Reach out and touch Facebook, Twitter…

I attended 2 graduations in the past month. My daughter Ally graduated from James Madison University. My daughter Jill graduated from Springfield High School and will be attending Penn State main campus in the fall.

Ally and Jill in graduation gowns

At the same I am trying to decide if I will be attending my high school reunion next month. The reunion is being organized as best as I can tell on Classmates.com (which I refuse to join) and other types of reaching out including Facebook and the good old phone.

I am still close friends with just one person, Dan, who I hung around with in high school. I asked his sister, via Facebook, whether she was going to attend and she responded. She asked me if I had remembered anybody and I answered her that among the list of folks who RSVP’ed, I couldn’t remember much about any of them.  Since we only had 550 in my graduating class, they are including the class who graduated the year before (so add another 500 or so).

But then I got an really interesting post from Dan’s niece who saw our discussion and her answer was  “I’ve never been 2 any of my reunions. Anyone I wanted 2 keep in touch w/I already do. I can check on FB 2 C pics if I want 2 know who went bald, who got fat, who got thin, etc. LOL!”

HMMMMM! I think she has something there so I must admit that I am leaning towards not going but here is where I went further. How do Dan and I keep in touch? Just this week – Facebook, texting, email, phone – now a question.  How will my daughters keep in touch and with whom?

What are your thoughts?

Rick Simmons is a principal at Dinkum Interactive, a firm specializing in online marketing solutions for small and medium sized businesses around the globe. With more than 25 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Simmons has spent the last four years focused on search engine optimization, and other Internet marketing strategies.  Reach him at 267-626-9094 or rick@dinkuminteractive.com.

Rick Simmons is a principal at Dinkum Interactive, a firm specializing in online marketing solutions for small and medium sized businesses around the globe. With more than 25 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Simmons has spent the last four years focused on search engine optimization, and other Internet marketing strategies. Reach him at 267-626-9094 or rick@dinkuminteractive.com.