I just sent in our social media story, just under the wire because I’m a one handed slow poke these days due to a bike wreck on the Danube last August that left me with a paralyzed dominant arm and hand. Nerves heal very slowly, but it has not stopped our open ended world tour or fun with social media!

We are as far from digital natives and geeks as one can get, yet the impact of social media on our lives, in endless ways, has simply been astounding!

Thanks for this opportunity and I look forward to reading them all and soon hearing about your total recovery!
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Interesting – I stumbled across this while searching for social media success stories. Just a little anecdote from me.

A few years a ago I was watching the news and heard about the Farepak collapse (it was a UK based Christmas hamper company). It meant that lots of people who had been using the company to save up for Christmas presents etc would not get the vouchers/hampers etc that they had been saving for. My mum used them too.

The worse thing about it was that the directors had done the usual and rinsed the company before liquidating it. I thought “That’s not fair – someone should do something”. Rather than wait and see who stepped up. I did. I registered http://www.unfairpak.co.uk – set up a forum and started posting and hunting around for pockets of people already discussing it elsewhere to bring them on-board.

Early members were asked to take on specific roles, and before I knew it – my little action, along with the little actions of customers and agents, had turned into a national one.

Cut a long story short – we ended up getting the issue discussed in parliament and got extensive media coverage and overwhelming support.

That’s my story.

I now work in social media/online community.

Love the project. Many stories, among others, meeting incredible people,really loving my work, and pushing my own limits.
how is that?
KC

Feel free to check my blog out and you are welcome to leave a comment – http://jonbuckleypr.wordpress.com/

Cheers,
Jon

Hope you, Ralene and the kids are doing well – been too long, fella.

@Worob
PR at Sunrise blog – worob.com