Michelle Beckett
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Michelle Beckett is the world’s only *not quite* 5ft LinkedIn trainer, speaker & consultant. Her company, Linked2Success, shows individuals & organisations how to network & increase sales through strategic use of LinkedIn & social media.
Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Michelle is also a single Mum to three daughters. Apart from an interest in social media, she is an am dram ham, sceptic, reader of New Scientist magazine, & lover of all things Attenborough.

Blog Entries by Michelle Beckett

Social Network Foreplay: The Thrust or the Slow Burn?

(0) Comments | Posted 17 May 2012 | 21:37

Ever felt 'thrusted upon'?

Unfortunately I have. You're in a hotel room, dressed up and ready. Full of anticipation, glass in hand.

You smile. Get comfortable, ready for the next step, the pre-amble, the warm up.

When 'bang'... They move in straight for the kill. Without even giving you the...

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How Facebook is Changing the World for the Better: The Kony 2012 Campaign

(1) Comments | Posted 7 March 2012 | 19:51

My 15-year-old daughter came into my home office on returning from school today. "Mum, have you heard about Kony 2012 and the Invisible Children?"

"No sweetheart, I haven't - what is it?"

"Call yourself a social media expert? You'd better look on Facebook & Twitter"

Intrigued, I extracted...

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Get Real, Gwyneth: Why Working Mums Don't Need Any More Guilt, Thanks

(32) Comments | Posted 5 February 2012 | 23:00

Thanks Gwyneth. I was having a bad day ANYWAY, until you made me feel even worse. Guilt rears its ugly head enough for us full time working mums, without you wading in to the fray telling us we need to "compromise" to be a mother and run a successful family....

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Your Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Profiles: 1/10th of a Second Is All It Takes to Blow It

(3) Comments | Posted 22 January 2012 | 23:00

"What a prat," I thought, a few seconds after I was introduced to a delegate at a recent business event I was speaking at. "Rude, uptight, patronising, condescending... I would quite like to get away from this person as quickly as possible." And to my relief, I managed to politely...

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Is Using Facebook and Twitter as Real as an Orgasm?

(3) Comments | Posted 30 December 2011 | 23:00

"It's all very well you being on Facebook, but it's not real, is it? The friendships on there are all very well, but...it's all on the computer. It can't be the same as being with real people."

I understand why my Dad said what he did about Facebook. At...

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