The Mind of Mierow

The past couple of days I have been thinking a lot about things that could be done to help out the communities in which we live. I’m not even thinking of huge projects, but something that could be done on a smaller scale. I started thinking of things that an individual can do. Then I thought ‘what if these same things could be done by a small group’? My mind then jumped to what groups am I involved in that could participate.

Being the geek that I am I immediately thought of Social Media Breakfast (SMB). For the past 5-6 months I have given a few hours a month to meet with people from SMB and learn from them. My mind began to race with all the possibilities of what could be done. Image if this group of 60 or more people decided that they would do one of the following:

• donate blood/platelets/plasma
• spend time at a children’s hospital/homeless shelter/etc
• bring non-perishable food to the next meeting to be donated to a food shelf
• donate 1hr/month to educate their local school about technology/social media/etc

I’ve read about tweet-ups for all sorts of different reasons. Why not a tweet-up that helps others around us. I don’t believe that I can change the world, but that “we” can do things to help each other out. I am positive that this only touches the tip of the iceberg on ideas for ways that people can help their communities. I am also sure of the fact that not everyone is receptive to such an idea. I cannot simply walk into this group and say “let’s do this” and expect people to be on board.

I don’t know yet how or if such an idea can be used. As I said in starting this, it is simply something that has been on my mind. I’m sure I’ll continue to wrestle with the ideas, and look at other groups and ways to get involved. The great thing about social media is that I don’t have to shout for this message to be heard. My small chirp can be taken, used, changed by people that I don’t even know. That is the power of human connection through technology.