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Klout Scores: The SAT for Social Media Jobs

August 6, 2012

I’m certainly not the first person to write about using social influence measurement scores as a recruiting tool: Forbes wrote about it in May (“Will Your Klout Score Get You Hired? The Role of Social Media in Recruiting”) Last year Adrienne Sheares over at I Heart Social Media DC discussed it (“You’re Only As Good [...]

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Geeks Drink Too: SMC-DC Summer Happy Hour!!

June 14, 2012

It’s that time of year, folks. You are cordially invited to the SMC-DC Annual Summer Happy Hour!! Come hang out with your favorite social media geeks, because as you know….. GEEKS DRINK BEER TOO!! Date/time: Wednesday June 20, 6:00-8:00 pm (or later!) Location:     Overlook 1909 Rooftop Lounge 1909 K St. NW Washington, DC 20036 [...]

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SMC-DC May Event Recap: Politics at Policy [MULTIMEDIA]

May 25, 2012

We’re going to do something a little different this month. Since we live-streamed and recorded a SMC-DC event for the first time ever, we will let the pictures and the words of our panelists do most of the talking, along with a Storify of some of the best/most relevant tweets. Adding the multimedia component was [...]

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SMC-DC May Event: Politics @ Policy

May 2, 2012

Greetings DC and beyond! Well, we tried to do something a little different for our April event, but unfortunately the weather fairies and a number of other circumstances didn’t cooperate. A million apologies to the hardy souls that came out. We will make it up to you (see below). Rest assured that we will stick [...]

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A Bittersweet Farewell (and New President)!

April 24, 2012

To the SMC-DC Community: I believe I know the majority of you personally, or at least am connected to you on one or more social networks, so many of you are probably aware that I recently (Saturday) picked up and moved across the country to San Francisco. I’ve absolutely loved the past five years I [...]

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SMC-DC April Event: I’m the App for That!

April 16, 2012

Every day there are new examples of how social media can help to change the world. We asked DC-ers to submit some of their personal success stories and pitch us on concepts, conversations and ideas that have changed you or helped change the world.  We hand-selected some of the best and then we put it to [...]

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SMC-DC at AU’s 2012 Social Learning Summit

April 3, 2012

On March 31st,  undergraduates from American University’s Social Media Club celebrated their second annual Social Learning  Summit (#sls12) with two days of insightful panels featuring thought leaders from an impressive variety of backgrounds, several of whom also happened to be SMCDC chapter leaders! Delivering Friday evening’s keynote address was Alex Priest, who as one of [...]

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SMC-DC March Event: Hello My Name is____: Social Media and the Art of Personal Branding

March 8, 2012

Well hello there!! Now that we’ve gotten the big Apple announcement out of the way, it’s time to talk about our next event. You know how every time you go to a SMC-DC or other networking event, you invariably have to populate a nametag? Well, our March event will hopefully help you look good in [...]

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SMC-DC February Events: Yes, there are two!!

January 30, 2012

Ah, February. The last month of meteorological winter where both the groundhog and Cupid make appearances. While we can’t guarantee that Cupid will make a personal appearance for you (although we sure hope he does!), he is the subject of our SMC-DC February event: I’m Just Not That Into Your Profile. As always, we’re back with [...]

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SMC-DC November Recap (Storify Edition!)

November 23, 2011

Last week we held our November SMC-DC event, “There’s More Than Cats On The Internet: How Your Tweet Can Change The World.” We heard from some incredible speakers: Jan-Michael Sacharko of A-SPAN, Ifdy Perez of Give To The Max, and Jenn Roccanti of Miriam’s Kitchen. Special thanks to our moderator, Chris Golden of MyImpact.org and [...]

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