Strong Connections Create Social Impact

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Social networks feed off interactions among people. As connections grow, participants build confidence, and the entire system gathers strength. Timothy Macharia will tell you a powerful network is a terrible thing to waste. The chief management officer of Arielle for Africa is a passionate digital marketer, brand developer and graphic designer. In an Africa Tweet Chat he reiterated his belief in social media for social impact. “Social impact can encompass organizations and individuals as well as movements that have a mandate to better the community around them economically and socially,” Macharia said. “In more palatable language, social impact includes any…...

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Jim Katzaman Jim Katzaman is a manager at Largo Financial Services. A writer by trade, he graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He enlisted in the Air Force and served for 25 years in public affairs – better known in the civilian world as public relations. He also earned an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in Public Affairs. Since retiring, he has been a consultant and in the federal General Service as a public affairs specialist. He also acquired life and health insurance licenses, which resulted in his present affiliation with Largo Financial Services. In addition to expertise in financial affairs, he gathers the majority of his story content from Twitter chats. This has led him to publish about a wide range of topics such as social media, marketing, sexual harassment, workplace trends, productivity and financial management. Medium has named him a top writer in social media.