It is almost the 2 year anniversary of me blogging from my own personal account. I can’t tell you how weird it felt when signing up for the URL “williematis.com”. Will people think I’m a nerd? Will they think I’m conceited? Nope. They actually were thankful because it makes it easier to remember. But that [...]
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Giving a Tribute to Someone on Social Media
Today my mom is celebrating her birthday. The way we are wording it? HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY OF TURNING 21!!! I could go into the typical son tribute for mom. But I won’t. I will say this though, she taught me a WHOLE lot about this world, and she is the one person that will ALWAYS [...]
READ MORE »What did the BCS Championship teach us about Social Media?
I put this topic on my editorial calendar hoping to talk about the story of Notre Dame. I grew up in Catholic schools, so my tendency went with rooting AGAINST the Golden Domers, yes you read that right. I enjoyed rooting AGAINST Notre Dame growing up because everyoneI knew rooted FOR them. But this season [...]
READ MORE »Does your NEW YEAR really bring you *new* goals?
Mine doesn’t really. My new year really just brings me back to focus on goals that I may have strayed away from in the past year. Things that I may have really, really wanted to do and just forgot about. Or things that I wanted to get better at and just didn’t make the effort [...]
READ MORE »Mastering the Thank You Video
Social Media Manager’s at non-profit’s have it hard sometimes. So many have to wear different hats, but their passion lies in creating an online community where the opportunity to give is great and the willingness of those in the online community to give is bursting. At any time, an online campaign can turn into something [...]
READ MORE »How are you going to keep in touch with East Coasters during Hurricane Sandy?
This morning, I turned on the tv to see all of the coverage about Hurricane Sandy. I got online and all of the news was about it as well. News about how the government can use social media for emergency management, The Washington Post has a live storm blog, and there was an article about [...]
READ MORE »Wondering on Wednesday: Young Kids, iPhones, Tablets, and what does it mean?
Alright, something I hope to do from now on. Post a quick picture on Wednesday along with a question. The question will be something that I’ve probably been thinking about for a while, but choose to put it out there on Wednesday (because it makes for a catchier title). Anyways – here it goes. How [...]
READ MORE »Turning your STAFF into online advocates
Have you ever noticed that sometimes it is easier to get external supporters to be better advocates for your cause than your very own staff?? Yeah, me too. Sometimes it is pretty freakin’ hard to get your own coworkers to get online and push your message. Some of the things you’ll hear: – “well, I [...]
READ MORE »3 Reasons Why Writing is Important to any Profession
Wowee… it’s been a month since I’ve sat down and wrote something. I’ve read many posts that say not to call our how long it’s been since your last post, but this month off has shown me the importance of continual writing. No matter what career path you choose, I’d argue that writing can be [...]
READ MORE »3 things you can do NOW to inform Millennials in a split-second
The most important line that I found throughout the entire Millennial Impact Report done by Achieve was the following: Participants in all 3 cities repeatedly said they wanted to be able to understand exactly what the organization did in a split-second. And, I agree with that statement 100%. Your website is there to provide information, [...]
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