How many silver surfers do you know who can Tweet the proverbial hind leg off a donkey or clock up over 50,000 followers on Facebook?
Our Christmas blog has been inspired by a member of our Quest team and blogger Ashley Ridsdale who wrote about the late Ivy Bean, the oldest known social networker whose celebrity followers included Peter Andre, Chris Evans and Sarah Brown, wife of the former prime minister Gordon. (more…)
You don’t need me to remind you that 2012 is Olympic year. Naturally, there will be a great deal of focus on world class athletes and sports people. As a sport psychologist, I have had the great pleasure of working with world class athletes and sports teams, including many Olympians. Watching them live and work has raised questions in my mind. What is it that makes some people world class? What differentiates world class people from the ones who almost made it? These questions have intrigued me for years. So I decided to interview a group of world class people from a diverse range of fields, both inside and outside of sport. My rationale was pretty simple. If there are traits that are common to world class chefs, mountaineers, baristas, athletes, polar explorers, special-forces personnel and scientists, those traits are likely to cross into any domain! (more…)
As the year comes to a conclusion, pundits have already begun talking about the social media predictions for 2012. In all fairness, you have to agree that social media has turned out to be a major hit in 2011, determining the longevity and success of various products, movies and even governments. So, no matter how hard you try to argue against it, social media will play a major role in 2012.
So, here is a look at some of the predictions: (more…)
We all know that we act differently depending on the people we are with – and many of us have different personas for our diverse social groups such as work, family and friends.
So has the advent of social media created a whole new level for us to create multiple identities? (more…)
