Weekly updates from your Video Girls and Video Guys at Capture the Market about video, social media, & online marketing with a focus towards multifamily housing industry.
The tradition began on June 8, 2010 when Mashable invited the world to "celebrate the revolution of media becoming a social dialogue" on June 30, 2010. See original SMD logo to the right.
Victoria, British Columbia was the first city to proclaim Social Media with Vancouver, British Columbia following with an official proclamation. This year San Carlos, California and the state of Arizona have officially declared Social Media Day on June 30.
If you're not near San Francisco or Williamsburg, don't dismay!! Host your own Social Media Day next Friday! People have registered over 1,386 Social Media Day Meetups already! Use the hashtag#SMDay on your promotions (Twitter, Instagram, Flickr and YouTube) and register on the Mashable Meetups Everywhere site.
Let us know! What are your plans for Social Media Day? Will you be hosting a celebration at your community?
Today is Administrative Professionals Day! Take a moment to thank your administrative professionals today. Administrative Professionals keep the gears of your company running smoothly: keeping calendars and offices organized, managing travel plans, scheduling conference calls and managing the phones, overseeing projects, filing papers, running errands, coveting that red Swingline stapler...
The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) began this tradition in 1952 when organizing Professional Secretaries Week and Professional Secretaries Day. IAAP changed the names to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day in 2000 to keep pace with the expending responsibilities and the changing job titles of the administrative workforce.
Today, more than 4.1 million secretaries and administrative assistants and 8.9 million people work in various administrative support roles in the United States, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics. More than 475,000 administrative professionals are employed in Canada. Data from IAAP's website.
Take a moment to thank your Administrative Professionals for all they do to help your day go smoothly.
People around the world come together on the 42 day of the 4th month (4/16 or April 16) to celebrate the first "Social Media holiday!"
Cities host swarm parties, businesses offer specials and/or giveaways, and people get involved in their community! Visit the official Foursquare Day Facebook, Twitter, website, or blog!
Foursquare Day is officially endorsed by Foursquare.com. Foursquare has released the official badge and logo for Foursquare Day 2011. Details on obtaining the Foursquare badge are yet to be released. See what Dennis Crowley, the CEO of foursquare, says about Foursquare Day.
Community Events! Seattle is celebrating at Gordon Biersch with specials and giveaways. Learn more on their site, Facebook, and Twitter.
Dallas has businesses offering specials such as Dallas Comedy House offering free tickets (more info here), and the city is celebrating with a Swarm party on Village on the Green with several businesses present and offering specials. Visit here for more information.
Portland is celebrating at Whiffies where for every check-in $1 goes to the Red Cross efforts in Japan. Follow the event on their site and on Twitter.
New Orleans is celebrating at Parlay's with drink specials & Fat Molly's with drink specials and a free shot. Follow the event on Facebook and Twitter.
Atlanta has businesses around the area offering Foursquare specials, and the city is a huge party at the West Atlanta Downtown Hotel on the rooftop pool deck and wetbar area. Visit their site to learn more: Atlanta specials here and the Foursquare Day party here.
Don't see your city in the list above? Search for whats going on in your community here.
Company Celebrations! McDonald's is continuing their participation in Foursquare Day by offering 100 fantastic shirts to crowned mayors in the US throughout the day! Learn more here.
Untapped has created their own Foursquare Day Badge and a worldwide Foursquare Day map where users can share their location and beer of choice. Learn more here.
These are not the only companies getting involved with Foursquare Day. Look around your community for other business offering specials or giveaways this Saturday, April 16.
Let us know, what are your plans for Foursquare Day?
Today is the celebrated around the world as St. Patrick's Day: religious feast day marking the anniversary of St. Patrick's death in the fifth century.
The History In the 5th century Britain, a 16 year old boy named Maewyn Succat was kidnapped by Irish marauders and remained a shepard's slave for 6 years in Ireland. He later escaped, guided by visions of faith, back to Britain where he became a priest and took the name Patrick. Patrick returned to Ireland in 432 A.D. on a mission to bring Christianity to the island. Patrick died on March 17, 461 A.D.
Those of you in the New York City area, go visit the parade and be a part of the world's oldest civilian parade and the largest parade in the United States.
Anyone near Chicago should stop by and see the celebratory dyeing of the Chicago River! Though the origins may be unsavory, today Chicago dumps 40 pounds of green dye into the river for hours of celebratory green water.
Does your city follow the"dye the river green" tradition?
What traditions do you follow on Saint Patrick's Day?
My Traditions: I wear as much green as possible: clothing, nail polish, eye shadow.
I bake a dessert for my friends and/or family. A group of my friends and I gather for dinner every Thursday, rotating houses every week, and for tonight I've made an Irish Coffee Pie: seen to the right. View the recipe here.
Hope you all have a great Thursday and a great Saint Patrick's Day!
The tradition began on June 8, 2010 when Mashable invited the world to "celebrate the revolution of media becoming a social dialogue" on June 30, 2010. See original SMD logo to the right.
This year is resounding with a bounce and a bowl. Mashable is hosting one event in San Francisco at House of Air, an indoor trampoline park, and one event in Williamsburg at Brooklyn Bowl.
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