I’m a Schmoozer? Puh-leeze!
Well, I guess I am since I was recently nominated by Darrell over at Alpha-Trilogy for the Power of Schmooze award.
Not sure why that is, as I’m really not all that active… but I do enjoy moving and chatting through the community. However, as part of the award you’re supposed to nominate five more bloggers who you think embodies the “Power of Schmooze” by posting comments and staying active on all the other blogs. As I look through the previous posts on that topic, I realize that the folks I’d nominate are already represented.
There are very obvious choices like Rex, over at the Deer Camp Blog. Rex is a regular ambassador of the blogosphere, welcoming and making friends with folks from all over the place… heck, who’d have thought there would be a blog for crossbow hunters from Peru? Or Rex’s friend, KeesKennis from Africa (he’s actually got a very cool site)… how does he meet these people? He schmoozes!
And there’s Jon Bryan, who has a wonderful site at Outdoor Odyssey… even if, for the life of me, I can’t seem to post a comment on his site. Maybe it’s my security settings or something, I dunno.
Others include Kristine from Gunslinger. Kristine is a marketing person, so getting out and getting know everyone is her job… but she does it well and seems to really enjoy it. I can hardly go to a blog’s comments section and not see a post or two with her name by it. In some circles, it may not be polite to say, “she gets around,” but I think it’s OK in the blogosphere, since the implication is totally different.
There are more, but again, they’ve all been nominated already. It seems somehow incestuous of me to continue to recirculate the same list of blogs.
Anyway, when I first saw this I took it as another meme… which is something I don’t generally participate in. I mean, it’s really not much different than a chain letter…
Read this and pass it on to five of your friends or you will die/have bad luck/lose all your hair/lose all your money/be eaten by aliens within five days.
But it makes me think about the community here… the outdoors bloggers that is… and how we seem to be growing and organizing. Whether it’s with the Outdoor Bloggers’ Summit, or simply by adding one another to our blogrolls, we’re linking up people and ideas and that’s a pretty cool thing.
Phillip it is about community. I’m not one to pass on random memes either but, in this case it reinforced something that I think is really important, which is supporting each other.
As to my “getting around”, it is acceptable to say that when referring to the blogosphere. I do make the rounds quite regularly. I learn something new every day, and I love that. You’re exactly right, we’re linking up people and ideas and I think what we create will benefit everyone who loves the outdoors. How cool is that!
July 20th, 2007 at 10:19 am
I’d hoped you’d take that “getting around” comment in the right spirt… glad you did.
It really is about building and supporting community, and while I’m generally a bit of an introvert, I’m glad to have a part to play too.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:53 am
That is one good post my friend. I always enjot shooting the breeze and joking with you. when we get this summit together, the first round is on me.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Thanks, Rex.
I do look forward to getting the chance to sit down and hoist one (or two) with you and some of the other great folks I’ve chatted with over this medium.
And sooner or later, I’m gonna make it out to Mississippi too (I know I could just use MS, but it’s more fun to spell it out).
July 20th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Yeah, anything that tells you to “pass it on to all your friends” in any sort of wording is a chain letter. But without that tacked on, actually finding and linking up to new people with shared interests is a very good idea, especially now with those greens bombarding everybody with half-baked messages about what and what not to wear, eat, do, own etc. And with about 99% of the population buying into their agendas to at least some degree.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I see you got The Power of Schmooze Award too. Congratulations you deserve it.
-Othmar Vohringer-
July 21st, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Welcome to the Hogblog, Indy! Sounds like you feel the same as I do about chain letters/email.
Othmar, I appreciate it. Looks like I’m in good company.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Phillip, I have discussed this with my “technical department” and we don’t understand why you can’t leave a comment on my blog?
Keep trying, maybe your luck will change?
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Heya Jon,
OK, I tried it again…replying to the great tale about your son, Randy’s first buck.
If it doesn’t show up, I’ll drop you an email to see if we can figure out what’s happening.
July 24th, 2007 at 8:44 am