This afternoon, I had the great privilege of winning an award at the 2nd Annual Hawaii Social Media Summit held at the Hawaii Convention Center. Known as the Social Media Personality Award it:
“honors the individuals who best portray that of a social media influencer; the people who stay top of mind in the social sphere and is consistent in keeping up with the trends of social media innovation.”
This year was the first year that the Hawaii Social Media Summit held the Socialite Media Awards and they were bombarded with more than 70 nominations. Technology News Bytes (the organizers of #SMSHI) had the difficult task of narrowing it down to the top 15. Wow, what an amazing first class I have been included with and I am very honored to be a part of this inaugural group of social media leaders. They are:
- Rob Bertholf (@rob) – Founder of ClearlyM LLC
- Melissa Chang (@Melissa808) – Nonstop Honolulu, Blogger
- Tara Coomans (@taracoomans) – Social Media Club Hawaii
- George Del Bario (@HIWellnessMag) – PMG International LLC, CEO
- L.P. “Neenz” Faleafine (@NEENZ) – Oceanit, Community Developer
- Esme Infante Nii (@EsmeInfanteNii) – Momsinhawaii.com
- Nathan Kam (@nathankam) – McNeil Wilson Communications, Vice President, Travel & Tourism
- Burt Lum (@Bytemarks) – Hawaii Public Radio, Bytemarks Café Host
- Rick Nakama (@RickNakama) – East Oahu Realty, Inc., Realtor
- Ryan Ozawa (@hawaii) – Hawaii Information Service, Webmaster
- Gene Park (@GenePark) – Star Advertiser, Online News Producer
- Edward Sugimoto (@worldwideed) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Cable Untangled, Blogger
- Russ Sumida (@ParkRat) – AdStreamz, Inc., President and CEO
- Toby Tamaye (@atmarketing) – Owner of AT Marketing
- Valentino Valdez (@valdezign) – Owner of Valdezign
Congratulations to my fellow honorees! 🙂
Accepting my award from (the very tall) Miss Hawaii USA 2011 Angela Anela Byrd [Photo Courtesy: Travis K. Okimoto]
(Official Press Release):
10.21.11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contacts:
Quincy Solano 808.542.9408
Chimaine Pouteau 808.636.1512
SOCIALITE MEDIA AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
HONOLULU, HI (October 21, 2011) – Technology News Bytes recognized social media gurus who are making waves in the industry at the 2011 Social Media Summit on Wednesday, October 19.
The Social Media Personality Award honors the individual whom best portrays that of a social media influencer. This person stays top of mind in the social sphere and is consistent in keeping up with the trends of social media innovation.
Technology News Bytes had more than 70 nominations, all of which were very deserving of this award. The winners were:
Gene Park – Star Advertiser, Online News Producer
Nathan Kam – McNeil Wilson Communications, Vice President, Travel & Tourism
Valentino Valdez – Owner of Valdezign
Burt Lum – Hawaii Public Radio, Bytemarks Café Host
Russ Sumida – AdStreamz, Inc., President and CEO
Neenz Faleafine –- Oceanit, Community Developer
Ryan Ozawa – Hawaii Information Service, Webmaster
Melissa Chang – Nonstop Honolulu, Blogger
Rick Nakama –East Oahu Realty, Inc., Realtor
Rob Bertholf – Founder of ClearlyM LLC
Toby Tamaye – Owner of AT Marketing
Esme Infante Nii – Momsinhawaii.com
Ed Sugimoto – world-wide-ed.com, Blogger
George Del Bario –t PMG International LLC, CEO
Tara Coomans – Social Media Club Hawaii
For more information please visit tnblive.com
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