The Buzz Bin

The final BlogPotomac will begin with a happy hour in Washington, DC proper at the 5th Street location of Busboys and Poets. Joining us for the final happy hour will be one of DC’s finest networking organizations, DC Media Makers, cofounded by Women Grow Business Editor Jill Foster and NPR’s Social Media Wonk Andy Carvin. Join BlogPotomac speakers as they mingle with some of DC’s finest and brightest social media minds for what promises to be a fun evening.

Thanks to our kick-off event sponsor NovaLabel, Inc., hor’ d’ouvres willbe provided for free. Attendees will have to pay for beverages. The event begins at 6 p.m., and ends when it ends! You can register on Eventbrite!

Introducing Our Hosts

Amber Naslund had a conflict and could not attend. In addition, I decided to sit this one out and simply manage the event as opposed to manage it and cohost it, too. As a result, we have two new hosts, people that regionally represent the cross-pollination of social across our communications industry: Shonali Burke and DC Hughes.

Shonali Burke is the IABC-accredited principal of her own firm and adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University’s Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Her 13+ years of experience include a stint as the ASPCA’s Vice President for Media & Communications, where she instituted its award-winning measurement program, and both small and large agencies on both coasts of the United States. In 2007, PRWeek named her to its inaugural “top 40 Under 40” list of U.S. public relations professionals. She blogs at Waxing UnLyrical, under the watchful eyes of Chuck, Suzy Q. and Lola, her three rescue dogs.

D.C. Hughes is a Photojournalist/Multimedia Producer for Lemur News Images and Lemur News Audio (and a principal of the corporate parent DLCI). Before that he was a Marketing Specialist/Brand Planner (ADSW) for the State of Maryland, Military Deparment, Maryland Army National Guard Headquarters, Baltimore, MD. He has also worked as a Web/Multimedia Producer for EEI Communications, Alexandria, VA and as a
Brand Planner/Information Designer for Boston Gas. D.C. also served with the U.S. Army for 14 years, including a stint with the Special Forces Group.

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