Comments on: Addressing Social Media Ageism http://www.virginiamiracle.com/2009/09/21/addressing-social-media-ageism/ Word of Mouth Marketing Practitioner Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:49:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Teresa Basich http://www.virginiamiracle.com/2009/09/21/addressing-social-media-ageism/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Teresa Basich Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:07:19 +0000 http://www.virginiamiracle.com/?p=441#comment-2087 Since I haven't gotten the chance to discuss this topic in the workplace, the dinner table is where it's at! :) I find stories to be incredibly effective in warming people up to social media. For older generations, one of their big concerns is health care, so discussing some of the things that hospitals around the nation have been doing with social media to proliferate information about the industry and improve patient care has been effective in helping them open up to the idea of using social media for their own lives. Also, I would imagine that if you can find ways to connect these new tools for communicating with more traditional means of communicating that might help open some eyes. Last resort? Tell 'em they can keep tabs on their kids with social media. ;) Since I haven’t gotten the chance to discuss this topic in the workplace, the dinner table is where it’s at! :) I find stories to be incredibly effective in warming people up to social media. For older generations, one of their big concerns is health care, so discussing some of the things that hospitals around the nation have been doing with social media to proliferate information about the industry and improve patient care has been effective in helping them open up to the idea of using social media for their own lives.

Also, I would imagine that if you can find ways to connect these new tools for communicating with more traditional means of communicating that might help open some eyes.

Last resort? Tell ‘em they can keep tabs on their kids with social media. ;)

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