Book Reviews: Little Princes and Trout Fishing in the Yemen

by clairediazortiz | May 9, 2012 | Books

Days have passed, I’ve read more books. See my ongoing list of the 100 books I’m reading in 2012, and check out their (sometimes) pretty covers on my Pinterest board, cryptically entitled: The 100 Books I’m Reading in 2012. As always, if you’ve...

Social Media for Social Good at Ideation

by clairediazortiz | May 7, 2012 | Conferences

Note: Today I’ll be leading an all-day intensive on social media for social good out here in Chicago at the Ideation conference. Here’s the awesome outline of what we’ll be talking about. Not here with us? Don’t worry, we’re recording...

What Happened at the Skoll World Forum (A Recap)

by clairediazortiz | May 4, 2012 | Conferences, social entrepreneurship, social good

I go to (and speak at) a lot of events. Although I mostly forget to recap them, I did want to share a recap of the Skoll World Forum at Oxford University this year. It’s a wonderful event for social entrepreneurs (for-profits, non-profits, anyone with a passion...

Useful Twitter Links

by clairediazortiz | May 2, 2012 | Social Media, Twitter

As part of my once-a-month email blitz wherein I blast through emails while slurping large amounts of decaffeinated mochas (a luxury, for moi) to reduce my respective inboxes down to below 100, I found some tidbits of useful gold. Here’s a list of useful Twitter...

The Top Ten Social Media Marketing Mistakes (Podcast #7)

by clairediazortiz | Apr 30, 2012 | Podcast, Social Media

Did you remember I have a podcast? Here’s episode 6, and it’s all about social media marketing. Specifically I’ll be telling you the top ten social media marketing mistakes I see individuals, brands and organizations making every day. Hopefully...