http://tayloryou.com/blog/you-are-not-too-old-for-social-media/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Keepin' it Real in Real Time Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tayloryou.com/blog/you-are-not-too-old-for-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Karen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:08:23 +0000 http://tayloryou.com/blog/?p=221#comment-84 My co-worker and I were laughing just the other day that every five years or so a new buzz word emerges in the workplace and how all of the MBA's, MS's, MD's, PhD's, LMMOP's etc., begin using the term to nauseam until a new buzz word comes into play. I believe the current buzz words are 'social media' and being a Boomer myself, I am wondering if this too is just another passing fancy. The C-Suite Boomers who try to stay competitive have gotten their feet wet and have slowly embraced the concept, but I believe many are still reluctant to go full speed ahead. In our 'new' economy, I know all players must become more creative with their ever shrinking resources so this just might be the medium. Can we compare this shift as what happened in the 80's as the marketplace went from the mainframe to the PC? Was it IBM who reigned the mainframe king and reacted to slowly to the market shifting to the more affordable PC? Who would have thought that I would be at my computer in my home at 11 p.m. responding to your blog oh... 20 years ago? Now I use Face Book, Twitter and LinkedIn, and let me tell you, the learning curve was steep and painful to climb at times. I have more to learn but I'm doing better much better than many of my peers. When I asked my older siblings to get on board, you would have thought I asked them for a blank check or for the heads of their first born children! While I am not quite as skeptic, I have to admit that I don't know where the social media is headed, but I want to be on the bus as it travels to its next destination/generation. My co-worker and I were laughing just the other day that every five years or so a new buzz word emerges in the workplace and how all of the MBA’s, MS’s, MD’s, PhD’s, LMMOP’s etc., begin using the term to nauseam until a new buzz word comes into play. I believe the current buzz words are ‘social media’ and being a Boomer myself, I am wondering if this too is just another passing fancy. The C-Suite Boomers who try to stay competitive have gotten their feet wet and have slowly embraced the concept, but I believe many are still reluctant to go full speed ahead. In our ‘new’ economy, I know all players must become more creative with their ever shrinking resources so this just might be the medium. Can we compare this shift as what happened in the 80′s as the marketplace went from the mainframe to the PC? Was it IBM who reigned the mainframe king and reacted to slowly to the market shifting to the more affordable PC? Who would have thought that I would be at my computer in my home at 11 p.m. responding to your blog oh… 20 years ago? Now I use Face Book, Twitter and LinkedIn, and let me tell you, the learning curve was steep and painful to climb at times. I have more to learn but I’m doing better much better than many of my peers. When I asked my older siblings to get on board, you would have thought I asked them for a blank check or for the heads of their first born children! While I am not quite as skeptic, I have to admit that I don’t know where the social media is headed, but I want to be on the bus as it travels to its next destination/generation.

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