Communities

For our #DigiBlogChat on May 18, 2021, the topic is building community. Join us on Twitter every Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time for a fun and educational chat!

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of community?

Q2. What communities are you involved with?

Q3. What temporary communities have you joined because of Covid?

Q4. How can an online community be strengthened?

Q5.  What are your main reasons for joining communities?

Q6. As we open up after Covid, which communities will you keep?

Q7. How would you go about creating a new community?

Q8. What are the main differences between an online and offline community?

Q9. How have communities made you better?

Q10. What tips do you have for us to strengthen our #digiblogchat community?

The topic for Tuesday, May 11, 2021 is “Influence and Influencers” with questions by Larry Mount aka @lazblazter! Join us each Tuesday at 1:00 pm pdt and add the #DigiBlogChat hashtag so we all can see your tweets. Here are the questions! 

Q1. Who among us would claim to be an #influencer and can you explain please? 

Q2. What is the role of influence in brand management?

Q3. What concerns might you have about #influencers and why is that? 

Q4. What is the relationship between Social Media marketing and #Influencers? 

Q5. If you aspire to #influence where do you start in terms of #SoMe platforms? 

Q6. Is it appropriate that @tiktok and @insta appear to lack regulatory controls to protect against exploitation? 

Q7. How would you educate for responsible use of influencers by brands? 

Q8. What is your success recipe in this space, do you blog, are you exclusive to a platform? 

Q9. Is it reasonable to advocate colorful video clips as the fastest means to recognition as an #influencer? 

Q10. If #influence can pay dividends to us all, do we need to work still?

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on Tuesday, May 4th, is how to create the perfect headshot with Beth of @AdventureGlass! Join us each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time for our fun and educational chat. Here are the questions:

1. Getting a headshot?  What are your responsibilities vs. the photographer’s responsibilities?
2. What questions should you ask your photographer before the session?
3. What clothes work best for headshots?  Colors?  Why?
4. Indoor vs outdoor – what do you like best and why?
5. MAKE UP – yes, even men – what are the best practices?
6. What is the number one thing to remember when getting a head shot?
7. Do it yourself vs pay for a photographer – what are your thoughts? Why?
8. You get what you pay for – what should headshots cost from a pro? Why?
9. Editing – how do you like your editing?  Wrinkle free or leave me alone? Why?
10. Angles – it really is all in the angle – show us your favorite angles and tell us what angles you avoid and why.

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on Tuesday, April 27th, is Creativity with @maricarjagger ! Join us each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time for our fun and educational chat!

Q1.  How’s your level of creativity during the pandemic? 

Q2. What have been your creative outlets? 

Q3. What can you do with a writer’s/creative’s block? 

Q4. Is it possible to bring creativity into your business? 

Q5. Why is creativity important to your business? 

Q6. What do you do to get inspiration? 

Q7. How can you demonstrate the value of creativity in your business? 

Q8. What do you do to maintain your creativity? 

Q9. Are you more creative when you’re busy or when you’re relaxed? 

Q10. Do you have a creative muse? 

Q11. Extra credit: Just for fun, use whatever you have around you and spell the word LOVE! 

Our topic is The Multitasking Myth for #Digiblogchat on April 13th, 2021. #Digiblogchat is every Tuesday at 1:00 pm Pacific Time. Join us on Twitter!

Q1. Do you believe people have the ability to perform more than one task or activity at the same time? If yes, what types of activities? 

Q2. How does splitting your focus between two or more activities affect your productivity? 

Q3. Share a time when you felt forced to multitask in order to get your work done. 

Q4. Do you think multitasking affects your creativity positively or negatively? Why? 

Q5. How does white noise or background music aid your ability to focus on one task? 

Q6. What is the cost of multitasking? 

Q7. Are there any benefits to multitasking and if so, what are they? 

Q8. Have you experienced more errors when multitasking and what was that like? 

Q9. What kinds of time management have you used to get more done? 

Q10. What are some of the best ways to stop multitasking?

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on Tuesday, March 30th is goal setting with Teodora (@emapirciu). Please join us at 1:00 PM pdt on Twitter! 

Q1. What was one goal you’ve achieved in March? 

Q2. When does a dream become a goal? 

Q3. Why is setting specific goals difficult? 

Q4. Goal setting would be easier if ____________. 

Q5. How does setting goals empower people? 

Q6. What do you do to make sure you reach your goals? 

Q7. How do you track your progress when going after your goals?

Q8. How do you fight the fear of missing out (FOMO)? 

Q9. What’s one goal you want to achieve in April?

Q10. What will you do to meet your goal this month?

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on Twitter March 16th, 2021 is: Emerging from Lockdown and Finding a New Normal with @LazBlazter! Join us every Tuesday at 1:00 pm Pacific Time.

Q1. Are you preparing to emerge from some form of #COVID19 related constraint on personal and business freedoms?

Q2. What are your positive /negative experiences that directly stem from changes in how you can work through the pandemic?

Q3. Who or what has inspired you to persevere, be innovative or to reinvent your business and services that define your enterprise?

Q4. How quickly have you adapted to your current mode of operation and was it worth the effort?

Q5. How much of what you now do is temporary against what you believe will be retained ways of working? (E.g. Remote working vs on premise working)

Q6. How will you determine cost benefits for extending remote working or adapting your premises for virtual customer engagement in future?

Q7. Which organisations or entities will you look to for advice and evidence that supports your digital investments?

Q8. Who will lead on your communications strategy setting out what customers and investors can expect as we all emerge to greater freedoms?

Q9. What is your timeline for moving into a steady operational business model as economies and people resume habits that go with moving freely?

Q10.  How well did your Business Resilience plan work and have you re-drafted it for various scenarios using lessons from the COVID pandemic?

MEETINGS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021’s Topic is Meetings: Past, Present, and Future with special guest Justine Pretorious! Join us on Twitter at 1:00 p.m. PST.

Q1. When was the last time you attended a conference? Why did you attend it?

Q2. What is the most important objective to attending a conference for you?

Q3. What are your expectations for a virtual event versus an in-person event?

Q4. What do you want out of a conference when you are attending for educational purposes?

Q5. What do you want out of a conference when attending for networking opportunities?

Q6. Since Covid-19 have you attended a virtual conference?

Q7. What was your last virtual conference experience like?

Q8. What was your favorite and least favorite part about attending a virtual event?

Q9. In the future do you plan on attending conferences in-person or virtually?

Q10. What can a conference do to make you feel comfortable attending an in-person conference?