How to Create More #Space in Your Social Media Life

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Lisa Buyer presents her own tried and true advice on how to keep your sanity and stay relevant in the always on social media world. This presentation was designed especially for the Zenith Social Media Conference 2015. Lisa Buyer presented the keynote. on April 30, 2015.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

#CReateSPACE

25 Ways to Create SPace in Your Social Media Life
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"I wish I had more
social media
in my life,"
said
Nobody Ever.

@lisaBuyer

#SocialPRSecrets 

SOCIAL MEDIA

DEAD OR ALIVE
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IS IT WORTH IT?

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DANGERS OF MULTITASKING

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Multitasking

  • Makes us less efficient
  • Lowers IQ Level
  • Worse Than Losing A Night's Sleep
  • Worse than Smoking Marijuana
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OUR SOCIAL MEDIA LIFE IS

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FULL

ON OVERDRIVE

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Mobile

NEVER-ENDING

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PERSONAL

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PROFESSIONAL

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OUR REPUTATION

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SCARY

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STressFul

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Our Lives

Social Media is
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25+ WAYS TO CREATE SPACE

IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LIFE
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TIMING IS EVERYTHING

PLAN OUT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA DAY
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DELEGATE

Replicate

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MEDITATE

TUNE UP THE BRAIN IN 5 MINUTES A DAY
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Did you know?
meditation can rewire how the brain responds to stress

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research suggests that meditation improves working memory and executive function.

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Who Meditates?
Google
Facebook
Twitter
Have meditation Rooms and Programs for Employees

Facebook's
MediTation Room

WRITE/CREATE

IN THE MORNINGS
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WALK THE TALK

LITERALLY
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READ/RESPOND

to EMails IN THE AFTERNOONS
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EMAILS AFTER HOURS

NEVER WORK
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AGENDAS

NEVER GO TO A MEETING WITHOUT ONE
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PHONE CALLS

"GIVE ME A CALL, ANYTIME!" Never works! 
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MEETING TIMES

PICK THE BEST TIMES

2:00 PM BEST

FOR MEETINGS AND CONF CALLS
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4:00 PM WORST

AVOID EARLY MORNING MEETINGS TOO
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PRODUCTIVITY CALENDARS

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COACH/PARTNER/MENTOR

FIND ONE AND BE ONE
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Productivity Calendars

  • Leave time for Lunch
  • Mental Breaks
  • Writing
  • Night Reviews

DESK SPACE

ONE DAY'S MESS TAKES MINUTES TO CLEAN
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LIGHTING

CANDLES AND DIM LIGHTS STIMULATE CREATIVITY

Walking

  • Get a FitBit
  • Walk During Conference Calls
  • Walk and Talk Team Calls
  • Family/Friends
  • Have Visitors? Bring Shoes
  • Get up and out from the 3 Screens
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GIVE YOURSELF

AN EDITORIAL CALENDAR
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Best Times for

  • Writing
  • Creating
  • Meeting
  • Planning
  • Calling
  • Emailing
  • Reading
  • Eating
  • Walking
  • Sleeping
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SPEND TIME IN THE SOCIAL NETWORKS

THAT GIVE BACK THE MOST
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Detox the Inbox

We check our email 36x an Hour! 

Email Invasion

Try these Email Tips

  • Boomerang
  • Unroll.me
  • Set Rules - Google Apps
  • Asana or Basecamp
  • IFTTT
  • Schedule Once
  • Streak

Mobile Apps for Brain Power

  • BuddhIfy
  • FitBit
  • Simply Being
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7 Things you Can do Right Now!

  • Create your Calendar
  • Make a Plan to Detox the Inbox - UnRoll.me
  • Give yourself 5 Min In Am And PM
  • Say No More Often
  • Get up, get out
  • Clean Your Desk Space (and Desk top)
  • Pick Mobile Apps that Work for You

DO MORE OF LESS

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@lisaBuyer

#SocialPRSecrets 

#Space Gaining Sources

Sources:
Sources: Janine Adams, professional organizer, Peace of Mind Organizing; Deirdre Barrett, Jeffrey Ellenbogen, Robert Stickgold: Scientific American; Roy Baumeister, Florida State University social psychologist, and John Tierney, New York Times science journalist: Dorothea Brande: Becoming a Writer; Brian Cormack Carr: How to Find Your Vital Vocation; Diana DeLonzor, lead researcher at San Francisco State University; Paul English; Jack Groppel and Janet Nikolovski, Wellness & Prevention, Inc.
(a Johnson & Johnson company); Kelly Hoey, cofounder, WomenInnovateMobile; Steven Miller, NeuroscienceDC; Julie Morgenstern, professional organizer: Never Check Email in the Morning; Tom Rath: How Full is Your Bucket? and Eat, Move, Sleep; Lucas Reilly, writer at mental floss and a University of Lubeck study; Laura Vanderkam, writer

Time + Happiness Secrets

for Your Social Media Life
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