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What Is Your City’s Main Attraction

David Knapp — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:03:51 +0000

Joplin, Missouri’s (surrounding areas) main attractions are:

Precious Moments Chapel (I have never been there but I hear it is pretty nice).
George Washington Carver Museum
Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center

What are the main attractions of the city or state you live in?

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Mosaic Mercy Social Media Policy

David Knapp — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:29 +0000

If Mosaic Mercy by David and Amanda Knapp was a company instead of a blog here is what the Social Media Policy would look like. Bet you won’t can’t read the whole thing!

Mosaic Mercy Social Media Policy

This policy governs the publication of and commentary on social media by employees of Mosaic Mercy by David and Amanda Knapp and its related companies (“Mosaic Mercy”). For the purposes of this policy, social media means any facility for online publication and commentary, including without limitation blogs, wiki’s, social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. This policy is in addition to and complements any existing or future policies regarding the use of technology, computers, e-mail and the internet.

Mosaic Mercy employees are free to publish or comment via social media in accordance with this policy. Mosaic Mercy employees are subject to this policy to the extent they identify themselves as a Mosaic Mercy employee (other than as an incidental mention of place of employment in a personal blog on topics unrelated to Mosaic Mercy).

Publication and commentary on social media carries similar obligations to any other kind of publication or commentary.

All uses of social media must follow the same ethical standards that Mosaic Mercy employees must otherwise follow.

Don’t Tell Secrets

It’s perfectly acceptable to talk about your work and have a dialog with the community, but it’s not okay to publish confidential information. Confidential information includes things such as unpublished details about our software, details of current projects, future product ship dates, financial information, research, and trade secrets. We must respect the wishes of our corporate customers regarding the confidentiality of current projects. We must also be mindful of the competitiveness of our industry.

Protect your own privacy

Privacy settings on social media platforms should be set to allow anyone to see profile information similar to what would be on the Mosaic Mercy website. Other privacy settings that might allow others to post information or see information that is personal should be set to limit access. Be mindful of posting information that you would not want the public to see.

Be Honest

Do not blog anonymously, using pseudonyms or false screen names. We believe in transparency and honesty. Use your real name, be clear who you are, and identify that you work for Mosaic Mercy. Nothing gains you notice in social media more than honesty – or dishonesty. Do not say anything that is dishonest, untrue, or misleading. If you have a vested interest in something you are discussing, point it out. But also be smart about protecting yourself and your privacy. What you publish will be around for a long time, so consider the content carefully and also be cautious about disclosing personal details.

Respect copyright laws

It is critical that you show proper respect for the laws governing copyright and fair use or fair dealing of copyrighted material owned by others, including Mosaic Mercy own copyrights and brands. You should never quote more than short excerpts of someone else’s work, and always attribute such work to the original author/source. It is good general practice to link to others’ work rather than reproduce it.

Respect your audience, Mosaic Mercy, and your coworkers

The public in general, and Mosaic Mercy’s employees and customers, reflect a diverse set of customs, values and points of view. Don’t say anything contradictory or in conflict with the Mosaic Mercy website. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, but do so respectfully. This includes not only the obvious (no ethnic slurs, offensive comments, defamatory comments, personal insults, obscenity, etc.) but also proper consideration of privacy and of topics that may be considered objectionable or inflammatory – such as politics and religion. Use your best judgment and be sure to make it clear that the views and opinions expressed are yours alone and do not represent the official views of Mosaic Mercy.

Protect Mosaic Mercy customers, business partners and suppliers

Customers, partners or suppliers should not be cited or obviously referenced without their approval. Never identify a customer, partner or supplier by name without permission and never discuss confidential details of a customer engagement. It is acceptable to discuss general details about kinds of projects and to use non-identifying pseudonyms for a customer (e.g., Customer 123) so long as the information provided does not violate any non-disclosure agreements that may be in place with the customer or make it easy for someone to identify the customer. Your blog is not the place to “conduct business” with a customer.

Controversial Issues

If you see misrepresentations made about Mosaic Mercy in the media, you may point that out. Always do so with respect and with the facts. If you speak about others, make sure what you say is factual and that it does not disparage that party. Avoid arguments. Brawls may earn traffic, but nobody wins in the end. Don’t try to settle scores or goad competitors or others into inflammatory debates. Make sure what you are saying is factually correct.

Be the first to respond to your own mistakes

If you make an error, be up front about your mistake and correct it quickly. If you choose to modify an earlier post, make it clear that you have done so. If someone accuses you of posting something improper (such as their copyrighted material or a defamatory comment about them), deal with it quickly – better to remove it immediately to lessen the possibility of a legal action.

Think About Consequences

For example, consider what might happen if a Mosaic Mercy employee is in a meeting with a customer or prospect, and someone on the customer’s side pulls out a print-out of your blog and says “This person at Mosaic Mercy says that product sucks.”

Saying “Product X needs to have an easier learning curve for the first-time user” is fine; saying “Product X sucks” is risky, unsubtle and amateurish.

Once again, it’s all about judgment: using your blog to trash or embarrass Mosaic Mercy, our customers, or your co-workers, is dangerous and ill-advised.

Disclaimers

Many social media users include a prominant disclaimer saying who they work for, but that they’re not speaking officially. This is good practice and is encouraged, but don’t count on it to avoid trouble – it may not have much legal effect.

Wherever practical, you must use a disclaimer saying that while you work for Mosaic Mercy, anything you publish is your personal opinion, and not necessarily the opinions of Mosaic Mercy.

Don’t forget your day job.

Make sure that blogging does not interfere with your job or commitments to customers.

Enforcement

Policy violations will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination for cause.

Get you own Social Media Policy at Policy Tool for Social Media

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Mosaic Mercy Least Viewed Posts

David Knapp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:44:15 +0000

These are the least viewed posts on Mosaic Mercy. Qualifications: The post must be at least 1 year old and well it must be the least viewed (duh, right?).

Full Transcription Of Rick Warren’s Prayer (1 view)
Germany Here We Come! (1 view)
Frozen In Time (1 view)
Excellence (1 view)
Week 1 of 6 complete (1 view)
Is Jesus’ Gospel Really All That Confusing? (1 view)
Peine Here We Come! (2 views)
What are you sinking about? (1 view) Funny!
That Girl Is A QT! (2 views)

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Wordless Wednesday (12)

David Knapp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:49:24 +0000

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Books I’ve Never Read But Am Recommending

David Knapp — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:28:33 +0000

I’ve never read these books because either they have not come out yet or I just recently heard of them, except the last one:

Which Christian author would you recommend?

Marshall Jones Jr. Selections:

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My Love Hate Relationship With Spring

David Knapp — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:18:46 +0000

I love Spring and I hate Spring. I love it because the sun comes out which helps get rid of depression and increases motivation. I hate it because motivation is spent swatting flies, running away from tornadoes and avoiding burning my bald head.

I got a little burnt on Saturday. The sun was only out for half and hour. People tell me it can be cloudy and one can get a sunburn. Nope, it has never happened to me. The sun needs to be out and the hotter it is the more likely I am to receive the red skin.

I saw my first fly of the year. I hate those little flying poop eaters. That’s exactly why I don’t want them on my food. I am constantly guarding my food when they come buzzing around. What I really hate is when they fly by me and act like everything is cool but when I walk away and come back with a flyswatter it’s like they know what I am up to. As soon as they see me with their instrument of death they fly away.

Tornadoes, I really hate those. So far I haven’t had to run from one this year. I can’t wait to be in Germany. Germany has had as many in 50 years that Oklahoma will get in a weekend. Here in the South and Midwest we are constantly looking over our shoulder for a twister.

How about you? Name one thing you like and one thing you hate about spring.

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Mosaic Mercy Blogroll

David Knapp — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:59:46 +0000

If you would like to be added to our rotating blogroll then please let us know. We are looking for sites that are focused on Christianity, family or missions. Add us and we will add you. You can let us know in a comment. Thanks

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King David And The Sword In The Stone

David Knapp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:27:54 +0000

Do I have what it takes?

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Book Giveaway Glenn Beck’s Commmon Sense

David Knapp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:31:10 +0000

Congratulations to Luther! You won Glenn Beck’s Common Sense.

How To Win!

Retweet this post or copy and paste this to tweet it: @davidaknapp is giving away Common Sense by @glennbeck for free http://wp.me/pIC1K-1gD
Once you have tweeted this leave a comment on this post telling me what your twitter user name is.
Just make sure to do both steps one and two. If you don’t do both then you haven’t qualified. Hope you do both because I want you to have a chance to win

I will use Random.org to determine the winner. Contest ends March 11, 2010 at 11:59 pm (central time) I will announce the winner on this post on March 12, 2010.

Contest Is Over

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Discussion: Christianity and Politics

Wordless Wednesday Literally

David Knapp — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:25:19 +0000