Connie Bensen

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First Post on Social Media Today

Published in May 9th, 2008

Posted by Connie in Branding, Leadership & Motivation

I was excited to find my post on Uses of Twitter featured on Social Media Today! When you become a member you can add your blog feed & editors there choose which articles to publish on the site.
It’s great to have my writing recognized & shared. And the members of Social Media Today are amongst [...]

Day in the life of a Community Manager

Published in November 10th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation, Reflections

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How often do you pause & look back on the path that brought you to where you’re at? Do you assess the challenges that you overcame or feel thankful for the events that brought you to this point?
People around me realize pretty quickly that I’m high energy & that I’m always planning, doing & evaluating. [...]

Networking Effectively with Social Media

Published in November 4th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation, Social Networking

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That sounds odd because why would anyone purposefully ineffectively network?! That’s the main criticism of social networking sites though - people add friends & then say, nothing’s happening. Well, there’s more to it than just clicking ‘approved’ for a friend request.
What needs to happen next if you’re going to effectively network:
1. Get Involved - if [...]

Efficiency necessitates Organization

Published in October 26th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation, Time Savers

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Maybe it’s a result of being a librarian for almost a decade but I have a fairly low tolerance for disorganization. This isn’t to say that I never become disorganized, but I’ve learned that being highly organized is key to working efficiently! I love to multitask & my organization systems allow me to do that [...]

Organizing & Blogging

Published in September 23rd, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation

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The title should probably be “Connie’s random thoughts”. My goal today was to get my email under control & reply to comments on this blog. I did get a fair amount done, but certainly am not finished.
Organizing - In the past 10 years I’ve learned the value of purging & getting organized before starting a [...]

Leadership

Published in September 18th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation, Social Networking

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Yesterday I had a lot of driving time in visiting 3 of my branches. I had decided that I wanted to do my staff’s year end performance eval’s before I left. I spent time reflecting on my leadership over the past years & realized that there are some analogies that apply to: 1) adoption of [...]

Joining the Profession of Social Media

Published in September 17th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Leadership & Motivation, Social Media

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Last May I knew that I was hooked on Social Media & the study of how it could be applied to marketing. I translated the use of the tools for our readers at our DigiScrapInfo.com blog with favorable response. After reading Seth Godin’s book, the Dip. I realized that I was in a cul-de-sac [...]