tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post3769390145325983671..comments2024-01-31T00:56:33.779+00:00Comments on A Little About a Lot: It's Not a Numbers Gameniallgavinukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-72337379425245368092012-06-22T11:11:17.555+01:002012-06-22T11:11:17.555+01:00David / Matt,
Thanks for your time and your commen...David / Matt,<br />Thanks for your time and your comments. Moving the conversations from the virtual into the real world, for me, gives the lie to the whole myth about people spending too much time online and not enough time f2f. All one has to do is reach out. Yes, that takes courage, but at least one is not reaching out blindly.niallgavinukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-66533847118445550372012-06-22T09:22:02.098+01:002012-06-22T09:22:02.098+01:00Interesting thoughts Niall.
I had my first Twitt...Interesting thoughts Niall. <br /><br />I had my first Twitter 'date' recently with @macca61 in Central London. I'd tweeted that I was going to be in town and that the coffee was on me if anyone facncied meeting up. I didn't know Neil outside of Twitter and couldn't really think of how we'd gotten connected, but we met up and had a great chat. Turns out we're both in L&D with a shared view that managers need to become coaches and, more importantly, we're both mad @dexys fans and have been salivating online about the new album ever since.<br /><br />Not sure this fledgling friendship could ever have occured in the days before the net.Matt Somershttp://www.mattsomers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-59933359475704150152012-06-19T17:33:23.257+01:002012-06-19T17:33:23.257+01:00Niall - I have exactly the same experience with bl...Niall - I have exactly the same experience with blog writing. Sometimes it needs to cook a little but once you've started it's funny how the resources you need come to hand. I've also found the direction I thought I was taking unexpectedly shifts mostly due to the process of writing the blog. Great fun! What do you think the learning & application is here for leaders?<br /><br />The numbers "issue" is also curious... there's a part of me that knows numbers matter. For instance, I have a loose rule that I won't follow more than around 300-350 people on Twitter. Any more than that and I have no hope at all of engaging with them in a meaningful way. Yet my number of followers is what it is at 900-950... maybe my relaxed attitude would be different if I only had 10 followers!<br /><br />The other related piece is the number of blog visitors I get from outside UK/Eire - approx. 25% from the US and 25% from rest of the world. Yet I mostly publish blogs on Twitter to what I perceive as a predominantly UK audience - or so I think! I can't fathom it but I appreciate it - the numbers don't matter as such but if they weren't tracked I wouldn't have this insight!<br /><br />Beyond the numbers, I love the way strangers will "stand up" and offer their genuine support. So refreshing!<br /><br />You can't measure the glorious intangible of human interaction!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236773980616751709noreply@blogger.com