by clairediazortiz | Aug 1, 2011 | Conferences, Social Media, Speaking
There are a few things in life I am supposed to know, and social media speaking is one of them. When people ask me who my favorite social media speakers are, I have opinions. Strong ones. And, believe it or not, those opinions do not always come with a monogrammed...
by clairediazortiz | Jul 29, 2011 | Business, Uncategorized
This week, on a random work tangent, I ended up finding out the salaries of the CEOs of the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. Now, this was not an intentional exercise in shock, confusion and free-floating ire. And yet it turned into one. Let’s look at some...
by clairediazortiz | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
CNN news alerts are, hands-down, one of my smartest email subscriptions. In the 2+ years that I have been getting these emailed to me, I have learned a lot. These days, I feel skilled at taking the temperate of the nation, at least as determined by the CNN news alert...
by clairediazortiz | Jul 14, 2011 | How To, Social Media, Twitter
In honor of the 5th anniversary of Twitter officially opening its doors to the public (July 15, 2006), Twitter co-founder @biz will be radiating his awesomeness on NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me tomorrow. In response, @mgrooves pointed out the first...
by clairediazortiz | Jul 11, 2011 | Twitter
A few days ago, the world’s newest country joined us. South Sudan, the 193rd nation, came into being on Saturday, July 9. Although I had once seen 26.56% of the world (51 countries out of 192), that number has now plummeted to 26.42% (51 out of 193). Despite...