The next Social Marketing University training is coming to Washington, DC on January 11-13, 2010. The training is for people working at nonprofits, government agencies, PR/marketing agencies or others who want to build knowledge and skills for building an effective social marketing strategy. hope I'll see you there

The next Social Marketing University training is coming to Washington, DC on January 11-13, 2010. The training is for people working at nonprofits, government agencies, PR/marketing agencies or others who want to build knowledge and skills for building an effective social marketing strategy. hope I'll see you there

As marketers began to use social media platforms like blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc., My friend John Cass , PR Communications , and I had an interesting discussion about where the concept of transparency fits into the new social media marketing model - content developed by people outside of the enterprise. Jump to Ellie's blog post.

At the beginning of the year, I wrote on this blog about an interesting new concept on Twitter: The Twestival." have been involved in helping organize the DC Twestival. Held on September 10th, all proceeds will be going to benefit Miriam's Kitchen (no relation :)), a local soup kitchen based in DC. Living in the DC area?

Shannon, a new director of communications at a nonprofit, has decided to blog the first 100 days of his new job, using “ The First 100 Days in Your New Nonprofit Marketing Job &# e-book I released in January as a guide.  Gordon Barnes runs a blog with communications and PR jobs in the DC area , many with nonprofits, associations, etc.

An interesting group of people from HHS, FEMA, FBI, FDA, USDA, DHS, PAHO, NACCHO, NAGC, CDC, Cisco, Red Cross, NPR and Fox News (DC) - and you know you are truly 'inside the beltway' if you get all those acronyms ( and if not, try here ). Best Universities has posted a list of the 100 Best Blogs for Those Who Want to Change the World.

For example a social strategy could involve a team from: legal, PR, operations, customer service, marketing and sales. would take my Mom's very good advice and put my butt in a chair to start writing my first novel--or a blog. I just move closer to DC? Playing off the Nike tag line. Taking this back to the post I did this week.