PLEDGE WITH US:

“I believe that no child in America should go hungry. By pledging today, I add my voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.”
http://nokidhungry.org/

She challenges us to do what Mahatma Ghandi suggests, “Become the change you want to see in the world.” Her #BeTheChange movement has gone viral around the web.

Hite is a SexyThinker, which is how she is known as on Twitter. I had the pleasure of meeting her in 2009 at the first HRevolution unconfernce. She wowed us then, and she wows us now. She’s learned how to make brand evangelism fun, and profitable for organizations. She ties it all together with a feel good message. Amanda and her team create social media campaigns that empower employees to be brand agents, and created an accountability element.

Doing good equals doing well. Doing good deeds can be woven into an organization’s corporate communication strategy. Employees engaged in philanthropic activities have higher productivity, lower rates of absenteeism, work more effectively on teams. According to my research, organizations that engage their employees, and empower then to have time off to participate in a charitable activity as a team have higher employee employee retention rates which decreases the cost of hire. Employee attrition is expensive to an organization. Service learning, strategic philanthropy, and corporate responsibility also increases brand awareness, engages customers, and can help make a social media campaign go viral.

We know that compassionate human resources feels good, random acts of kindness feels even better. Amanda Hite supported the concept behind “Random Packs of Kindness.” Cinnabon is a compassionate company. Check out this video, Random Packs Of Kindnes:

She showed a an organization “Lastin” how to create a tweet hub. Check this out:

It’s brilliant. Create a contest to audition your internal brand agents, show them how to generate buzz on Twitter, and then turn them loose to convert their followers into brand agents too.

http://lastin.thetweethub.com/index.php

If that isn’t cool enough…Amanda challenged her Twitter followers and friends to raise 5,000 in one day, and if she did, she’d dress up like Barbie, and surprise us all. No doubt Hite’s got the moves like Jaggar. If this doesn’t make you laugh, and jump for joy nothing will. Fact is, she’s pretty hot in a shocking pink mini…and can dance better than most people I know. Here’s how she set it up on YouTube:

“The deal was you raise $5,000 on Twitter in 1 Day for #ServeHope (Global Hope Network and Share Our Strength) and I do a video blog in a pink dress!”

Now you know why I simply had to interview her on Compassionate HR. The BlogrtalkRadio Show can be heard right here. Just click on the tab, Compassionate HR at the top of the screen.

Amanda Hite can be reached here:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sexythinker
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandahite
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmandaEHite
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ahite14?feature=mhee

Be The Change Influencers: http://bethechangeinfluencers.com/
Changers of Commerce: http://changersofcommerce.com/
Talent Revolution: http://www.talentrevolution.net/
Blog: http://sexythinker.wordpress.com/

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Facebook, The Timeline, and The Open Graph: Is  Facebook becoming what Brian Solis  calls, “The New EgoSystem?”  I happen to love the new timeline, and the open graph.  On the other hand, I’m a social media professional, and I know how to conduct myself on social networks.  I’m still flabbergasted by how many people do not.  By and large, it’s human nature to resist change, particularly changes where you had no say so in the matter.  This post isn’t going to cover privacy issues on social networks, rather I wanted to review these two articles by Solis, and Elliot, and make you aware of how to embrace and take advantage of the new changes, or not, and grab your old comfy Facebook back.  Either way, stay with me and by all means chime in.

Now, for those of you who hate change, despise the new facebook timeline and ticker, you can go retro by following the instructions in this article written by Amy Mae Elliot: How To Get The Old Facebook back. This step by step article takes you through not just how to go back in time, but how to protect your privacy while you’re at it.  She uses an easy to follow slide share that even a neophyte can follow.  I love this article, and I think you will too.

But, if you’re like me, and you love change, embrace it, and ride the wave of the next digital trend.  Join me.  It’s a lot of fun.  Typically, the first week or two that Facebook rolls out a change, people get cranky, and complain.  I often associate this with Baby Boomers.  However considering that Baby Boomers are one of the fastest growing groups on Facebook, it will be interesting to watch and see who among the group will embrace it, and who will not.   GenX and GenY tend to roll with the punches, and hop right in to social network change.  This is my unscientific opinion of course.  Generalizations can’t be made as sweeping fact.  Everyone is on their own “timeline.”

What the open graph really does is removes layers of privacy, and makes it virtually impossible to hide behind the safety of your computer screen spouting all kinds of non-sense.  Frankly, I think people need to be more cognizant of their online behavior.  People should understand there are consequences for everything they say, and do on social networks, and how it can effect both their personal lives, and careers.  Solis takes a different turn.  He introduces you to the open graph, analyzes its features and benefits, and shares his wisdom with the wit and candor that only Brian can muster.

I love Brian’s article because he lists all the new apps, and tools the new changes that Facebook is rolling out.   “Ready, Camera, Action,” as Solis would say get ready for “Likes, Genre, And Action” Of course, if you follow Brian Solis’s blog, you’ll see why I appreciate, respect, and admire his content.  Put his blog in your google reader, you’ll be glad you did.

Before you go, be sure to scroll down,  and check out this list that Brian posted.  It was organized by the initial Open Graph applications courtesy of The Verge.com, and I graciously thank them both:
Travel

Gogobot
Airbnb
TripAdvisor​
Wipolo
Where I’ve Been
Food

Foodspotting
Cookpad
Snooth (wine)
Urbanspoon
Yummly
​Foodily
Shopping / Fashion

Pose
Pinterest
Polyvore
Oodle
Fab.com
eBay
Giftrocket
Payvment
Livingsocial
Fitness
MapMyRun
Runkeeper
Entertainment

Rotten Tomatoes
Dailymotion (French video site)
Cinemur (French video site)
Metacafe (videos)
Ford (game)
Wooga (Bubble Island, Diamond Dash)
OMGPOP (Draw My Thing)
Zynga (Words with Friends, Castleville
Giving

Causes
Fundrazr
Artez.com
Additional Open Graph Apps
BranchOut (job search)
Monster (job search)
Color (photo and video sharing)
Courserank (education)
Grockit (education)
Foursquare (location)
Goodreads (books)
Kobo (books)
StubHub (ticketing)
Ticketmaster (ticketing)
Ticketfly (ticketing)
ScoreBig (ticketing)
Appsfire (app discovery)
Artfinder (art)
Autotrader (cars)

Again, I’d like to thank Mashable, and Brian Solis for consistently providing world class content from which we can all grow, and learn.

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