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Getting Things Done !

Getting Things Done ! (Photo credit: Sunfox)

How’s that for a provocative title!

The truth is that life comes at you fast, and you find yourself looking around at what is ultimately most important in getting things done.

I’ve become comfortable over the past six years with this idea of having multiple careers, even at one time. It goes well with my personality and actually helps keep me sane. I need that variety.

For the past month and a half, I’ve had a grueling Thursday and Friday of working at multiple jobs. It’s been grueling because I haven’t been able to get as much sleep as I do on other days. It’s the way the time is structured, and I’m finding ways to manage it.

One way is to really focus on the core of what needs to be done. You see, I’ve been one to overthink many things, that life has to be structured in a particular way in order for things to be done well.

I’ve had to rethink my approach. What are the main objectives I need to accomplish: in class, on the job, in giving a presentation?

Just because I can show a PowerPoint does not mean I have to. It’s been so easy — too easy — to hide behind the slides.

Can you relate?

Last Saturday I’m to give a talk about blogging at a local networking group called b2bCinci. I know that among my approaches in this talk include creating different slides to illustrate my points. Yet I want this talk to be more of a group discussion, especially since I knew that nearly everyone in the group had not started to blog. I want to convince them to rethink why they are not blogging and inspire them to.

I choose just to use markers and the marker board, and as I ask questions, I write down responses. This more interactive feel meant more to me as a presenter, and I heard from at least one attendee that they have been motivated to start blogging as a result.

Presenting naked means you put yourself out in front or even among the audience, unencumbered by slides or a lectern.

Had I got enough sleep I might not have chosen such an approach or have had such an effect.

Have you experienced something similar to this?

For more on becoming a Naked Presenter, check out Garr Reynolds book of the same title (affiliate link): The Naked Presenter: Delivering Powerful Presentations With or Without Slides (Voices That Matter)

I also encourage you to watch this video from his talk at Duarte Design: http://vimeo.com/14493347

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Should you like your own Facebook posts?

In December 2009 I wrote a post asking the same question. It remains one of the biggest traffic drivers to this site, according to Google Analytics.

Should you or shouldn’t you?

Almost 2-1/2 years have passed, and here’s where we are when it comes to Facebook.

Facebook tends to be a social network of people whom you already know, depending on your strategy for adding new friends.

When you comment or like someone on Facebook, it has a better chance to show up in your network’s news feed. So if you want to give your post a boost, then you might Like it.

Others may perceive this as narcissistic. If you care about what others think of you, then you may not want to give your own words that thumbs up. If you don’t really care, then do it.

Or you could comment on the post to clarify or add to the conversation. In my opinion, this comes across as more natural.

Different for Individuals vs Brands/pages?

I don’t think this matters as much for individuals as it might for brands. If you as a page post something and then like that post as the page, because you’re a non-human entity, that may further be perceived as egotistical.

I’m not the expert

I’m not a social media expert on this sort of thing, and I have no concrete data as to whether Liking your own Facebook posts has any effect on overall engagement or not. In my opinion, there are much more important things in life to be thinking about.

What about you? What do you think?

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  • With 4 young ladies + 3D= quite an adventure indeed! (@ Springdale Cinema 18: De Lux for The Avengers w/ 4 others) http://t.co/sEIeSu1e #
  • You're invited to Facebook Page Timeline: Insights & Experiences! #NMCincy – http://t.co/DekHsy5m #
  • Good afternoon from beautiful Cincinnati! Grading exams and homework so that I can send midterm grades off today. Time to crank it up to 11. #
  • Just got home from one of my jobs, as my wife heads out to hers. http://t.co/s0qacvOD @GetGlue #Work #
  • Here for late-afternoon meeting and to teach my evening class. Maybe get a little rest somehow, too. :-) http://t.co/uPZuh5iQ #
  • Teacher Appreciation Week! (@ Antonelli College) http://t.co/hnS2hTce #
  • Post work-week dinner (@ Steak N Shake) http://t.co/sWVWdmKL #
  • Facebook page changes and some of the best in-person social networking in town! (@ New Media Cincinnati) http://t.co/YinxRxn8 #
  • Checking people in… and the patio is OPEN!!! #nmcincy #
  • @castlepoint welcomes everyone! #nmcincy #
  • Mark your calendars: Social Media Day on June 30th. Details coming soon! #nmcincy #
  • Tweeting more from @newmediacincy today. #nmcincy #
  • Group pages operate a lot like the old Facebook pages. Still wondering whether it's important to have one or the other. #nmcincy #
  • How does Facebook determine what goes into the Other group in Messages? #nmcincy #
  • RT @newmediacincy: @creativeally likes the Facebook Tab Manager plugin for WordPress: http://t.co/PpsIzXWB #nmcincy #
  • RT @newmediacincy: FanPageEngine and Pagemodo have been cited as resources for page design #nmcincy #
  • Do NOT put all of your business on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. You need to have your own content platform with your stuff. #nmcincy #
  • Saturday Day Night Glee-ver. Makes me want to watch the movie http://t.co/vp27aBVV @GetGlue @GLEEonFOX #

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  • Here for social media panel planning meeting and prep for this week. Midterms already! :) (@ Antonelli College) http://t.co/60olHhr2 #
  • That moment when creative ideas flow quicker than they can be captured… I'm there. #fb #li #
  • Is that Plainfield Road near Blue Ash? #
  • Talking entrepreneurship with @drsceifers and @editVDO (@ Frisch's Big Boy) http://t.co/4NJ7xIpb #
  • I am so done. Long day tomorrow. #fb #
  • This show keeps getting more and more interesting. Although they seem to have a lot of time on their hands… http://t.co/EISgaeEj @GetGlue #
  • I unlocked the Revenge: Absolution sticker on @GetGlue! http://t.co/iu9s5UCC #
  • My eyes are opened. My students are among my heroes. They each have amazing stories about where they have come from. I could go on… #
  • Good morning from beautiful Cincinnati! May the 4th be with you! #fb #li #
  • Rode with my wife to her job. Catching the bus the rest of the way downtown. (@ Hughes High School) http://t.co/N0VD4yok #
  • Midterms, entrepreneurship, and Don (@drsceifers) and Vickie (@editVDO) Sceifers as guest speakers. Full afternoon! http://t.co/drqrymLJ #
  • We just finished work, and we're getting wings and beer. (@ BW3's) http://t.co/HgMhx6GO #
  • I'm a Fan of Grimm on @GetGlue http://t.co/MJiYDYdc #
  • Cliff and Britney's wedding!!! (@ Camp Graham) http://t.co/l5XYV7EB #

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I’m teaching a class on Interpersonal Communications this term at Antonelli College. It’s designed to reinforce and expand interpersonal communication as it relates to having a successful business in the world today. The context for the course encompasses psychological, relational, situational, environmental, and cultural communication. We’re learning how interactions and reactions have a direct connection in the professional setting.

The textbook, which we got from Cengage, called IPC.

Each week I assign for homework a journal entry about something we cover in class. I don’t require that they share it publicly since that may mean they choose not to be as vulnerable as they could be.

I also mentioned that I’m doing the homework along with my students, but I’m doing it here on this blog. As always, you’re welcome to join in the discussion.

Openness to other cultures and worldviews

In class this week, we talked about how culture and worldview affects us in our interpersonal communication.

How can you be more open to other cultures and world views?

Neighborhoods in the Greater Cincinnati area are organized so that residents don’t really need to leave in order to shop for basic necessities like groceries. This is especially true if you’re limited in transportation. Aside from work you probably don’t have even to leave your neighborhood.

The culture on the West side of Cincinnati is different from that on the East side. In 1990 after the Berlin Wall fell in Germany, Cincinnati Enquirer politicial cartoonist Jim Borgman did a about an “East-West Wall” that exists in Cincinnati. It’s among his personal favorites, and you can see the first in the series among the Borgman’s favorites page.

This isolationist perspective also extends to my country as a whole. Like it or not, many Americans like me grow up at some level thinking that the world revolves around the United States of America.

So when I think about how to expand my culture and worldview, I recognize that I need to get out of my neighborhood more often. Get over to the other side of town and see what’s going on over there. Get downtown more often. Get across the river into Northern Kentucky.

Moreover, it’s become more important for me to read and watch news from outside Cincinnati, Ohio and outside of the United States. One of the local PBS stations shows world news, and I’ve found myself lately following it. Hearing reporters talk about the United States as an outsider helps me appreciate that perspective more.

Finally, I’m thankful to be a part of one of the most culturally diverse churches in the Greater Cincinnati area. Spending time in this congregation makes it easy for me to see White, Black, Hispanic, African, Russian, Arabic, and other cultures together.

Interpersonal Communications Series

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These five words are some of the most common I ask in emails lately. Like anything done with repetition, it could be easy for them to lose their meaning.

But I’m serious.

How Can I Help You?

At your service

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You’re reading this now because you’re a regular reader, because you found it through searching for something, or because someone referred you here.

I write about things I’m interested in writing about, but I’m definitely interested in what you’d like to find.

Leave a comment below or contact me directly.

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