Social Media for Non-Profits: An (Impressive) Conference

by clairediazortiz | Oct 5, 2011 | Conferences, Social Media

Last week, I had the distinct pleasure to speak at a conference I was thoroughly impressed by. Let me be clear. This is not always the case. Sometimes, conferences dissappoint me. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Bad organizers, bad audiences, incorrect...

Smart Marketers Give Easy Quizzes I’m an Expert On

by clairediazortiz | Oct 3, 2011 | Business, marketing

If you haven’t been living in a proverbial hole in the dirt, you know that marketers know that you love easy quizzes. Short questions that you know the answers to. Hence the “who is this celebrity? tell us and win $500!” quiz that beats you in the...

You Will Love This Video (Buenos Aires and Borges)

by clairediazortiz | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

I love this video. If you know anything about the city of Buenos Aires or the incredible Argentine author Borges (who went blind at the end of his life — as depicted in the video), you will smile. Even if you don’t, you will still smile.   Buenos...

A Giveaway: Win a Copy of Dave Ramsey’s Entreleadership

by clairediazortiz | Sep 28, 2011 | Books

I love Dave Ramsey. Financial guru, straight-talking advice guy, smart man (all things he is). His is the one podcast I listen to most religiously. On occasion, my husband and I have even been known to role play Dave Ramsey on long car journeys — “What...

Mail Bag Maladies Edition #1

by clairediazortiz | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

For years, I have been sending bad emails to my nearest and dearest. Let me restate that. Aside from sending the usual garbage that I create in my last-minute, rushed head, I specifically forward on the particular bizarre/bad emails that random strangers send me....