In a day and age where a cell phone or computer is something practically every person in the world has as a means of communications, I find myself trying to stay afloat in the constant ebb and flow of Social Media.

How does one keep up with all of the social networking sites?

For this gal it’s simply….one day at a time and one site at a time. I know there are those of us who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s (Yes – I am one of you) that can remember when you didn’t own a computer or cell phone. Then as we got older (in the 90’s) when we got pagers and one of those cell phones that was about the size of a brick. While I have no desire to go back to that time of big hair and crazy fashion, I wonder if any of you are also keeping up with all of this?

I proudly have upgraded from that day and age to more technological devices such as a Notebook & a Blackberry, and daily am finding that the race to social networking is something that will never go away. While I personally find myself repeatedly using Facebook and Linkedin as my choice of networking sites, simply because of 2 simple reasons:

1) I was able to reconnect with friends, classmates and co-workers from my youth. Yes – I’ve reconnected with classmates (believe it or not) went to pre-school and kindergarten and grade school with!
2) And to stay connected with current co-workers and friends I’ve met through my various careers.

I definitely see it as something that is not going away anytime soon and think that it’s a great way to connect with each other with a greater frequency than in previous years and to a larger audience. I for one am glad, to be living and working with these means of communications as a great way to connect with our customers, friends and co-workers.

I wonder how many of you, our readers, are staying in step with the social media frenzy.

Candice Costorio
Director of Catering
Doubletree Hotel San Jose