Take a look at this amazing panel I’m honored to be a part of! If you’re in the DC area, I do hope you’ll attend! The Changing Landscape of Social Media – What Communicators Need to Know The Changing Landscape of Social Media – What Communicators Need to Know Hear the latest from three key [...]

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We had a massive fricking earthquake up and down the East Coast this week. Property damage was minimal – one spire fell off the National Cathedral and a potential crack in the Washington Monument is being investigated. So with no damage or reported injuries, the snark could take center stage. The @DCQuake Twitter feed popped [...]

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I don’t take to calling people names. Search through this site and you’ll be hard-pressed to find name-calling.  Strong opinions?  All the time.  Calling people out for dumb things?  Hundreds of instances. But name-calling, not so much. But Zach Houchins is an idiot. For those unfamiliar with his story: He was a baseball player drafted [...]

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I live in Washington, DC, the city where people come to air their grievances with the government. All over the city, there are protests and rallies and picket lines.  It seems that there is almost always some sort of labor dispute downtown, especially with manual workers. But here is the problem: I walk past them [...]

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Dear Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, My name is Mike Schaffer and I have been a Metro passenger for my entire life. Some of my earliest memories are of day trips with my family to museums and monuments in town. When I changed jobs last year and was able to ride the Metro instead of [...]

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Have you always wanted to work in the PR, marketing or social media industry? Are you job-hunting? Do you want to mentor aspiring professionals? Are you looking for your next team-member? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then you need to attend the Washington, DC #HAPPO Hour on Thursday, February 24th!  It’s [...]

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