Shaun King: Being the change he wishes to see in the World...

From my own experience with Twitter, I have found that @shaunking is the most influential African American actively using the site.  Shaun King is a guy from my hometown who has in the most humble way gained an enormous amount of followers by paying it forward, giving selflessly and changing the world one tweet and act of kindness at a time. Shaun has developed from a small town guy in KY, a graduate from Morehouse College turned pastor of an innovative church, world traveler and philanthropist. With influences on his side and offering up to be a part of his team, Shaun King created TwitChange, the World’s first online Twitter celebrity auction for bids in social media advertising and proceeds going to Haiti. Shaun gathered over 70 of us from all over the World to take a trip to Haiti and make a huge impact during our visit. TwitChange quickly sold and Shaun continued to follow his calling as a life changer and world saver. With any discriminating issue, family lost in poverty, or random person in need along with the support from celebrities like Eva Longoria, Shaun King now runs @HopeMob.  With one tweet, Shaun can request someone on the other side of the country or world help someone make a difference and it will happen instantly. Shaun has learned the true essence of taking advantage of social media and literally using to make the world a better place. I am proud to know him as my friend and mentor from a distance.

 

Get to know Shaun King:

http://www.tellthemountaintomove.org/

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing

https://www.facebook.com/ShaunInTheCity

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SoCiaL MeDia: BIG DEAL

The BIG DEAL about social media is that it brings together not only people, but every single thing that is going on around the World in its entirety. It can be the most beautiful thing to the most dreaded. When speaking to people who don't care for utilizing social media or those who often complain about social media, I realize that they have failed to expand their network(s) and so they are constantly hit with a lot of the same thing over and over. They see the same people talk or complain about the same things and they don't join like groups that share similar interests so they never find anything worth looking forward to. 

The big deal in reality is this... someones father died recently and she was able to share her gratitude for all of the prayers and gifts provided during his fight with cancer. She had a group of people who were able to celebrate his life with her immediately which I'm sure provided comfort. 
A little boy in the UK asked his mother recently not to have him a birthday party because he had no friends due to his Aspergers Syndrome. His mother posted about it and within less than a week he has over 1million LIKES as a surprise on his birthday she showed him where everyone all over the world including myself wished him a happy birthday and now we can send him gifts. THIS IS THE BIG DEAL. Sometimes these major breakthroughs in technology help create smaller breakthroughs all over the world. While bullying is a  huge target of many on social media, there's also another half of the world ready to take a public stand against just that.
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