Spence Smith

If you are not yet on Twitter and you want to build a following online of crazy people like me then now is the time to get started. You can read a post called The Beginner’s Guide To Twitter by Michael Hyatt and follow his steps to get you on your way.

I’ve been amazed in the year and a half I’ve been on twitter at the amount of information that comes across my phone in a day. When you look at my profile page on twitter, don’t freak out. I only have a small percentage of peoples twitter texts coming to my phone. (I scan through the rest through out the day to make sure I didn’t miss any direct texts or reply’s).

It has become a place where you learn just a little more about a person that you otherwise might not have known. I can get updates on what is happening with my friends through out the day, or I can get Breaking News as it happens from these guys. OR…an this is where it’s getting really fun, I can follow a guy like Lance Armstrong. Lance has jumped into twitter 110%. Right now he has been in Hawaii with his kids and training for the upcoming Tour de California. He sends twitpics and tells us about hard 100 mile training days and fun times with the kids. We get updates on LIVEstrong and success stories on cancer survivors.

You see… If you are a celebrity of any kind (yes, this includes you christian artists too), then this is prefect for you to build a following. I’m a fan of Lance Armstrong. I think he inspires to push harder and to never give up. I like that, so I follow him. Make sense? So now when he gets to Tour de France ’09. I will have kept up with his training schedule. Win or Lose… I’ll be a follower.

Last…read this blog post by Randy Elrod.

Web 2.0 Trends – Twitter – Social Networking – Millennial Generation

It’s a quick look at some things to think about with Twitter. Randy and I teach a session during our LifeWork 2.o seminars specific to twitter.

One thing is for sure. People are always looking to learn something new. The older I get, the more I want to learn. The more I learn something the less I knew in general. The less I know the more I want to learn. Ohhhh such a crazy cycle. The art of learning is about the journey and the journey is a great process that keeps my life just a little on the spicy side.

Right now, my life is consumed with learning. My forms of learning range with various media outlets like the internet, books, tv, training from instructors, or conversation with a friend or co worker. I find myself asking more questions all the time trying to soak in just a little more knowledge.

This is a process in life I have loved for some time now. In fact, I’m humble by the art of learning as I talk to people who are much older than myself and hear about the passion for new experiences and the learning process involved.

When I was in high school, I was fortunate to sit under the instruction of a great drummer for one day. Ed Shaughnessy. He was the Tonight Show drummer for so many years playing for the Doc Severinsen Orchestra…The Johnny Carson show…are you following me? This band was and still is amazing. Ed…slammed on the drums and he came to play with our jazz band and do a clinic. Back then he was around the age of 60. He now is around 80 years old.

After watching Ed sound check and blow through an amazingly powerful groove filled solo, I walked up to him and said WOW!!! That was incredible!!! I hope to be that good one day!!! He said to me… Son, I still have so much to learn. Never stop learning the craft.

I’ll never forget that moment. Never stop learning the craft.

When Randy and I get the chance to teach people our thoughts findings and tricks of web 2.0 and all that comes with it, something happens. Randy and I continue to learn new things and how to apply them better with each day. Those that we teach, learn something new that is way out of the box for them. it challenges them to view what they do so differently and helps to open their minds to the ulimited power of the internet community.

For example: Teaching someone about Twitter is not about convincing someone that twitter works. It’s about convincing them to try it to see how it works. Once you see how it works, you learn how to make it work for yourself. That’s the beauty of learning. The process…

It really feels more like an art form to me. The journey is half the fun right?

HT:Watercooler Wednesday