Since I plunged into social media a little over a year ago I have discovered some things about myself. The relevant self-awareness issue related to this post is that I find I am pretty competitive.As a child my sisters hated playing games with me. Usually they would quit Monopoly well before I took over the board. And maybe in High School and College as a competitive debater I saw the inkling of it. Although, I was always a good sport and enjoyed debating whether I won or not. Maybe anyone who is successful in a career is a good competitor but I never really thought of it that way.
But since I have been on Twitter and blogging the competitor in me has surfaced again. I had to have more followers. I had to have more blog posts. Compendium Blogware, who hosts our blog have periodic blogging contests and I confess it makes me crazy. Doesn't matter what the prize is - I want to win.
So the Shorty Awards, well I couldn't resist.
What are the Shorty Awards? Direct from their website: "The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. These unique awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. On line voting is public and democratic, culminating in an awards ceremony that recognizes the winners in 26 official categories as well as those in brand new crowd-sourced ones."
I was too new to Twitter last year to participate and this year I might have let it go. But then good ole @salottimc nominated us in the #government category.
While I doubt we can beat @NASA, I felt the competitiveness surging through me Friday night as the final hours of the nomination period ticked by. I was inspired by the #shortypawpawty some of my friends were having and sure enough thanks to their support we are in the finals.
If you're on Twitter, I'd appreciate a vote between February 1st and 5th. I have worked hard on @VaStateParks to provide interesting content about state park events, facilities and information. I follow almost everyone back who follows me, and I genuinely try to interact with my followers. That's what I think Twitter is all about.
If you decide to vote for @VaStateParks or any other finalist, here is what you need to know.
Voting ends at noon Friday, February 5, 2010 (EST)
Your tweet must be in this format: I vote for @TwitterUser for a Shorty Award in #category because...
The "because" phrase is important because without anything the vote won't count and the panel will actually decide who wins partially based on what the because statements say. So while RTs count or folks repeating the same reason, they do not count as much as votes with original statements.
If you vote more than once, your vote replaces your previous vote so unless you want to improve the "because" statement, you don't need to.
If you want an easy way to vote for me, just click here. Don't forget to add a compelling "because" statement. Thanks for your support!
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