My First Rodeo

 

Local Influencers – Washington DC metro area

Jessica Knows best :). She is compiling a directory on her blog of local influencers and this post is my entry.

Washington DC / Maryland/Virginia  Rockville /Baltimore /Farifax /Reston /Herndon

• Blogs: http://www.carryoncurry.com | http://www.shashi.name 
• Blog: http://blog.networksolutions.com
• Facebook: http://fb.shashi.name
• Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sbellamkonda
• DC Examiner Column : http://bit.ly/dcexaminer
• Tech Cocktail Column: http://bit.ly/shashitechcocktail
• What I am reading: http://shashib.amplify.comm
• Twitter: @Shashib

Favorite restaurants, attractions, and little known activities.

Best place to park in DC over the weekend visiting museums is the Ronald Regal building which is very close to the National Mall.

Indique Heights ( Chevy Chase), Chao Phra Ya ( Thai Herndon), Tara Thai ( Gaithersburg) ZIki ( Gaithersburg)

My Ten favorite places to network in the DC area.

A little about me:
I love people and connecting other folks to earn karma points. Love organizing grass roots events. Day job is Social Media Swami ( Director – Social Media) for Network Solutions. Love networking for breakfast, lunch.

Featured in the Washington Business Journal

Washingtonian Magazine Top 100 Tech Titan for 2009

 

Best way to contact: http://www.google.com/profiles/shashib

Add this to your calendar - Capital Cabal on Feb 9th

2nd Tuesday on February 9th: www.capcabal.net/2ndTuesday

When:

Tuesday, February 9th
5:30PM - 9:00PM
Appetizers, drink specials, cool door prize loot.

Where:

Upstairs at Gua Rapo
2039 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201 - Court House area
703-528-6500
Use Court House Metro - Walk One Block East on Wilson and there we are.
Plenty of metered parking on Wilson, free after 6:00PM. Also, there's a large public metered parking lot on North Courthouse Road between 14th and 15th Streets, next to the AMC Theater.

Sponsors:

B2B Twitterer of the Year - Presenting the winners from 2009!
Rock Creek Strategic Marketing - They're hiring, bring those resumes!
Potomac Tech Wire
Core BTS
Online Marketing Summit 2010 - San Diego here we come!
Capitol Communicator

Ambiance:

80s background movies (!) and music, most of the time, since Cabalists are always strangely willing to learn, if you have something to teach.

Price:

$15 at the door, includes first beverage, heavy appetizers, and a door prize chance for cool stuff.

Deadline January 31st: Women Entrepreneurs with a great story

Professor Kathy Korman Frey at the George Washington University School of Business has kicked off the 2009-2010 HotMommas Case Study Competition.

Share your experience
It’s a unique project that takes the stories of the women and makes them teachable in a “case study” format, thus providing scalable, global access to role models and virtual mentors.

Need a refresher on Kathy’s great work?
Read this interview with Chief Hot Momma, Kathy Korman Frey, that we published a few months ago.

You have until January 31st:
If you want to nominate someone (yourself included) for the 2009-2010 competition, go to the HotMommas Facebook page or send an email with their information.

Links you may find useful/interesting:

The HotMommas Project

Nomination Form

Why Role Models Matter for Women and Girls

Hot Mommas Project Everyday Revolutionaties

Washington Post article

Source : Womengrowbusiness.com

Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice 2010 awards

I love tripadvisor.com and have used it extensively for trips and holidays. TripAdvisor has announced the Travelers Choice 2010 awards and it is an interesting list.

My Twitter follower and one of DC’s best hotels @sofiteldc is on the list for hotels in the USA. I travel a lot and yet I have not stayed at any of these good hotels. I was also bummed that I had not stayed at any hotel in the list for India. Now I have so much family in India that I would never have to stay in any hotel :)

This is a good read and its entirely crowdsourced.