Blogging is Evolving very nicely

By now most of you have read Calvin's blog of clarification in the USAdance suspension by NDCA. So many different opinions, which would be nice if based on solid facts.

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes

too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”

Fortunately, Calvin does very well. And if this blogging is suppose to be a two way street, we got it going right. Our aim is not so much the uppers but they can include or exclude themselves as they wish. We need more grass roots opinions of our dance world.

Some traditional media enterprises have embraced new media with great success. Others, however, have not had the same experience. One of the biggest blows, if you will, to traditional media has been that consumers have become reporters themselves. We have seen how powerful these reports have been in events involving the Middle East, the death of Osama bin Laden, and more.

Today, consumers no longer have to wait until designated times to get their news and information. Not only that, they don’t even have to visit specific news sites to find out what’s going on. News today is easily accessible wherever consumers are.

"Haven't Got Time For The Pain" by Carly Simon

How do you consume news? Do you utilize traditional media forms, or do you rely on new media outlets? Let us know, and this is your chance to let your fellow dancers know.

Many Web and Blog sites have been set up in the old ways, in which they state their point and discussion is ended. Yet our blogging is definitely going for the right of each reader to comment on the facts in any of our blogs. And of course, that is only the beginning.

As the commenters become accustomed to seeing their comments in print, they may feel that they can contribute even more of their unique opinions. They semi-officially become Information Contributors.

The original bloggers can only get so many hits on their own, (unless they are very  famous people.) But in our kuleana, with every additional Information Contributor the gain is four or five average hits per day. This can add up and the amount of readers is what counts. It tells us that we are communicating. And what is more, the process becomes Social Media.