A few weeks ago a friend noticed, when she logged into Klout, that her son was listed as one of the people she influences. She figured it was because her son had recently commented on one of her Facebook posts since her posts are set to public. Curious, I went over to Klout to see […]

The beauty of having your own blog is that you can blog about whatever you want, whether or not it’s on topic. So, while technically this blog is about social media, who’s to say I can’t blog about Kim Kardashian’s divorce? Nobody! So here I go. If you read this blog you know I’m obsessed […]

I blog because I love writing. Period. Through blogging I’ve met cool people and been offered cool opportunities, but have never had a chance to use my blog to give something back. Until now, that is. Enter Give to the Max Day. Give to the Max Day is a one-day fundraising event on November 9, […]

This afternoon and tomorrow I’ll be attending Digital East in Tysons Corner, VA. Tomorrow morning I’ll be speaking on a panel about association social media with Danielle Brigida, the digital marketing manager from the National Wildlife Federation and Stacie Saunders, social media strategist from AICPA. My topic? Social Media Opportunities and Challenges for Associations. (I’ll […]

I’ve been wanting to write a post about innovation since I started hearing about ASAE’s Innovation Talks. But I have to say–I’m a bit burnt out on innovation. As one of the few association staffer’s dedicated solely to social media and community management, I feel like I’ve been eating, drinking, sleeping and playing “innovation” for […]

I’ve blogged about Foursquare before and how it doesn’t have much value proposition for the user…yet here I am, over a year after my “Foursquare fatigue” post and I’m still using Foursquare. Still fumbling around with my phone while trying to juggle my wallet and coffee at Dunkin Donuts so I can reclaim my mayorship. […]

Even though it’s been over a month since ASAE’s Annual Meeting, I continue to get occasional emails and regular mail from vendors who exhibited at the expo. Did I mention that I had a blast in St. Louis? 😉 Something I’ve been thinking about since then is whether businesses that cater to associations need to […]

Here are five cool new things I read about this week (or thereabouts): Gigwalk–I downloaded this after reading Tom Humbarger’s post about it but since it’s not yet available in the DC area I can’t try it…but it you live in Philly, NYC, Boston, Chicago, South Florida (?), LA, Seattle, or San Francisco, you can […]

Google+. Spotify. Google Music. Branchout. BeKnown. Pinterest. Seriously–how much time is one person supposed to have for online socializing? I am officially tapped out. It was bad enough when it was just Facebook and Twitter–both my own personal accounts and the accounts I manage professionally. Oh, and Linkedin. Now I’m supposed to find time to […]