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The ROI of #DCWeek in Vanity Metrics: @NikeFuel Points

Tyler Gray — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:43:15 +0000

In terms of the things that really matter (holding an kick-ass panel discussion, attending the opening, closing parties and core conference), DC Week 2012 was a tremendous success. Aside from the ‘obvious’ metrics like Tweets / Foursquare check-ins and business cards collected, I also racked up 28,820 Nike Fuel points, which is 5,000 fuel points [...]

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Scumbag Public-Cite: Washington D.C. Red Light Ticket FAIL

Tyler Gray — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:37:37 +0000

UPDATE: Since I appealed the ticket and I never heard back, I consider this a win. Thanks tothe Car2Go customer service team for their understanding. While it is very nice of Public Cite and the city of Washington D.C. to provide a video of alleged traffic infractions, perhaps they would watch said video before issuing [...]

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My First Date Auction: Wednesday August 22nd

Tyler Gray — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:27:07 +0000

This coming Wednesday, August 22nd I’ll be an auctionee for the 6th Annual GO-DC Summer Mixer & Date Auction: “DC, MD & VA 4 Lovers…and Obama!” Edition. More info and RSVP here. My auctionee profile is here. 7pm-10pm Wednesday, August 22nd (7pm Mixer, 8pm Auction/DJ) Penn Social 801 E Street NW @ Gallery Place – 9th [...]

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D.C. Car Wars: Zipcar vs. Hertz on Demand vs. Car2Go

Tyler Gray — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:01:12 +0000

While Capital Bike Share, the Metro and Uber are great options for the daily commute or a night out on the town, one of the many nice things about the DC Metro area is that you can get by just fine without a car. However there are still certain times that one still needs a [...]

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Day 1: Nike Fuel Band vs Endomodo

Tyler Gray — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:39:45 +0000

At first thought, spending $140 on a bracelet that lights up might not seem like a prudent use of money. However with a $50 gift card and $16 rebate from City Sports (sign up for their rewards program), its a little more manageable. If it survives Tough Mudder in September and / or helps me get [...]

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How the NonProfit OurTime Uses Votenet to Register Voters on Facebook and Funny or Die

Tyler Gray — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:14:03 +0000

The following is a blog post I wrote on behalf of a client, Michael Tuteur, CEO of VoteNet Solutions. Originally posted to the Voting 2.0 blog on July 27th 2012 Our Time is a national non-profit with over 300,000 members that promotes the economic and political empowerment of young Americans. This is no easy feat, as [...]

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Center for Non-Profit Leadership- Measuring Succes on Twitter 201 Presentation

Tyler Gray — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:56:50 +0000

As delivered on May 31st, 2012 at the University of California’s Washington D.C. campus. Thank you for having me! Here are the other sites I mentioned / should have mentioned on sentiment analysis: http://marklemunyon.com/sotu/ http://www.sentiment140.com and https://sites.google.com/site/twittersentimenthelp/home

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Twitter 201- How to use Twitter for fundraising, public relations and and branding

Tyler Gray — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:43:17 +0000

Thank you to the Center for Non-Profit Leadership for inviting me to speak on this excellent panel at their upcoming “2012 Washington, DC Social Media Summit” on May 31st. Joining me on the panel will be Kelly Davies of the Constitution Project, Kristina Gawrgy Campbell and Levi Novey of the Corps Network. For more information [...]

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What I am Reading: Rep. Tim Ryan’s “A Mindful Nation” and Colin Delany’s “Online Politics 101″

Tyler Gray — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:21:08 +0000

A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. By Rep. Tim Ryan To understand how unique and important a work Congressman Ryan has completed, some brief background is necessary. While I am certainly nowehre near the foremost scholar on political memoirs, of the several hundred that [...]

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Chris Gossett- A Veteran’s Death, My Shame

Tyler Gray — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:49:37 +0000

In response to Nick Kristof’s 4/14 piece in the NYT “A Veteran’s Death, the Nation’s Shame” I was finally (2 years overdue) motivated to write something about Chris’s death. Immediately bellow is the original version of what I cut down to 150 words to meet the NYT guidelines for letters to the editor. In terms of why it has [...]

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