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Resource: Building An Organization's Online Influence. Culled from presentation conducted for Tucson Festival of Books.
Resource: Using Social Media for Job Hunting. Culled from Career Development lecture conducted for Art Institute of Tucson students.
View my Tucson Social Media Leadership Resources List. Culled from "Spheres of Social Media Influence" presentation, made at the YWCA 12th Annual Women's Leadership Conference.
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Author Archives: Monica Spigelman
In Recognition of a Cowgirl, Writer, Friend
Karen Marie Clymer 1948 – 2011 http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-friend-forever-salute.html
Social Media Influence, a Tucson Conference Talk about 2011 Trends
I spoke this week to attendees of 38th Annual Symposium on Racing & Gaming – a group that represents a tradition that instills passion in the blood for many. My thanks to the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program … Continue reading
Around Tucson’s Table of Tradition: Grateful for Small and Local
This weekend, it’s appropriate to reflect on localism and our reinvestment in all things local. From native ingredients that satisfy the foodie culture, to new respect for local nature, arts and culture — America is paying homage to the close-up … Continue reading
Tradition, Tucson, Día de Los Muertos
As we approach Día de Los Muertos, it becomes time for all of us to reflect and celebrate traditions and the legacies of those who have gone before. For me it is a time of family, of thanksgiving. It … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Desert Environment, Tucson
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Are you listening to me? What’s important in Social Media
Every day there is a new social media platform or tool. Your knee-jerk instinct is to employ every tool that emerges and to participate in every beta network. Resist! Low-cost creative innovation certainly expands our opportunity to communicate and connect. … Continue reading
El Dia de San Juan, Praying for Monsoons in Tucson
It’s June 24 — and that means today we pray for the monsoons. El Dia de San Juan is a holiday begun from legends. In 1540 on this day, Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez Coronado prayed for rain while gazing out … Continue reading
Remembering Jessica the Fabulous
(I re-post this every year. Jessica died June 24, 2005. Miss you, Jess!) Fred called tonight to remind us that it was Jessica’s birthday. Would she have been 36 today? I can’t remember. All I can remember is that a … Continue reading
Tucson Tale: Wildfires, Spirituality & Symbolism
Arizona’s heat sizzles in so many dimensions. The sad debates of human rights and guns, the legislative bickering, the rising temps as the monsoon struggles to form…and the wildfires. Nationally the news reports on the war for containment. Locally our … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Environment, Sustainability
Tagged Arizona, monsoon, Our Lady of the Sierras chapel, Sierra Vista, wildfires
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Love Local, Tucson
Yesterday I ate corn pancakes spiced with jalapeno syrup made by the masters at Tooley cafe, and shopped for handmade hair decos, journals and other family gifts in nearby Mast boutique. Just for fun I looked for locally published books … Continue reading
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