http://craigpearce.info/public-relations/social-media-a-lost-opportunity/ Short-term pain for long-term gain Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://craigpearce.info/public-relations/social-media-a-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-10785 Five great writers that inspire excellent PR | Public relations and managing reputation Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:40:18 +0000 http://craigpearce.info/?p=83#comment-10785 [...] Into this breach steps the great novelist. With their imagination, insight and help we can improve our own capabilities in relating to the different range of stakeholders we interact with in a professional capacity. (And, certainly, exposure to great art – literature in this case – humanises us in an holistic sense as well: yet another reason to spend more time in a book than in the often debilitating inanity of Facebook.) [...] [...] Into this breach steps the great novelist. With their imagination, insight and help we can improve our own capabilities in relating to the different range of stakeholders we interact with in a professional capacity. (And, certainly, exposure to great art – literature in this case – humanises us in an holistic sense as well: yet another reason to spend more time in a book than in the often debilitating inanity of Facebook.) [...]

]]> http://craigpearce.info/public-relations/social-media-a-lost-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-64 on_line_writer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:02:58 +0000 http://craigpearce.info/?p=83#comment-64 Sorry Craig, the opportunity isn't lost, its still there for the grabbing. I remember when television was intoduced,; comments much the same as yours were put forward - the hoi poloi could have culture, ideas, and education. That it didn't happen this way is not the fault of the medium. You are a trained professional communicator. You live in a where bosses pay you to voice an opinion. Others aren't so lucky. They go through life in a state of quiet desperation to be noticed. No one listens when they say "G'day" or "Have a nice day", or even when they have an original idea. So when there's a chance to grab the spotlight or microphone, its a bit of a thrill. They don't ask for 15 minutes fame, a few minutes is pretty good. That's why stuff like karaoke has its followers. I know my limitations, I am a voal disaster, so I wouldn't try to sing "My Way", no matter how lonely or drunk I might be. But I don't begrudge others the chance to broadcast. So what if a thousand monkeys are banging typewriters in twitter or facebook. One of them might eventually write a good line or two of pure poetry. And the world will be a better place for it Asking twiter to be purely brilliant is like looking for a road paved with pure gold in Eldorado. A flash of opal in the dirt, or a speck of gold in the stream is encouragement enough. That's the opportunity that exists in social media. cheers Sorry Craig, the opportunity isn’t lost, its still there for the grabbing.
I remember when television was intoduced,; comments much the same as yours were put forward – the hoi poloi could have culture, ideas, and education. That it didn’t happen this way is not the fault of the medium.
You are a trained professional communicator. You live in a where bosses pay you to voice an opinion. Others aren’t so lucky. They go through life in a state of quiet desperation to be noticed. No one listens when they say “G’day” or “Have a nice day”, or even when they have an original idea.
So when there’s a chance to grab the spotlight or microphone, its a bit of a thrill. They don’t ask for 15 minutes fame, a few minutes is pretty good.
That’s why stuff like karaoke has its followers. I know my limitations, I am a voal disaster, so I wouldn’t try to sing “My Way”, no matter how lonely or drunk I might be. But I don’t begrudge others the chance to broadcast.
So what if a thousand monkeys are banging typewriters in twitter or facebook. One of them might eventually write a good line or two of pure poetry. And the world will be a better place for it
Asking twiter to be purely brilliant is like looking for a road paved with pure gold in Eldorado. A flash of opal in the dirt, or a speck of gold in the stream is encouragement enough.
That’s the opportunity that exists in social media.
cheers

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