Great to be featured in the Capitol Communicator

Good news! I was featured in a news item in the Capitol Communicator  Feb 21st 2012. Shashi Bellamkonda of Network Solutions is one of the 2012 honorees  in the Washington Business Journal’s 5th Annual Minority Business Leader Awards. Presentation of the awards, which honor the entrepreneurial drive, creativity and success of the honorees, will take place Friday, March 16, at The Capital Hilton Cont…
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#FredNMT Amanda Changuris session: Sticky Situations: How to plan for difficult social media situations

#FredNMT Amanda Changuris , a photo by ShashiBellamkonda on Flickr. #FredNMT Amanda Changuris Details of the conference : Frederick Chamber Website Top Takeaways: Always respond to both positive and negative feedback  Offer a solution immediately  Take the conversation offline if necessary  Great point - Assume positive intent when getting feedback on social media Have a good comment policy on your Facebo…
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The Seventh Annual Small Business Summit NYC March 6th 2012

If you have not watched Ramon Ray in action at the Small Business Summit you are missing on a great experience. On March 6th around 500 small business will gather in NYC and learn from experts, sharing stories and gaining new ideas to help grow their business. Ramon Ray and Marian Banker . March 6th - 8:00 - 5:00 p.m., Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St., New York City. The conference early bi…
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DC Chapter of the Internet Society Events - Feb 22 &March 1, 2012

The Internet Society is a global organization that seeks to maintain a free and open internet - www.isoc.org and is having two interesting events. I. Social Media and Freedom, Promoting Democracy in the Middle East Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (ET) Discussion Leaders: Davin Hutchins – Managing Editor, Middle East Voices at Voice of America Sherif Mansour - Senior Program Offic…
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Fun Valentine's Day Campaign from The Motley Fool

I just had to tell you about this fun website from Motley Fool for Valentine's Day . On  http://www.foolvalentines.com/  you can check out the "investing pickup line generator", and "investing valentines"  and share them with your friends. The campaign is by one of my students who is the Social Media Maven at The Motley Fool Katrina Chan. Check it out and let me know what you…
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On the Deborah Shane Show Tomorrow : Tune in at noon EST

I will be on Deborah Shane's Radio show tomorrow at noon. We will discuss Social Media and small Business. Hope you can tune in Show Information Guest: Shashi Bellamkonda Date: 2/13, Noon est Show Call In Number: 347-215-9599 , Show URL:  www.blogtalkradio.com/ deborahshane Learn ore about Deborah from these sites :  http://www.deborahshane.com http://www.twitter.com/deborahshane http://www.facebook.com…
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Super Bowl XLVI : Facts and Figures : Who is the winner?

First  time the Super Bowl has been played in Indiana.  Indianapolis is the northernmost city in the United States to host the Super Bowl since Detroit hosted Super Bowl XL in 2006.  Super Bowl XLVI: Giants vs. Patriots Giants : New York City  New England Patriots :Boston Indianapolis Population ( List of Most Populous Cities) Rank 1. The population of New York in 2010 was 8,175,133. Ra…
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Sign up for Startup America with Techcocktail

Announcement from Frank Gruber of Techcocktail DC based Tech Cocktail is currently in a friendly but fierce battle vs. Seattle-based Startup Weekend to see who can get the most startups to sign up as Startup America members. If you are an entrepreneur or run a startup, or know other entrepreneurs starting a company please have them become Startup America members using this link -  http://ar.gy/tech…
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