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Social media occupies so much of our everyday lives why not acknowledge them this Halloween? Here are some great ideas!

1- Balloon Boy
It’s a cool way to get your hoax on this Halloween season a la Falcon Heene, the little boy that caused Twitter and its trending topics to go into overdrive for 2 full days (October 15-16).

2- Facebook
Take a cardboard poster, add your Facebook profile and you not only have a quick and easy costume, you might pick up an extra Facebook friend or two when you’re out trick and treating!

3- Ted.me
Dress up like Ted.me. I don’t know if his ‘personal’ brand is widely known outside of social media circles, but Ted Murphy consistently dons this same attire every time he appears or speaks at social media gathering such as SXSW.

4- The Socially-Connected, Plugged-In Couple
Here are two costumes that both you and your significant-other can wear to show off your social-connectivity.

5- Ashton Kutcher, King of All Social Media
If you want to show up this Halloween as a Kutcher impostor, all you have to do is obtain a crown from Burger King, slap on a printed Kutcher photo and your in business.

6- Social Bookmarking (See photo above)
Digg, Technorati, StumbleUpon, etc are services that allow us to bookmark a lot of what we read and digest today. This sandwich board not only gives them a nod, it actually adds a Halloween treatment to each one of their logos.

7- “Show Us Your Tweets”
A little racy, but doable.

8- Pete Cashmore Pumpkin Head
Pete Cashmore of Mashable was photographed wearing this pumpkin head last year. It’s one of the easiest Social Media Halloween costumes to assemble since it only requires a cut-out pumpkin head and a Pete Cashmore name badge - and voila, you are now the instant founder of one of the top Social Media Blogs in the world.

9- Miley “I Quit Twitter” Cyrus
For all you Miley Cyrus teens out there who sympathize with Hannah Montana’s dilemma of “I’m getting too much attention, so I have to exit Twitter,” you can easily sport some look-alike garb to show you are a fan and possibly an ex-Twitterer yourself!

10- Fail Whale
For anyone who has spent anytime on Twitter, you know how many times you might experience down-time with your buddy, the Fail Whale. This one would take a lot of material to construct, but if you start now, I’m sure you’ll be able meet the Halloween October 31st deadline.

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Here are some ways to make work a happier place for all.

1. Celebrate each “Rubik’s Cube” moment of accomplishment. Share the joy to multiply it.
2. As the bits of the cube start moving, keep communicating and coordinating.
3. Remain positive. Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning and is contagious. Ignore skeptics unless easily converted.
4. Widen the circle of the informed. Involve people not usually included.
5. Find every supporter a task, however small. Show that you’re working for their goals, too.
6. Negotiate out of demands that don’t contribute to the goal. Keep doing what you must to keep your job, but simplify.
7. Get a Big Name to endorse giving it a try.
8. Discuss the idea informally to find others feeling the same way. Enlist them in the quest. Now they’re counting on you not to let them down. Describe it as an experiment that will benefit others. Incorporate feedback so that others hear their ideas in yours.
9. Be an entrepreneur from anywhere. Even if you don’t start a business (now), imagine starting a project that will improve your current job, workplace, or community.
10. Identify long-term personal purpose. Write a personal mission statement, to review often.

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