Alex Priest
Mktg & PR student in DC, but from KY. Lover of tech, politics, environment, design & media. Goal: to have good stories to tell when I'm old.

DCWEEK is a festival in the US capital focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds. It’s a series of 100s of distributed events powered by the community and complemented by core conferences, parties, and projects created by the festival organizers iStrategyLabs and Tech Cocktail. DCWEEK...

This day is the day for all men to stand up and say, "Yes, I am a Man." And "Yes, I will step up and do manly things and whatever I want to do on this glorious day!"
Come, make history! Be a part of National Man day. Take the world by the throat and tell them it's ok to watch Rocky movies all day. Tell them it's...

It's April, Q2, and that means FACE TIME! Let's get together again at Public Bar (because Tony spoiled us the first time) where we will have the entire rooftop exclusive to our event from 6-8pm! Drink specials ($2, $3, $4, $5 – domestic, imports, rails, wine) and the social spin will be in full effect!

A series of events to bring the senior class together as we enter the homestretch before graduation.

Tuesday: Senior BBQ at the President's House
http://www1.alumni.american.edu/register/index.cfm?action=reg&eventID=927

Wednesday: Quad Funtivities
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138554966214533

Senior BBQ at the President's...

Join the Jatukik Providence Foundation and your fellow American University students--and other DC students--for an exciting night of CLUBBIN' FOR THE CONGO at Lotus on April 9th!

For everyone on the guest list--and all their guests--the Jatukik Providence Foundation will receive a portion of the proceeds to help support orphan children in the...

As Christine so eloquently put it, "I'm getting old and she's going to Rwanda so everyone better come."

So this is a combined birthday celebration for me and a going away party for Christine since she's doing the Peace Corps in Rwanda leaving in May.

We'll start off at the Reef in AMo and then go where the night...

Join the Jatukik Providence Foundation at American University on April 7th for the AU CONGO COLLABORATION CHALLENGE!

Working with university campuses across the country, Jatukik aims to use the creativity of each campus's students to promote awareness for the difficulties facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Events may feature...

Join the Jatukik Providence Foundation the week of April 4th through the 8th for the CONGO COLLABORATION CHALLENGE!

Working with university campuses across the country, Jatukik aims to use the creativity of each campus's students to promote awareness for the difficulties facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Events may feature...

Please join us for the first annual Social Learning Summit, brought to you by the American University Social Media Club.

This weekend conference, April 1-3, 2011, aims to bring together students, educators, and professionals to learn from each other and with each other about what’s next in education. Topics will cover a wide range of issues at...

This weekend conference, April 1-3, 2011, aims to bring together students, educators, and professionals to learn from each other and with each other about what’s next in education. Topics will cover a wide range of issues at the intersection of education, innovation, and social media, including what’s happening in classrooms now, what’s...

Join the Founder and CEO, of StudentsFirst, and former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools for a "Waiting for Superman" film viewing.

The screening will be followed by an education reform discussion featuring Michelle Rhee, Grayson Cooper, Education Strategist for the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, moderated by Aaron Goldstein,...

Interested in event planning? Want to be a part of a one of a kind conference? Then we want you!

The AU Social Media Club is hosting the first social media conference of its kind, the Social Learning Summit from April 1-3, 2011 at American University. The conference will bring together students, educators and professionals to learn together and...

Please join us for an evening of social media learning and discussion with three chapter authors from:

The Big Book of Social Media Case Studies, Stories, Perspectives

We will have complete presentations from the following book chapter authors:

Rory Cooper - Director of Strategic Communications, The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Alan Rosenblatt -...

Alpha Kappa Psi and AU Social Media Club collaborate to bring you The Ins & Outs of LinkedIn - Part 2
- Experts and Q and A
- What employers and recruiters are looking for.

Part 1 will be held on February 13th and can be found here:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123398507731031

All are welcome to attend tomorrow's general meeting. We'll be discussing the success of our Hashtag the Campus campus, going over information for the Social Learning Summit, and opening the floor to discussion on what's going on in the social media world.

Sweets for Your Sweet!

Surprise your sweetheart(s) and buy a Valentine Candy Gram for them from AU's Public Relations Society of America. Get yours for $1.00 each at PRSSA's table in the lobby of MGC from 2 - 5pm on the following days:

Wednesday, February 9
Friday, February 11

Either take your treat with you to give to that special...

Use Twitter hashtags to start the conversation at AU. Person with most tweets each day gets a Twitter shoutout; most tweets after two weeks (must include #smcedu) earns you $100 in LivingSocial (http://livingsocial.com) Deal Bucks.

Checking in on Foursquare counts, too. Be sure you share your check-ins on Twitter and include #smcedu. AU is on...

Since last year's 25th Birthday went so swimmingly I'm calling for a do-over.

In keeping with the spirit of FossettFest (I realize this reference is lost on many of you who don't know the great Amy Fossett Heaton, who hosted a weeks worth of birthday festivities every January), I will be celebrating my birthday on not ONE but TWO...

Thanks to Tom's wonderful suggestion, we will be meeting up on January 20th to discuss what questions/topics we want to (attempt to) answer with this group.

Additionally, we should brainstorm who we take these questions/topics to (OCTO, DC Gov, local businesses, politicians, etc) and the best forum to get all these people together. I'll...

UPDATE 01.07.11

VENUE -
We have reserved the 3rd floor lounge of Public Bar in Dupont with ample space, couches and our own private bar. Our hosts have generously offered to provide complimentary bites and beverage specials include $2 domestic beers, $3 imported beers, $4 rail drinks, $5 wines. You’ll also get a chance at a social spin of...

Join TBD's social media producer, Mandy Jenkins, for what promises to be an interesting discussion about how she integrates social media and journalism.

Here's Mandy's bio: http://www.tbd.com/staff/mandy-jenkins/

Her personal blog is at http://zombiejournalism.com/

Details regarding DCWEEK's 2011 festival dates will be made public at 11:11 AM on 1.11.11. RSVP'ing to this event will ensure you receive a link to the broadcast and overview material. Tune in at 11AM and add some ideas here before then: http://dcweek.uservoice.com

Info about last year's #DCWEEK:

1. Metrics:...

The 2011 International CES is just around the corner, and the annual CES Tweetup is too! This year's tweetup will be better than ever, and we can't wait to see you there.

As always, the CES tweetup is FREE and everyone is invited.

Register on the Eventbrite page: http://2011cestweetup.eventbrite.com

And follow us on Twitter for...

Come see us in Las Vegas at CES again. We ALWAYS have a good time on the show floor. You just never know what's gonna happen when the big orange head comes out to peck around.

Join us this Friday, December 17th at 11 AM PST on Facebook Live (http://apps.facebook.com/facebooklive) for our first ever Facebook Office Hours.

We’ll have members of Facebook Marketing, Pages, and Platform teams answering your questions LIVE. Make sure to tune in if you have questions about best practices for engaging fans, reaching more...