appoulsen.dk » crisis http://www.appoulsen.dk It takes 2.0 to tango! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:18:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Brave, open and honest use of Twitter http://www.appoulsen.dk/2008/10/08/brave-open-and-honest-use-of-twitter/ http://www.appoulsen.dk/2008/10/08/brave-open-and-honest-use-of-twitter/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:43:13 +0000 appoulsen http://www.appoulsen.dk/?p=462 Esteemed colleague Mads Kristensen (consultant over at vadnu.com) has suffered a major life crisis in the course of the last couple of weeks. He has very suddenly lost his wife to cardiac arrest, and has been – and still must be – in the midst of emotional chaos. Now, why am I blogging about this? Well, first and foremost because Mads does.

Over the last couple of weeks he has turned to his network on Twitter and Facebook to vent and find release for some of his frustrations. And the network responded with sympathy and encouragement.

It has been no less than moving to follow, and it gave me a completely new perspective on how social media can (also) be used.

I take my hat off to you for being so honest and open, Mads. And I wish you all the best for the future. I’m sure you’ll emerge powerfully from this crisis.

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