A Blast from the Past
July 23, 2008
I recently had two separate occasions where my past caught up with me.
One such meeting was at a bar where a friend of mine was sitting at a table having drinks with a friend. I went over to say hello to him and the girl said, “Jacinta? Jacinta from Batesville?” (Batesville is where I went to high school). I said, “I went to Batesville High School, who are you?”. We proceeded to exchange information and I realized that she was one grade below me in school. Even though I didn’t recognize her or her name, no surprise since my memory is pretty much gone since having kids, we made a connection and exchanged contact numbers.
Since that encounter weeks ago, we met for lunch and have future plans to perhaps do business together and get together socially. She’s new in town and I love introducing new people to Cincinnati and all it has to offer. I have a wonderful network of friends and I can’t wait for them to meet her. I’ve also tuned her into LinkedIn, Twitter and LUCRUM’s blog. Before meeting me, she had no idea what these names meant. Now, she’s making connections and forming her own network of online friends.
The other blast from my past was surprisingly, right here at LUCRUM.
Rob Klutts is the newest addition to the LUCRUM team. Rob is a graphic designer who is here to help LUCRUM standardize our brand and the way the outside world sees us. He will also work on some internal projects and help our clients with any website projects they may have.
Rob sits right next to me and on Day Two of Rob’s first week, we started talking about stuff. Where we lived, our families, where we went to school yada yada yada.
Come to find out, HE went to Batesville High School too. He came to Batesville as a senior, I was a junior. He had moved away after middle school and came back to finish up his senior year. We started talking about all the people we knew, and I knew more of the upperclassman this time (when I met the girl from my story above I didn’t know any of the underclassmen, isn’t that how it goes anyhow? Plebes…). As he rattled off names, I came up with a few….and man….what a trip down memory lane that was!
It got me thinking of those days and what it was like back then…what “I” was like back then. Now, 17 years later (gulp!), I think back and shake my head and realize how different my world was compared to today. I cringed a little thinking of THE STUPID THINGS YOU DO AS A TEENAGER. Sheesh….thank God I’m “hopefully” older and wiser.
So even though these two connections had nothing to do with using any social media tool, I will truthfully tell you that I’m still making connections with the past using tools like LinkedIn, Plaxo and a new one I’m looking at, Zkout (pronounced “scout”). People ask me all the time, “What is LinkedIn?”. “How do I use it?”. And well, the only thing I can say is this, “Its a bridge that enables you to connect to others professionally and personally.” If you haven’t done so, try it. You’ll be amazed at the people you meet and maybe find out what your friends REALLY do all day.
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Being a father of three beautiful daughters aged 20, 18 and 14 - let me also say that I make GREAT use of social network applications as I raise them. I have a system that I developed that consists of a series of concentric circles…when my girls are interested in someone or a young man interested in my daughter, the boy then enters that first outer-most circle. Here he and I exchange facebook address and we become ‘friends’. It is quite revealing to see someone’s entire life (which is usually about the last 2-4 years at this age) online and totally available! There are more circles and strategies, but you will have to wait for the book (or buy me lunch)!
~Scott Felten
One word to the youth…think about what you are doing today, for this will be recorded for all the world to see and tomorrow you will have to account for your actions. It’s a new world for our youth - the hyper velocity of communication, the enormous reach of content and the persistance of connectivity to your social circles.
I wonder what is next?
~Scott Felten