10 Minutes to Happiness via @TheSunQueen

I attended a impressive workshop last week that left me dripping with creativity and hope. Ja Nae' Duane, aka @TheSunQueen, stopped off in the Triad of North Carolina (thanks to the invitation of Jeff Sangeorge) as a part of her Agents of Change tour.

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My first introduction to Ja Nae' was through her 10 Minutes to Happiness TEDx talk. SO, allow me to introduce you to her the same way I met her.

Enjoy the talk, then visit her website (above) and decide of you want more! I know I do.

As a result of this simple and brilliant concept, I've started beginning each day with 10 minutes of poetry writing.  I do believe she is onto something...happiness growing!

 

Ja-Nae Duane Revolution Institute One woman revolution Ja-Naé Duane is a social scientist, artist, and author. Her unwavering commitment to improving the quality of life for the global community garnered Ja-Naé a nomination as one of New England's Most Innovative Leaders of 2007.

Silly #Squarespace Comments Glitch

The move here to the Squarespace website/blog platform is complete. You'll now find the website and two of my blogs here. It's a good little platform, and yet, one limitation has me scratching my head... the Squarespace commenting system.

With Squarespace version 6, the website CMS and design functionality took a hefty leap forward.  I was impressed enough with the ease of design and the Blogger import functionality that I was hooked. Then, I discovered that the Squarespace commenting functionality doesn't allow for posters to link to their website or blog. The utility appears to let you log-in via several profile options, and even imports the avatar from that profile, but the hyperlinks aren't captured. It seems one of THE most important features in comment functionality for bloggers is the ability to easily share your own website/blog in the sharing of comments, and as a blogger, it's is just common courtesy to make this as easy as possible. I email SqSp customer service and received this reply:

“Hi Kim,

Thanks for getting back to us!

As Marly mentioned in her response, there is currently no option to link back to a website or blog if you’re using Squarespace’s commenting system.

This is certainly a great feature enhancement and we’d be more than happy to pass it along to our developers.

In the mean time, you may be interested in using Disqus for the comments on your blog.
We’ve added a guide for how to enable Disqus for the comments on your blog below:
Let us know if this helps! We’re here and happy to assist.”

— Yelena K. Customer Care Squarespace, Inc.

So, until their developers make the change, I've switched to the DISQUS comment format. It is a bit better, and will allow for anonymous 'guest' comments, but will also 'encourage' you to create a DISQUS profile, as well.  

I apologize for the inconvenience, and I promise to implement a more comment friendly system as soon as I can. In the meantime, feel free to use the share button at will!

Scheduling Posts on Squarespace 6

I've had a few posts not publish as scheduled. After doing some online research at Squarespace, I found a helpful video. We'll see if this one schedules...

LinkedIn or Locked Out! I'm Donating Some Time

Through the Local Goodwill, I'm helping some folks "Make Over" their LinkedIn presence. LinkedIn, the most accepted social media platform for online professionals, is becoming critical to networking online and connecting with people offline. 

In my day job, I train sales professionals to use LinkedIn strategically in an ever growing online driven world. Networking in 2013 isn't complete without an online component.

So, on August 20th, I'm volunteering some of my time to work with Goodwill of Northwest North Carolina to offer a hands on LinkedIn Profile makeover workshop. The workshop will be followed by a Head-shot photo session. 

For Questions please contact:

Sandy Jolley: sjolley@goodwillnwnc.org or Tempy Albright: talbright@goodwillnwnc.org