Planting Seeds..

This article was original posted to TheBody.com as part of their National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day activities.

To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the organization to suffer the “followers” and “mentions” of your Twitter timeline or take to Twitter a sea of “retweets” and “#hashtags.” It’s ironic to start a discussion about social media using something as old school as Shakespeare. And if you and your organization are unaware of this newfangled thing called Twitter (and its cousins Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube), you might be better off in those Elizabethan times. For those of you who are at least familiar with the sites, and have even tipped your toes in far enough to have a Twitter account, read on.

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I am Angela Rowe, Chair of the Board of Directors for Aniz, Inc. I decided to become involved with Aniz because I am concerned about the alarming number of people in our community who are contracting HIV/AIDS and because I felt a strong obligation to donate back to the community. (more…)