by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 29, 2013 | Business, Productivity, Uncategorized
By now, I imagine you’ve realized that the truth is staring you in the fact: It’s a new year. (Cue: So, what are you going to do about it?) For me, a new year is about new goals. Whether you got a chance to do goal-setting over the holidays before 2013...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 13, 2012 | Blogging, Business, Social Media, Uncategorized
This week I’m excited to announce my new column over at Babble.com, entitled The Business of Being a Woman. I’ve long admired the fun, classy, light-hearted Moms over at Babble, and it’s fun to be writing for them. The first post, “All About Me...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Aug 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week, a tiny little news item appeared on the right side of my screen as I scanned something vastly more important. In no uncertain terms, it alerted me to the end of an era. Hotmail is dying. Yes, folks, it’s true. The 350 million of us who at one point...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Apr 23, 2012 | Business, Social Media, Uncategorized
This week, more than two strangers sent me emails outlining their apparently deep personal offense at the fact that I had not yet responded to their emails to me asking for things they want. The emails were much more dramatic versions of the following: “This is...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 5, 2012 | Social Media, Twitter for Good Unconference, Uncategorized
I’m hosting an unconference all about how to best excel on Twitter. Based on the content of my book, Twitter for Good, the unconference will go in depth to tell you exactly how to best use Twitter to to build your movement. If you’re not new to...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
We’re all American. In the first month I first met my husband, a South American, I asked if I could tell people in Argentina I was from “America” (California, to be exact), or if it was offensive. I had been living in various countries in Latin...