Josh Shear
No, Twitter won’t cut down on your face time with people
I mentioned last week that I use Twitter more than other social media platforms. There's a reason.
Throughout this year, I've met a whole bunch of locals I never would have met. At our first Twitter social, I met and , and , who , , who , and , who does .
I then met , , and , and I met , who , really well. She led me to , who is awesome – and I finally managed to meet her yesterday.
And then I left dinner and met and .
I've also met , who asked me to speak to a bunch of journalists (alongside and ), and I met and while doing that.
Twitter has also introduced me to , who had me speak to , where I met , , and .
On Thursday, the local Twitter community will meet again, this time (at 5:30 p.m., if you'd like to join us) – I'm hoping to, at the very least meet and , and possibly . I'm also expecting I'll meet at some point in the not-too-distant future. Oh, and , too.
For those of you who are worried that spending too much time on a network like Twitter is going to cut down on your face-to-face time with people, you need to re-think that. Would I have met these folks if not for Twitter? Possibly. But it's a pretty simple tool that costs exactly nothing to expand both your social and professional networks. Seriously.
Catch me on or and let's chat if you want help getting started.
December 26th, 2009 at 07:45
And there’s a whole lot of people who wouldn’t be getting a lot of publicity without meeting you on Twitter, so there you go.
December 26th, 2009 at 07:46
Josh, and you are someone who is truly a connector. You connect people together and tell them why they should know each other. You do it as easily as your breathe. Thank you!