Insert Personal Tag Line Here
Posted by Jen on January 24, 2008
Ever since I RSVPed to Jeff Pulver’s upcoming social media breakfast in DC, I’ve been having heartburn over this personal tag line. The invitation clearly states that we are to come prepared with a “Personal Tag Line” to be placed on our name badge. Of course, name badges are no one’s favorite accessory but I do understand the need for them. And I’m also sure there is a nifty use for the personal tag line to be placed on them. But in my little head right now, all I can think of is the fact that I have absolutely no idea what my personal tag line might be. (And somehow I’m thinking that writing “I have no idea what to put here.” will not make me one of the cool kids.) What would my personal tag line even be? How personal should it be? How can I manage to sum myself up and be witty on a name badge, of all things?
First I thought I wanted to collect suggestions from my readers, but that poses a few interesting problems. First of all, I might not get a darn thing out of you. Second of all, well…. I’ll keep that one to myself. After I hit that dead end, I decided maybe I should ask you all what your personal tag line is. Don’t worry, I promise not to copy your work. (Although, you know, I’m still open to suggestions.)
Anyway, back to the point. If you would be so kind, please insert your own personal tag line into the comments of this post. I promise not to call them my own, and I’m interested in what you have to say.








January 24, 2008 at 8:15 am
Jen, I’m having the same issue. I’ve called myself a WordPress Wrangler but WordPress design is only a tiny piece of what I do, and what I want to do, so it’s too limiting. Someone suggested I use the term “on ramping”, the trendy new-fangled phrase that describes someone returning to the work force after a long absence (that would be me all right) but I’m not sure how to us it in a way that makes any sense. At least I still have 10 days or so to figure it out before the Princeton breakfast!
January 24, 2008 at 8:26 am
“Thirtysomething Geek, Husband, and Dad.” What else ? Dood luck with your dilemma, my friend.
January 24, 2008 at 11:04 am
My personal tag line is: “I take having fun seriously.”
February 6, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Mine is: “Communications believer. Idea engineer. A nice enough guy.”
Maybe yours should be: “Out loud online since 1995.”
February 6, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Educator, husband, father, musician, aviation nut.
February 8, 2008 at 4:19 pm
My Twitter bio can be boiled down to tag-two-lines as “Industry analyst. Consultant. Blogger. Friend to plucky young companies since 1981.”
My LinkedIn tagline was recently simplified to “Software industry strategic advisor.”
CAM
March 5, 2008 at 3:07 pm
My tagline is: “If life were a race, I’d want to beat you to death.”
http://twitter.com/DieLaughing
My more professional tagline is: “Doing the impossible since tomorrow.”
http://twitter.com/JAdamMoore