Look! It's a POKEN!

Hooray! My awesome-nerdy-tech-savvy day has finally arrived. I have a Poken! (Actually, I got two, but I’m going to give the other Poken to a deserving individual). I learned about Pokens for the first time a few months ago, but didn’t get one. Then I attended the Social Media Business Forum and they were giving Pokens away. I saw them in person for the first time and realized how AWESOME they are. I was really hoping I would win one that day, but alas, I didn’t.

I was sad.

Subsequently (I love that word), I started chatting with @pokengirl on Twitter and mentioned how much I wanted one. I was asked to review the Poken and make a video about it, I obliged, and alas, I got my Pokens! HOORAY! Seriously, this just made my day. (It’s the little things when you’re a tech-nerd).

Oh, and for those of you that are saying to yourself, “What in the *bleep* is a Poken?” Basically it’s a digital business card that you can carry around with you that stores all of your social contact information – you can pass information along and store other’s information. Don’t fret… I’m going to blog about it soon.

So, expect a review and video in the next week. I’m excited to set up and play with my new Poken. …that sounded awkward, but it was not intended to sound awkward – get your mind out of the gutter!

Let me ask you: Do YOU Poken?

Word.

I got to really thinking a lot this week. I have a post coming soon about education in general, but I wanted to really drive home this idea of educating YOURSELF. Especially with regards to social media (but honestly, this TIP can be applied to any topic or trade). Social media, as we all know, is changing every day. Three, even two years ago, people didn’t know what to think of social media, let alone understand it, implement it, and become an expert at it. That’s why I want to really emphasize how important it is to EDUCATE YOURSELF.

No matter how long you have been in your field, 10 minutes, 10 years, 10 centuries, you will never know everything. So take the time to go out and expand your horizons. Read a new blog this week, go to coffee with someone and learn more about what they do, attend a conference (Social Media Business Forum, anyone? I’ll be there!), go to a #Tweetup (DEEP FRIED #TriangleTweetup, anyone? I’ll be there!), or simply ask a question that you don’t know the answer to. It’s okay to ask questions. Trust me, as a former high school English teacher, I know that there ARE no dumb questions. It’s dumb to not ask if you don’t know. Ah, You get my point. Learn from someone else. Know that you don’t know.

So go out there, learn something new, and then share what you learned! Come back and comment on my blog and tell me what you learned - because I want to learn from You!  Watch the video. Learn something. Then teach me!

All for now.