http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com Official Blog of the Greater Washington Initiative Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:33:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you have responsibility for your own corporate blog? If so, we have a recommendation for you! The Greater Washington Board of Trade is presenting a timely breakfast program on Oct. 11 at the National Press Club that will focus on the challenges facing businesses in the blogosphere and in ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/10/01/calling-all-corporate-bloggers/ Did anyone else notice the film crew and equipment at 18th and H Streets this morning? Apparently there has been a Russell Crowe sighting in the District. Crowe is downtown today filming scenes for his new movie, "Body of Lies." According to the Examiner, Crowe has spent a good ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/09/18/film-industry-big-bucks/ My phone has been ringing off the hook today. Everyone wants to know what impact AOL's announcement to move its headquarters to New York will have on Greater Washington. Other than bragging rights to the official title of "headquarters," Greater Washington is fortunate in that most of the 4,000 employees ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/09/17/aol-announcement-ok-for-greater-washington/ New U.S. Census data released last week shows that Greater Washington once again tops all other U.S. metro regions in educational attainment. In fact, just over 46% of Greater Washington’s population over the age of 25 has a Bachelor’s degree or higher. This is an increase of nearly ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/09/17/smart-people-smart-regions-smart-companies/ From today's Post: "When co-founder Sergey Brin visited Capitol Hill two years ago, he had trouble persuading members of Congress to meet with him. The company didn't bother to open an office in the District until 2005." [Full article] Say what you may about Beltway bandits and insider deals, but ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/30/even-google-needs-a-dc-office/ Today's Examiner has a telling piece about the area's culture. According to an AOL study, Greater Washington tops the nation in email addiction, with Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, and Houston rounding out the top 5. So does this make us workaholics? Or are we leading the way in establishing a ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/27/washingtonians-workaholics-or-ahead-of-the-curve/ I’ll be signing off this blog next week and taking up the reins at another job. Before I go, let’s take a trip to last October -- before the birth of this blog -- when GWI ran this ad to promote the region’s educated workforce. We soon discovered that there’s a ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/26/summer-romance-a-look-back/ Today's "Snapshot" in the Money section of USA Today takes a different look at the concentration of female executives in Greater Washington -- focusing on the percentage of executives that are women. Once again, the region tops the list, with women making up 27% of C-level executives in the area. ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/16/usa-today-snapshots-women-execs/ Who’d have thought that a DC-area company formerly known as Quantum Computer Services would be topping Google, eBay, and other online innovators in advertising potential? In a Washington Post article about Nielsen’s new system for rating web sites -- a guiding light for advertising dollars -- Dulles, Va.-based AOL tops ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/11/local-innovator-tops-google-ebay/ Paris Hilton was on "Larry King Live" last week touting her business skills: "But a lot of people don't know that I'm a businesswoman, and I run several businesses. And I like to go out, as well, and socialize." -- Paris Hilton That's well and good, but I wonder how well she'd ... http://www.greaterwashingtonblog.com/2007/07/06/paris-hilton-a-female-exec-la-can-keep/