Babushka had just come from the
Ford Fusion event in LA (wonderful event, but total shock after no air travel for over 15 yrs- but that's another post) and literally went straight from the airport to the empowering
Hispana Leadership Summit in Miami. Needless to say I needed a rest. Queee?
JU SO FONII!!! Ok si, Miami and rest? Bueno, maybe not rest but I did slow myself down a little. I stayed with
La Tata in Little Havana and just chilled with her because let's face it- she's a strong 90 year old, but there's only so much partying she can do.
During my "down time" I was busy with my Tweety and my Feibu, but I was reading how Google is destined to become the King of Social Media and was curious. I started playing with Google+ but really didn't quite get it. I tried, but considering BB's no techie and am still trying to follow Feibu with the new Timeline I left it alone. Not anymore; the
S Sisters made sure of that.
I received an invitation via Google+ from
Joe Martinez to attend a
SMCSF event about Google+ of which he was one of the panelists. On a prior trip I had met this personable young man at a
Latism function and wanted to show support so I got bus fare and went. Si, BB takes the public bus when in Miami ,and you should see the looks! But again, that's for another post. Continuing with the SMCSF event, I arrived at the
Hotel Urbano.
Nice. Totally unassuming from the outside but once you're there...
you're in a mini Cosmopolitan Oasis
complete with art gallery
and reflection
In reality this was a perfect place for the SMCSF event because this too was very cosmopolitan.
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| foto by Joe Martinez |
The different people,organizations, oficios that use Social Media- attending were marketing professionals for the Florida Bar,programmers, bloggers and everyone in between. We were all there to learn about the powers of Google+ and how to use it better, and boy did they tell us how to use it better.
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Joe Martinez, Hanae Kimura, Cynthia K. Seymour
foto by Natascha Otero |
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| My friend Joe & moderator Liza Walton |
Oh the things one can do with Google + , they left me speechless and all Googly Eyed. Esta bien, you're right, being Cubana, speechless is an exaggeration but my head was definitely spinning with the information and possibilities. Turns out Google+ "is the best combo of all social medias- it has the conversation of Twitter with more than 140 characters, not as buttoned up as LinkedIn, and the circle of participants is bigger than Facebook" Can you imagine? Just "search" for a topic and people appear. Que fun! And speaking of people and fun, let's not forget about the "social" part of the SMCSF.
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| Joe Martinez, Agustina Prigoshin,John Muir, Maria de los Angeles, BB, Blanca Stella Mejia ,Kerry Gruson |
It was so nice to see friends like my Capitan
Maria de los Angeles and
Lynn Ponder as well as finally meeting in person my fellow roadtripper
Alex Carvaljo and GM rep
Melissa Galarza. Not only that, but I got to know
Blanca Stella Mejia better and have a 3D real vision, not profile pic, of the lovely
Brenda Leguisamo. I also met charming people like
Agustina Prigoshin and the very down to earth
Queen of thescene. Y quien dice, who says Miami people aren't nice and friendly?
John Muir and
Kerry Gruson (who I knew I was going to like as soon as she ordered a cappuccino) graciously offered BB a ride home when they heard I was going to take a bus. Oh, and I got swag -and you KNOW Babushka loves her
swag!! Si, not usually done at these events, but I got something I sooooo need.
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Gracias to Franky Arriola from NapDogMedia.com
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Babushka's entering this decade!
Now I can understand My Little One when she posts RL or TAS
and I now know how to have "hangouts". AND I can also have them via YouTube!!
Oh my.
Consider yourselves forewarned My Beautifuls because BB's gearing up for new adventures and I welcome y'all to be part of it.
Estan listos??
; )
Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.
P.S. More pics of the event on my Feibu page.
