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Help me show @gaspedal I am the person for the community manager/ sm evangelist job!

CallKathy — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:37:36 +0000

Gas Pedal is looking for a community manager and social media evangelist for the Social Media Business Council. I think I am the perfect person for the job. I want your help to persuade them. Are you game?

The best way to get the job according to the piece is to…
Show us what you’ve done and how you can do it for us. Show us that you’re someone we’d enjoy working with, someone with a great personality backed up by real skill. Send us a great cover letter, resume, and salary requirements. Contact preston@gaspedal.com to apply.

I am sending Preston my information as soon as I finish this post, but I want your help too. I am hoping some people in my network would be willing to let the crew at gaspedal and SMBC know who I am and what I can do for them. I can share my take, but I am thinking that the best way to show how I “get” community is to ask my community for examples.

Are you game? Will you help?

Amplify’d from gaspedal.com

Community Manager / Social Media Evangelist

Are you passionate about social media in business? We have a job for you.

Do you believe that companies that learn to engage and communicate with their customers become better companies? Do you believe that companies that use social media are changed by the experience — that they learn to care, to listen, to make better products, and to believe in true service?

Come to work with us at SocialMedia.org. We run the Social Media Business Council, which helps the heads of social media at the biggest companies be great at what they do. Our members are 125 amazing brands, and you’ll work with their social media teams every day. McDonald’s, Cisco, P&G, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, 3M, Home Depot, and more (see them all at http://socialmedia.org/members).

The job:

You’ll help manage our community and get the right people involved. The Council is a peer-to-peer group for our members. That means we find the right folks, welcome them to the group, and facilitate amazing conversations. (We’re not consultants or an agency. We’re not doing social media training or campaigns. We aren’t looking for social media experts.) You’re managing the community and convincing new executives to join the community.

Read more at gaspedal.com

See this Amp at http://bit.ly/9xZXwm

Plinky question of the day – Blog prompts to get you writing

CallKathy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:41:07 +0000

http://www.plinky.com/answers/98006

Plinky is a service that gives you writing prompts. Questions developed by their team and the community to start you thinking and writing. Once you have written a piece, you post the results there on Plinky. You can also share it to a few other services, including LiveJourna, tumblr, Blogger, and blogs on WordPress (but not self-hosted blogs).

Today, I answered the question: What industry ushered you into the workforce?
For me, the job was babysitting… Read more about it at the link below.

(PS: I would have actually included a clip, but I can’t seem to get the content from any of the three places I am sending my Plinky output: LiveJournal, tumblr, or the Plinky site.)

See this Amp at http://bit.ly/b6lCvu

The more things change

CallKathy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:16:25 +0000

The more things change in life, the more we grow to appreciate what we have. Our loved ones, our communities, a regular paycheck, our health. All things we take for granted. But when one piece goes away, what happens?

Two weeks ago, my position with The Social Media Party went away. I was let go with less than 4 days notice. I have been struggling to come to terms with what happened. I have been trying to keep positive as I (yet again) look for new contracts and new work.

It is great to have supportive friends whom I can call on when the edges blur. It is great to have work to do that keeps me moving through these times. Without the connections I have here on the social web and in Phoenix, it would be harder than it is. Without the prayers and support of my family, I wouldn’t know how to move on.

But moving on is what my life has taught me to do. I am not good at pricing what I do for a living. I am not good at asking for help for myself. I am good at getting people what they need and what they desire. Holding on to those skills will keep me going at night.

Moving on means finding a new job. Moving on means finding a way to pay the bills. Moving on means updating all my social web profiles and my resume. Moving on means worrying about myself as much as I worry about others. (In one of life’s great contradictions: Worrying about and sending prayers and strength to those who need it makes handling all this a bit easier.)

The old standbys have helped. I am answering Office questions again – this time out on Microsoft’s Social Answers site. I am playing with and learning all about new social websites. (Tried Amplify? If not – do it.) I am putting the word out that I am available. I am keeping connected to my real world network in Phoenix. I am throwing myself into PodCampAZ preparation and APCUG work. I am putting feelers out for speaking engagements and applying to speak where I can.

And… I am learning:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.