by David DeWald | Jul 30, 2010 | Community Management, Random Thoughts
At a young and impressionable age, I was introduced to the concept of “learning styles”. Specifically David Kolb’s learning styles model and experiential learning theory. My first contact with it was in the summer of 1989, a few years after the publication of...
by David DeWald | Jul 28, 2010 | Community Management, Random Thoughts
I was fortunate. That is really the only way I can say it. In High School I was fortunate to have a group of friends that helped define who and what I am today. In the past month, we have started to reconnect thanks to the power of Facebook. It is odd how easily we...
by David DeWald | Jun 2, 2010 | Community Management, Random Thoughts
I continue to play in the world of convenience retail, working third shift. I get to see many characters late at night. It is like there is another world that exists outside of the house of light. I see people headed for home, people starting their days. People...
by David DeWald | May 4, 2010 | Community Management, Social Media
At my current company we have an “official” blog, a Facebook page and three twitter accounts; one for promotions, one official and one for a specific region. The regional twitter account is the most active and was actively posting about a new store opening...
by David DeWald | Mar 29, 2010 | Community Management, Social Media
So you’ve done it. Everything is going perfectly and your community is growing fast… maybe growing much faster than you expected. But don’t panic there are things you can do to keep from getting overwhelmed and losing control. In my case we grew from from just...