What do Social Media and Lunch have in Common?

Definition of Social Media

by Ron Jones “Social media essentially is a category of online media where people are talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking online.” I agree with Ron as he further adds that as an activity it is a two way form of marketing and by golly….it is just fun to do.

Lunch is also an activity where people talk, share, network and yes have fun…however sadly enough over 70%  of office workers claim that they are eating lunch at their desk. Well that is not fun, a bit anti social and quite frankly not good for your health.

I was not aware of these staggering Lunch statistics until I was doing my research for this post.  If someone has the stats for self employed people who eat alone at their desk while working please drop by and share the numbers…I am sure that is is probably higher than for people who work outside the home.

So now I have to ask the question.

When did we trade lively lunch conversations in the office lunch room or the local diner for solitary lunch in front of the computer?

Obviously this topic is getting some attention…and guess what, I am not the only one asking the question. On Oprah.com, (we know that if Oprah is chatting about it then it is HOT!)  Tony Schwartz an author who is spearheading a project to get people out from behind their desk for their lunch BREAK. It is called Take Back your Lunch.  You can join others who want to take back their lunch and are starting a movement…a movement to reclaim our energy.

My friends Chris and Adrian over at Evolving Solutions are on the cutting edge of this lunch trend.

On July 9th I participated in their first Lunch on Us. Yes the Chief Love Officer and the Man behind the Curtain sat down with myself and  fellow entrepreneur Tanya Whittaker of  Med Equip Supplies to share a lively conversation. We talked about Social Media and where Business is heading, about having passion and purpose for what you do and most importantly how to keep it real and simple.

In moving forward I am joining the movement at Take Back your Lunch, I will also be recommending it to my clients who also need to get out from behind the computer for some fun and conversation….with real people. Or perhaps head out into nature and go for a walk, sit in the park and just be.

I would like to share a quick Video from the Lunch on Us where Chris and Adrian share some Business advice: