My Name is Kesi and I'm a Technoholic: DC Entrepreneur Announces National Pick Up the Phone Day

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 05, 2009 – My name is Kesi and I am a Technoholic. With these words, KSG Strategic Consulting President, Kesi Stribling, issued a challenge to other Technoholics - those individuals constantly connected by email, texting, Tweets, and Facebook: Pick Up the Phone. Stribling announced the challenge on her Midweek Musings blog today (www.myspace.com/ksgsc), urging professionals and students alike to put down the keystroke and pick up a phone to connect with others.

"While I make light of my own story about being a Technoholic, constant connection, and in some cases, addiction to technology, can ravish relationships," said Kesi Stribling. In an effort to encourage people to take one day off from using emails, texts, and communicating via social networking sites, the self-professed Technoholic wants Americans to use a more traditional method to reach out to others on Thursday, August 27: the telephone.

Stribling urges employees to use Pick Up the Phone Day to have a conversation with a co-worker by telephone, instead of an impersonal email. She also encourages parents to pick up the phone and call children after school, rather than sending a text to find out if they have made it home safely.

"We take for granted the stimulation and socialization that come from having real, human interaction, which results from a telephone or face-to-face conversation," Stribling opined. "Our hope," she continued, "is that by taking one day to communicate by telephone we reconnect with those who have a role in our lives beyond typing a message and pressing send. Let the real conversations begin again."

For more information about the National Pick Up the Phone Day, or to register your participation, visit www.ksgsc.com/PickUpThePhoneDay or www.Twitter.com/KesiStribling. Better yet, call (202) 904-1380.


ABOUT KSG STRATEGIC CONSULTING
Based in Washington, DC and Philadelphia, PA, KSG Strategic Consulting helps clients improve, promote, and sustain their businesses through three key areas of service: strategic planning; communications; and, training. KSG Strategic Consulting publishes The Strategist magazine and hosts 100 DAYS IN: Connecting Stakeholders to the Change We Need; the Minority Business Strategies Conference; and a host of training seminars. For more information, visit www.ksgsc.com, www.twitter.com/KesiStribling, or call (202) 904-1380.