High Tech Connect » HAPPO http://www.htconnect.com it's who you know Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 HAPPO Wrap-Up http://www.htconnect.com/2010/02/happo-wrap-up/ http://www.htconnect.com/2010/02/happo-wrap-up/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:03:24 +0000 Michelle Stewart http://www.htconnect.com/?p=945 On Friday, February 19, Rene Siegel and Michelle Stewart joined more than 1,775 members of the public relations community gathered on Twitter to “Help A PR Pro Out.” The intent of the online event was to use social media to leverage relationships and help those seeking jobs in the public relations industry. The High Tech Connect ladies are proud to have been the Silicon Valley market Champions, representing the geographic area. While anticipation of the event was high, how did the reality measure up? Though stories of new connections, bona fide job opportunities and even new jobs will take time to develop, here are a few great stats:

  • Between the announcement on Feb 5 and Feb 20th HAPPO had more than 10,000 mentions in social media!
  • More than 250 mentions of HAPPO in blogs
  • More than 9,693 #HAPPO tweets
  • 4,334 Tweets the day of the event

HAPPO Facebook Site

  • 1,218 Fans (61 active fans)
  • 84 interactions this week 43 likes, 12 comments, 51 wall posts

HAPPO Twitter handle

  • 1,038 followers, 73 lists, 315 tweets, 672 link clicks

We are all looking forward to the next HAPPO event, prepared with even more open jobs and information for the PR crowd.

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High Tech Connect’s Michelle Stewart and René Siegel are proud to be the Silicon Valley market champions, and will participate in this virtual event via Twitter. HAPPO “market champions” like High Tech Connect will help by retweeting and connecting job seekers on Twitter with potential employers in their specific market.

Leading up to Feb. 19, job seekers are encouraged to develop creative blog posts, pitching themselves to prospective employers and sharing via Twitter during the event on Feb. 19 using the hashtag #HAPPO. Please join us and help spread the word so we can get more people working.

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