FamousDC: We’re on all that social stuff

If you loved our Positivity Promise, you’re going to love what social media has in store for us today: Giving Tuesday. To combat the shopping frenzies and general consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, NYC based 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation announced in 2011 that the Tuesday …

Let kindness guide your actions today. And tomorrow. And the day after that. It’s a simple idea with endless possibilities – What if we exchanged intolerance for patience? What if we befriended instead of belittled? What if we injected a little bit of kindness into our intentions every day? Today …

“MCON is for people who give a damn about social change and aspire to turn their interest into action… MCON seeks to gather leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs to act and find creative solutions for social issues.” Influenced by The Millennial Impact Project, MCON helps people understand the best approaches in motivating the …

Let’s be honest: DC has needed to embrace Snapchat for a while now. (We’re looking at you, Anthony Weiner.) Not only will it let you sext your intern without getting caught,* but you can now make your boss look like one of the cool kids. Not surprisingly, Rand Paul (SenatorRandPaul) …

by Nicole Tieman DC is full of endless distractions. Just looking out your window can provide hours of entertainment; my view of K Street features a steady stream of business people walking briskly to important appointments and lunch meetings; tourists who I assume wandered too far from the National Mall …

From WaPo: “A bipartisan Twitter fest is scheduled to break out on Capitol Hill this week as the Obama administration and Congress venture into an area where they may find agreement: escaping the quagmire over transportation. “With the May 31 expiration of transportation funding nearing, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and …

Carnegie Library is a great scene. Cocktails are always welcomed on a Friday night. Selfies were all the rage over WHCD 2014.

Are you going to the Challenge Festival May 9-17? You should. Get inspired, get things done.

Yoga, cupcakes, fashion, and the interminable DC job search were brought together Tuesday evening during The Internet Association’s (IA) Dupont Circle Small Business Crawl highlighting the profound impact of the internet on jobs, economic growth, and innovation on Main Street. The Internet Association represents the interests of some of the leading internet companies in the world, including Google, Airbnb, Amazon.com, eBay, LinkedIn, Yahoo!, and Facebook. In the spirit of DC Social Media Week, IA facilitated a walking tour through some of the most successful independent businesses in Dupont circle. The event was attended by several local leaders including representatives from the Mayor’s office, the DC Chamber and the small business community.

New Congress members are social [Twitter] Barney Frank making moves [Senate] Unemployment details [numbers] Photo by Noe Todorovich

Meet Katie Harbath. Meet Mindy Finn. Katie is an Associate Manager at Facebook and Mindy works for Twitter. Two of social media’s leading ladies, Harbath and Finn have been proven industry experts for years. They’re also a couple of the nicest people you’ll meet in DC. Before their work at Facebook and Twitter, Katie and Mindy worked together at the RNC. Afterwards, they went their separate ways, each to head up digital operations for top presidential contenders. Katie worked for Mayor Rudy Giuliani while Mindy headed to Team Romney. Years later, they’re still on different teams, but have enormous respect for each other. With Facebook and Twitter at full-force this election cycle, we figured we’d reunite the two for a social media showdown.

The pride of Nordonia High School and one of the nicest staffers on Capitol Hill is currently on the homepage of the New York Times. After Being Burned in ’08, Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12 At a daily meeting in Mr. Boehner’s office, the communications staff decides what they should …

James Kotecki (@jameskotecki) and his wife, Emily Kotecki (@emilykotecki) sing us the hard truth about social media. FamousDC emailed Mr. Kotecki for comment and he gave us the following: “When I make music, I try to listen to the deepest regions of my soul and pour out its secret melodies onto my keyboard. …

Two of DC’s most well-known event and social media ladies, Lisa Byrne (@DCEventJunkie) and Melanie Spring (@Sisarina), co-hosted the second-annual Mashable Social Media Day last Thursday, June 30. Some of our favorite twitter handles were spotted enjoying the great weather and happy hour specials in honor of the new holiday. …