Category: Career

• November 3, 2008

  Career, Just Because, Quotes, Reporting, Social Media, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

  A Geek? No Way! Well, Wait A Sec…

    It’s so bizarre to me.    Following years of being the coolest kid in the working world ’cause I happened to work in TV news, I now work in PR and am occasionally – as lovingly as possible – referred to as a ‘geek.’   Eek! How the heck did that happen?   Well,…
• October 30, 2008

  Career, Social Media, Web 2.0

  Social Media For Business: It's More Than B2C

  So, as you know from my post last week, I attended a fab Social Media Club event. It was fab in every except that I was left a little annoyed. I guess I’ve allowed this to fester into a full-blown annoyance.   Everyone seems to use media examples to discuss social media success.   Hello?
• October 28, 2008

  Career, Social Media, Web 2.0

  Why I'm Obsessed With Email Marketing

  Lately I have been obsessed thinking about how PR can add value to email marketers. I know it may seem strange, but traditional definitions around PR are in flux – why wouldn’t we want to include this powerful marketing discipline into our strategic and tactical plans?   The reporter in me needed to know. I…
• October 15, 2008

  How I Got Here, Peace Corps, Politics, Reporting

  Who's Really Poor?: Confessions of a Journalist, Turned Peace Corps Volunteer, Turned Journalist Again, Turned Social Media Evangelist

    Poverty…   To write about it is to see it. To experience it. To try to save people from it. Hopefully.   Once upon a time, I was a TV reporter in my hometown. I was known – and to be known –  by anyone and everyone who knew my stories about last-dash Christmas…
• May 29, 2008

  MediaZone, Social Media, Web 2.0

  Let Your Creativity Sprout!

  this brillz guy i work with, jason, has found this really cool little flash widget maker. Take a look at how it’s being used mainstream:
• May 26, 2008

  Career, MediaZone, Social Media, Web 2.0

  Content Strategy – The Missing Link

  And i’m not the only one who thinks so! good nuts and bolts presentation here on why the function is so damn important: excellent companion presentation from Erika Hall at Web 2.0 Expo: