Friday, July 12, 2013

I'm glad I'm a FOLLOWER!

Many times we tell kids to not be followers. Don't follow the crowd! Make your own path!

We're trying to create leaders right?

Well, I'm glad I'm a follower......

I'm not sure why the Twitter geniuses chose the term "Follower" over other nouns. Can't you just imagine everyone in the room brainstorming the perfect word to portray connectedness. I imagine they all sat around a large table with their digital dictionaries and thesauruses trying to find the right word. So, I looked up synonyms for the word 'follower' and here are a few:

addict
admirer
advocate
apostle
believer
companion
copycat
disciple
fan
minion
sidekick
supporter

In certain relationships on Twitter certain words apply better than follower.  For example:

-Dave Burgess has pirate minions   (@burgessdave)
-2 Guys and some iPads are each other's sidekicks  (@techminock and @techbradwaid)
-The 3 Tech Ninjas have disciples  (@techninjastacey & @techninjatodd)
-Angela Maiers makes us all believers  (@Angelamaiers)
-George Couros, Adam Bellow, and Erin Klein all have amazing fans  (@gcouros, @adambellow, @KleinErin)

I even thought about tweeting Adam Bellow after his ISTE keynote:
"Hated the Keynote by @AdamBellow - who wears those shoes!" just as a joke but I knew I'd be swarmed with crazy tweets in reply. I really did love the keynote by the way - very inspirational!

If followers are present that must mean leaders are too. Because leaders and followers have a mutualistic relationship. See it says so right here:
Twitter allows us all to be leaders. Some leaders are more vocal than others, but that's exactly how it is in non-Twitter land and that's ok.  We all have our own leadership style and that's what makes Twitter so incredible. It allows for so many leaders to be connected everyday which is amazing because


So, to ALL those out there whose tweets I read daily (not just those I listed above)

I'm glad I'm your:
admirer
advocate
believer
companion
copycat
fan
minion
sidekick
supporter
and mostly, I'm glad I'm your FOLLOWER!

Feel free to leave a comment or contact me on Twitter (@KressClass)

Thanks for reading!


PS- I think we should start the following hashtags:  #MM (MinionMonday) or #SS (SupporterSunday)  :) Thoughts?

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