A casual livestream conversation about using social media to bring people together, with hosts planning a civil discourse session and sharing reflective community-building anecdotes and birthday celebrations.
Three more days in February before the emergence of a new season. Spring is right around the corner. My dogs are ready to have grass that is dry. Who knows? We get blizzards in May now.
Join Colleen and myself for a civil discourse on social media. How do we use platforms like this to bring people together? In the Meantime, T. North 66, it is your 66th birthday. Let's sing.
Tinar North: I always love acting like I am the person in the room who knows nothing. He says moments like that shift the perspective of who gets to belong. North: Social media does just as much good in this world as it does bad. How do we shift more to the good?
Good morning, Cadre. How are we doing today? A little new Lady Gaga for you. There's something about being called baby doll by Lady Gaga that just sets you off on the right foot for the day. T. North, how are you, my friend? Nice to see you. It is Tuesday, almost the end of B sharp. Nice to see you, my friend. Jules. Oh, the crew is walking on in. Luke, nice to see you. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. What do we got? Three more days in February before the emergence of a new season. Spring is right around the corner.
Newfie lover and newfie lover. My dogs are ready to have grass that is dry. We went for a walk yesterday and they love sloshing around in the puddles and in the cracking ice. But by golly, it's so much easier for them to just be able to run around and play. We're almost there. Well, who knows? We get blizzards in May now, so. But Tuesday, everybody, Tuesdays are kind of my favorite day in the Cadre sphere because we get to talk about this really precarious dance of bringing people together. How do people do that?
Well, it really is an ever changing dance. And I want to invite you this afternoon, 3:30 Central Standard Time, 4:30 on the east coast to join Colleen and myself for a civil discourse on social media. We're calling it you can't say that on social media. An homage to you can't say that on television, back from the 80s on Nickelodeon. So it'll be a nice conversation about how do we use platforms like this to bring people together. But in the Meantime, T. North 66, it is your 66th birthday. Now I know what the 66 stands for.
Everybody, no matter where you are, let's sing. And while we're singing, can you go ahead and type in the chat where you are calling in from today? Ready? 1, 2, 3. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday Dear T. North 66 Happy Birthday to you. T. North. This is your birthday party and I hope it's a good one. So this afternoon, 3:30, join Colleen and myself as we talk about how we bring people together. But I want to share a little game I play as a person who's always thinking about doing, doing community development.
I always love acting like I am the person in the room who knows nothing and is there for the first time. So for example, I was at a meeting a few weeks ago and someone started referencing a former member of this group and this person had recently passed away. So the people who knew this person were sharing really really beautiful memories and things that they loved about this person. And those who knew this person were filling in the blanks because they also knew this person. And they were able to go.
It's like, oh, yeah, I remember that time. And then I. I asked. I was like, hey, I'd love to know more about this person. Can you tell all of us who never knew them who they were and why we. And why we love them so much? And all of a sudden, two things happened. First of all, all the people in the room who didn't know this person kind of perked up because they were no longer on the outside of what everybody should have been on the inside of this moment to remember, know, and learn and appreciate about this person who is no longer there.
But here's the coolest thing that happened. The people who knew this person, they took an ownership of. Oh, my gosh, Right now we need to not only communicate to those of us who knew, but to those of us who want to know. And in that moment, they had an opportunity to do exactly that. And it was really beautiful. So my invitation for you today, as you look at this world that you're living in and how you can bring people together with love, act like the person who knows nothing in the group. And maybe you don't have to act.
Maybe you're going like, hey, like, in that situation, I didn't know this person, so I was able to go, hey, as a person who didn't know this person who's no longer with us, can you tell us more about them? Moments like that shift the perspective of who gets to belong. Sometimes in the social media world, we make some big assumptions that social media bad. It's like social media is a tool. Come on. Social media does just as much, if not more good in this world. I can't imagine my life without the good that social media brings to it as it does bad.
So how do we shift more and more to the good? Well, we talk about how the good happens. We shout those things, especially to people who don't see them happening. So whether you're coming from Des Moines, whether you're coming from northern Minnesota or Nashville or Pennsylvania or Vermont or White bear Lake, or St. Louis Park, Minnesota, no matter where you are today, know that you are a part of this group. And this group needs you to think about who's not here yet. How do you invite people to T.
North's birthday party? That's a good question. I want you thinking about today, y'all. Lady Gaga plays us out at Tinar's birthday party. I'll see you in eight hours, y'all. Peace out.
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