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do I influence you?

My Klout classification as of August 5, 2010 – Activist

I’ve been obsessed with influence (social media buzzword) lately. To be more specific, I’ve been obsessed with MY influence. Twitter fanatic that I am, I long ago discovered decided that number of followers does not correlate to influence. I don’t collect Twitter [...]

EVENT RECAP: Host DC's Sunset Recess - July 24, 2010

having fun playing a game from childhood – twister!

As much as I love a great social media or networking event, sometimes a girl just wants to have fun. Last night I had a ton of fun at Host-DC‘s Sunset Recess event!

Held at the swanky Aloft Washington National Harbor, this [...]

EVENT RECAP: Blogging While Brown DC Meetup

Blogging While Brown DC Meetup Organizer, Aleysha Proctor

On June 18-19, 2010, Blogging While Brown held it’s third annual conference in Washington, DC. I attended, but, ironically, I didn’t blog about it. How crazy is that? The attendees were a mix of newbie bloggers and more experienced ones and everyone was happy [...]

dating 2.0

I had an interesting exchange with a friend recently which lead me to ponder the impact that social media has on dating. Chat rooms and online dating sites have been around for years and there are new ones popping up all the time. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn [...]

social media groupie. who,me? ok.

Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with a friend who is starting a political consulting business. One of the first things that I asked him was whether or not he’s been developing a web presence via blogging, tweeting, joining Facebook and LinkedIn, etc. I couldn’t believe my ears when he said, “no.” [...]

brand success and failures in social media

I know I’m late to the game (I just got on Facebook & Twitter last year,) but I’ve recently become enamored with all things social media related. As such, I’m trying to learn about, and utilize, it as much as possible. I’ve met some great people along this journey and I’m amazed at [...]

bff: best friend. for now.

My teenage daughter and her BFF (best friend forever) recently had a falling out which resulted in angry words being exchanged and the end of their friendship. As my daughter related the story to me I began to think about my own ‘BFF’ situation.

Over the years as my children have [...]

employers use social networking sites to screen job candidates. invasion of privacy?

I read today that employers are using social networking sites to screen candidates and felt compelled to write.

I find it alarming and disturbing that 45% of the CareerBuilder survey respondents screen candidates by investigating their social networking sites. I think this is a horrible practice and as a recruiter, I [...]

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EVENT RECAP: Host DC's Sunset Recess - July 24, 2010

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