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21Feb, 2009

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Facebook has been consuming my time lately.  When I first entered Facebook months ago, Gene sent his deepest regrets and welcomed me to the biggest time-waster ever.  But, Facebook has been time-consuming in that way for me…

A few weeks back, our office opted to initiate a Facebook page for young adults.  With minimal advertising (more like the “word of modem” version of “word of mouth”) the page has gone viral and grown in membership with many on the invite list still possible to join.

We send out a FB e-mail on Wednesday with local activities happening, some of which we become aware because others have placed notices on “our wall.”

Last week, I went to one of the events which featured one of our bishops in anticipation of gathering video of it for the FB group membership.

And, now suddenly, I’m getting calls and referrals regarding Facebook.  Finally, I was left with only one solution…  I updated my Facebook status:

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  1. [...] Yesterday, I lead a conversation with our catholic high school alumni coordinators regarding social networking and facebook. (yes, this presentation is completely in the face of any fears expressed back in February.) [...]

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