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Michael de Groot
Michael de Groot

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Apr 6

Pickleball is Addictive!

In a good way… I came across Pickleball in May 2022, started playing it in August 2022 and will be playing in the English Open in August 2023. And I’m 63! Taking up a brand new sport at 63, would normally be highly unlikely, but not Pickleball. People in their…

Pickleball

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Pickleball is Addictive!
Pickleball is Addictive!
Pickleball

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Feb 9

Pickleball serves out the Share Your Story Podcast

After 6½ years of podcasting, I have made the tricky decision to put my podcasting days on pause. I’m using the pause button phrase very carefully because you just never know what might come your way. What has come my way right now is Pickleball. I’ve also become a Level…

Pickleball

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Pickleball serves out the Share Your Story Podcast
Pickleball serves out the Share Your Story Podcast
Pickleball

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Dec 29, 2022

Happiness Habits

We are delighted to be facilitating a Happiness Habits course, which is running in our local area of Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. This 6-week online course has been developed by Action for Happiness, drawing on the wisdom of experts across many fields, to cover the habits of living a…

Happiness

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Happiness Habits
Happiness Habits
Happiness

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Dec 16, 2022

LinkedIn Audio will slowly diminish . . .

. . . unless being able to record them is made available very soon. I have been hosting a weekly and now bi-weekly show since July 2022, called Social Audio Community Chat, based on my LinkedIn group with the same name. I’ve loved hosting these rooms and have had wonderful…

Linkedin Audio

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LinkedIn Audio will slowly diminish . . .
LinkedIn Audio will slowly diminish . . .
Linkedin Audio

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Sep 2, 2022

My ‘Social Audio Community Chat Events’​ happen weekly…

If in doubt, BEGIN. A mantra I learnt from Gapingvoid Culture Design Group, when I discovered their image below. It has stuck with me and I will probably never get it out of my head. I fell in love with their doodles and I now have a Pinterest Board with 1,600 images. Do check…

Social Audio

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My ‘Social Audio Community Chat Events’​ happen weekly…
My ‘Social Audio Community Chat Events’​ happen weekly…
Social Audio

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Aug 23, 2022

Transform Yourself with Storytelling

I’ve been a storyteller all my life and so have you. Welcome to our world of storytelling. I’ve not always known this and perhaps you haven’t either or maybe you will realise once you’ve read this. It was around 2009 I started to become aware that I was an outstanding…

Storytelling

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Transform Yourself with Storytelling
Transform Yourself with Storytelling
Storytelling

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Aug 5, 2022

My brother is homeless in the Netherlands, is it his own fault?

A few weeks ago (in June 2022) I received messages from my family in England that our oldest brother, Steven who lives in The Netherlands, had become homeless. We didn’t know whether it was true or not, my own brother homeless?! I volunteered with Crisis in the UK for several…

Steven De Groot

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My brother is homeless in the Netherlands, is it his own fault?
My brother is homeless in the Netherlands, is it his own fault?
Steven De Groot

10 min read


Jul 18, 2022

LinkedIn Social Audio Events

Let me start by making it crystal clear that you will only be able to host a LinkedIn Audio Event if you have ‘creator mode’ enabled. …

Social Audio

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LinkedIn Social Audio Events
LinkedIn Social Audio Events
Social Audio

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Jul 5, 2022

Social Media Day 2022

When I saw a tweet about this day on Thursday 30 June, 2022, my reaction initially was, oh no not another social media marketing ploy. I then reflected a little and I remember how excited I was when Facebook came about and how even more excited I was when Twitter…

Social Media Day

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Social Media Day 2022
Social Media Day 2022
Social Media Day

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Jun 20, 2022

The Social Audio Revolution

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years, not mentioning the ‘C’ word, Social Audio is possibly the newest social media innovation of the the current 20's. You may have heard of Clubhouse, their meteoric rise to being THE social audio go to platform…

Social Audio

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The Social Audio Revolution
The Social Audio Revolution
Social Audio

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Michael de Groot

Michael de Groot

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Creator, Certified IPTPA Pickleball Instructor, Taiko Drummer | www.stayingaliveuk.com

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