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Career advice: Adapt or die
In front of the Honolulu Advertiser building on June 6, 2010, the day it was officially closed. The five-year anniversary of the Honolulu Advertiser’s closure was earlier this month, and it made me think of how it caused hundreds of…
Five years later
One of the big differences between blogs and traditional articles is how we open our hearts and share our personal experiences, good and bad. All of us here at Nonstop are here because we want to be able to share…
Tweeting up at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle
As you may know, I’m heavily into using social media. I believe in it for building brands, promoting businesses, doubling readership, and… well, just connecting people. They don’t call it “social networking” for nothing, and when used right, brings people…
Google+ = Confused+
Are you in the Circle?Apparently, I am. But I’m not in the loop.Circles are the latest social media hub — the place where you want to be. It’s replacing followers on Twitter and friends on Facebook.And yet, Google+, the company’s newest…
2011 Hawaii Social Media Summit
Over 200 of Hawaii’s social media, web, technology and business professionals gathered at Dave & Buster’s Thursday for the Hawaii Social Media Summit, presented by the Social Media Club of Hawaii and Technology News Bytes.Emceed by KITV 4‘s Amber-Lynn Hyden,…
Video: Tweetup with blogger Aliza Sherman
A group of Hawaii Twitter users met up at the KCC Farmers’ Market last week to catch up with Web pioneer, mobile strategist and social media innovator Aliza Sherman, visiting the islands from her hometown of Tok, Alaska.Aliza is well…
Defining progress
It’s been a crazy month. Ups, downs, highs, lows, cheering, silence, debate.Part of my passion for social media stems in the ability to explore, discover, take risks, and most of all, to learn from experiences and share them with others.This…
Final day for Audi’s #ProgressIs contest
It’s been just over four days of rallying for support in the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter campaign, and it all comes down to today. The finalist with the most points at 11:59 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Hawai’i time) will be the…
Lady, watch your kids
Today’s blog is a little off my usual theme to bring you a public service announcement.As you know, I’m big into social media tools. I teach people how to use them for themselves and for their businesses. But I often…
Audi #ProgressIs day two
Day two has come to a close for the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter contest finalists.We’re just about half way through, and I’ve dropped in the standings to third place, but I’m confident that we’ll be a strong contender until the end.…
First day of progress
It’s been a whirlwind of a Monday, but #ProgressIs day one has come to a close. If you haven’t heard by now, I was chosen to be a finalist in the Audi #ProgressIs Twitter contest, a nationwide effort to spread…
The social side of social media: Fundraising events
Roasted beet risotto from I'o Pacific'OAs you know, I’m a big advocate for the use of social media for raising awareness of businesses, non-profits, and yes, even yourself. But more than that, it’s imperative that we interact with each other…
Talk Story with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
I had the chance to sit down with Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa to talk story about acting, his teaching efforts and about discovering Twitter and social media to connect with fans.With a recent appearance on “Hawaii Five-0,” Tagawa takes a moment…
Building an engaged online community
What does it take to build an online community? What does it take to engage that community and keep them coming back? When Nonstop Honolulu was launched on Aug. 23, 2010, we asked ourselves that same question, and while we’re…
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