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A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with an old classmate from LLHS. Andy, who is currently living and working in Asia, is living the dream. He’s traveling and doing what he loves – and to me, that’s pretty darn awesome.
He and I chatted about what we were up to and though we never talked much in high school, we had the chance to connect over the [...]

First off, I absolutely love SlideShare.net. I think it’s a great resource and I’ve used it MANY times to gather some info. Well, as of today, I have uploaded my first presentation on there! It’s a persuasive speech I gave in my public presentation class on social media and how it affects our relationships. Check it out and enjoy! (and as always, give lots of feedback!)
Social Media & Relationships
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The past few weeks have been busy! Here’s a quick round-up of the guest blog posts I’ve had:
Making Your Section Page Copy Stand Out:    The Solid Cactus Blog
It’s Not Always About The SEO:   Search Engine People
Writing for the Web vs. Writing for Print : The Web.com Blog
I still get excited when I see my name on a blog that’s not my own !
Coming up soon: a guest post on The Communications [...]

So, I’m trying out something new and I’m really quite excited about it. : )
It’s called Business 2 Blogger. Ok, just by looking at it you can guess that it has something to do with blogging and businesses, but I promise that it seems a whole lot cooler. Basically, it’s this free service that hooks up bloggers with some paid writing gigs. Since I’m putting myself through graduate school and have a very hungry kitty [...]

In so many blogs, we see posts about how businesses can utilize social media to strengthen their bottom line. But what about non-profits? I recently responded to a HARO query looking for information on how social media can help non-profits connect with donors and it got me thinking about how non-profits can be so different from businesses in the social media sphere.