Overcoming hypocrisy: My first blog post
March 12th, 2008By Melissa Lackey

Recently I was called a hypocrite by one of my colleagues. My reaction? Damn, she’s right (although she still says she was joking). Shame on me! I’ve been on the social media bandwagon for nearly two years: watching conversations, commenting on blogs, experimenting with the tools, talking with some of the thought leaders—and encouraging (or strong arming, as some probably felt) my team to embrace the new technologies and sense of community. But, I’ve never attempted to blog myself. So I have to ask myself, what kind of a role model am I? Truth be told, I’ve offered up a million and one reasons for not having blogged yet (my favorite is simply not having enough time). I mean where do you find the extra minutes to document thoughts and musings between work, car pools, dinner, kids’ homework, housework—and oh, I forgot, sleep. After all, aren’t there just 24 hours in a day?
So here it is… my first blog post. I’ve let go of the excuses and resigned myself to a little less sleep so that I can gain the respect of my wonderful colleagues by “walking the walk.” Let the good times roll…

March 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Welcome to the blogging world; I look forward to hearing more from you in this realm!
March 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
“Woo hoo!” … as someone I know might say
March 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Kudos, Melissa. We know you have a lot to say… so I suggest we search the web for a “voice to blog” transcription machine. I’m sure they’ve invented one by now!
March 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Welcome to the blogosphere. We have (not) been waiting for you! I’m glad to see you here, though.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Who are you and what have you done with the real Melissa?
March 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
It’s the monitoring that that takes the time!
Welcome to blog writing, I look forward to reading your posts.
August 6th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
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