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Ignite DC #4

Mark Drapeau

Social Networking While Intoxicated

Social networking might seem easy, but it's not. It's even harder when you're intoxicated. Let's face it - all the books and blogs about "how to use social media" and "how to work a room" assume that you're sober.

In this Ignite talk, Mark will assume that you're drunk. Learn his five rules of successful social networking while intoxicated, and turn these skills into fame and fortune as your personal brand rises!

About Mark Drapeau:

Mark is the Director of Innovative Social Engagement for Microsoft's public sector business. In this role, he, among other things, conducts social networking both online and offline, often while intoxicated. Prior to this role, he held a number of increasingly sober positions at the Department of Defense and New York University. Prior to this was an initial, scholastic intoxicated networking period, first at the University of Rochester and later at UC-Irvine. He lives in Washington, DC with his loving bourbon, Elmer T. Lee.

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