italy. Not a bad start in just a few days. For musicians and photographers they have some great widgets for displaying and promoting your work.
It’s never been so easy to 'wix lyrical!'
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