social media
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Kaitlin Carpenter. You can discover a little more about Kaitlin here. At nearly every Social Media Week event I attended, I was inspired! Invigorated! Infused with new ideas and motivated to bring the same levels of awesomeness to my own work. But I also found myself thinking,…
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Autumn Orme. You can discover a little more about Autumn here. In the slew of tips passed around during social media week—focus on your numbers, build quality content, evaluate your analytics, engage your followers—one piece of advice trended throughout the seminars and workshops: #TRUST your social media…
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Katherine Haselkorn. You can discover a little more about Katherine here. We’ve all learned that necessity is the mother of invention, and if Social Media Week 2013 proved anything, it was just how true this mantra really is. While social media has obviously played a role in…
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Autumn Orme. You can discover a little more about Autumn here. “What’s the ROI of Your Mom?” Dan Soschin remarks as he sarcastically reminds the 400-plus registrants at Wednesday’s seminar that it isn’t always easy to calculate the “Return on Investments” of your social media presence. Soschin…
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Kim Ha. You can discover a little more about Kim here. Social-mobile games and mobile gambling are picking up speed as more users are playing from their couches, their beds, on their commute, or waiting around. Zynga, the current second most popular game company amassed 61 million…
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Autumn Orme. You can discover a little more about Autumn here. Aids, mental illness, erectile dysfunction, Leprosy–all of these diagnoses along with many others are still extremely stigmatized; and amidst the lack of universal support our community continues to suffer from their ailments. Even cancer, though activism…
Since the record turnout of minority and young voters in 2008, there has been a wave of new laws that block access to the ballot box. The Brennan Center for Justice estimates that more than five million voters may be disenfranchised by the voting law changes. The most onerous restriction requires voters to present government-issued…
What happens when you invite smart people to brainstorm on how to jumpstart a startup? Ideas happen. That was the idea behind the Startup Telepresence Roundtable organized by DJ Saul, Vice President of New Ventures for iStrategyLabs. The event was held at the AT&T Innovation Center. The startups were in four cities – New York, San Francisco,…
On the fourth day of Social Media Week DC Edelman hosted “facebook for your Advocacy Campaign” #fbadvocacy @EdelmanDC. Facebook DC’s Associate Manager, Policy Katie Harbath @katieharbath; Edelman Senior Vice President David Almacy @almacy; DCI Group’s Vice President, Digital Strategy Julie Germany @JulieG ; and Edelman’s Vice President, Grassroots Enterprise Nate Bailey @NateBailey11 conversed with attendees about the incredible potential Facebook has to empower activists to positively affect…
In her Social Media Week DC “How to Get More Views for Your YouTube Videos” presentation Tuesday, Mary Fletcher Jones, owner of public relations agency Fletcher Prince, talked about the power of YouTube, its marketing potential for organizations, and tips for creating great content. If you were not able to make it to her presentation,…
