Use it, Dang it! Don’t Just Talk About it.

Every now and then this thought comes to me with force…

“USE IT, DANG IT!  Don’t just talk about wanting to do social media, social networking or social learning within your organization.  If you are not using it yourself, you won’t get it.  You will think you get it, but you won’t.  I have never seen ANYONE who doesn’t use it really get it – how to use it, how to implement it, why it should be used – and the opposite – why NOT or how NOT to use it.  They have information on the periphery, but not what they really need – hands on experience.  And I am not talking about lurking.  I am talking about getting your hands dirty.  Get on Twitter and talk.  Think out loud on a blog.  Use a wiki to take notes.  Share what you love using social bookmarking. Whatever you do, jump into it.  So, use it, dang it!”

There, my rant is done.

Thank you for listening. (And actually, even though this is typed, it is listening because you are listening to yourself read this in your voice.  But that is another topic.)

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