Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). – Ayn Rand Preface: This is a departure from my [...]
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It’s no secret that candidate Barack Obama changed the game during his campaign by utilizing social media in a way which no candidate or politician had done before. As President Barack Obama, he has continued that committment and really changed the way the Executive Branch communicates with the masses. In that tradition, the White House [...]
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LinkedIn announced yesterday that it has partnered with social media analytics company Klout to offer users even more ability to see the reach of their influence. If you’re not familiar with Klout, you should be! While it’s still a relatively new service with kinks like all the rest, it’s a great way of monitoring your [...]
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TITLE: Don’t Like It? Vote! DESCRIPTION: Offered the opportunity to write for USA Today, I prepared this editorial on youth voter apathy in the 2010 Congressional elections. TITLE: Hits From The Pitch Pipe News Release DESCRIPTION: While overseeing all business and publicity matters, I coordinated the group’s first studio album production and release. This [...]
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HPU Student Interns With National Center For Learning Disabilities In Washington, D.C. (High Point University News) HPU Student Offered Opportunity To Write For USA Today (High Point University News) HPU Student Gets Published In USA Today (High Point Enterprise)
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Interview on FOX8 WGHP for Toccatatones Annual Spring Concert (2011) Interview on FOX8 WGHP for Toccatatones Annual Spring Concert (2010) Thanks, college student, for messing up the midterm election (USA Today) Toccatatones’ new CD hits shelves (Campus Chronicle) HPU Group Releases Album (High Point Enterprise, pg. 10) Laws Shouldn’t Be Based On Religious Doctrine (Greensboro [...]
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Five years ago, Facebook was a new thing and Twitter wasn’t even a household name yet. No one even considered the desire or need to use these two networks (and many more, for that matter) on the go when you’re not at your computer. Bring it back to the present day and there are not [...]
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At its core, social media is all about building relationships across the digital divide. While many major corporations are taking advantage of the opportunity to create a presence on various social networks, many businesses are forgetting this central principle on online networking. Social media offers an opportunity for businesses to directly engage their customers on [...]
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Recently, my mother asked me about FourSquare and why it’s popular, more or less exclaiming “I don’t want people to know where I am and I don’t care where they are.” I, then, proceeded to explain to her just what it is and why I’ve started using it. Most of my friends even think it’s [...]
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In the first installment of my LinkedIn for Grads series, I touched on how important it is to be “LinkedIn” as college graduate looking for a job in this economy. No matter what field you plan on entering, LinkedIn can help you to professional market yourself to potential employers. For the second part of the [...]
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