Shara Karasic

Current

• Social Media Manager at Business.com

Past

• Community Manager at Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
• Director of Community at Classroom Connect
• Internet trainer at Geekcorps

Education

• Tufts University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Shara

Connections

252 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• my online community list
• expert generalist
• Building an Online Community

Shara Karasic’s Summary

I began my Internet career in San Francisco in 1995, and have been using social media to create great user experiences and engagement ever since. I have developed online communities for Classroom Connect, Helen and Charles Schwab Foundation, and Business.com, and has advised non-profits including MobileActive.org and YouthAssets.org. In 2001, she was a Geekcorps volunteer in Ghana and consulted with NGO’s through USAID’s EDDI project.

I am a contributor to the upcoming book published by O’Reilly Media and Yahoo Press, Designing Social Interfaces. I specialize in extending live events through the social web, and in October 2008 was in charge of social media for BarCamp Africa, an event sponsored and hosted by Google to connect people in Silicon Valley and African countries. In addition, I have blogged, tweeted, and shot video at technology and innovation conferences from DC to Johannesburg, and will work with envisionGood.tv to video the Social Capital Markets conference (SOCAP09) in San Francisco in September, 2009. I recently arranged a PBS FrontlineWorld iWitness interview covering the emerging technology scene in Swaziland.

My passions include documenting positive stories about Africa and its diaspora, forging connections between Silicon Valley and African countries, helping entrepreneurs thrive on the social web, and becoming fluent in Final Cut Pro.

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sharakarasic

See my online community resource list at: http://www.sharakarasic.com/online-community-list.html

Blog: http://www.expertgeneralist.com

Shara Karasic’s Specialties:

online community, community, social media, live conference broadcasting, video, video interviews, social networking, storytelling, ICT4D, e-learning, writing, blogging, small business, entrepreneurs, ghana, indonesia, indonesian language, basic mandarin chinese

Additional Information

Shara Karasic’s Websites:

• my online community list
• expert generalist
• Building an Online Community

Shara Karasic’s Interests:

online community, community, social media, social networking, non-profits, ict4d, ghana, indonesia, bali, taiwan, china, entrepreneurs, ngo, creative writing, barcamp africa, blogging, tweeting

Shara Karasic’s Groups:

No End
Geekcorps, LA Geek Dinner, Online Community Business Forum

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Obama for America
•    Tufts University Alumni
•    Twitter
•    User Experience
•    Social Media Mafia
•    Forrester
•    Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa.com)
•    "The B2G Marketing Think Tank"- Strategic Branding & Marketing to Government
•    Future Social Media
•    Social Capital Markets Conference (SoCap09)
•    BarCamp Africa
•    SOCAP08 - Social Capital Markets 2008
•    What Works for Business
•    Online Community Manager
•    60 Second Forum
•    Girls in Tech - Global
•    NoEnd
•    Altimeter Group

Shara Karasic’s Honors:

Online Community for Business Forum attendee, Sonoma 2007
Classroom Connect's Quest - Codie Award
Sparktop.org - Webby
Geekcorps volunteer, 2001
Cyberteens - NYTimes Best of the Web
Cyberteens - Macromedia Gallery
Cyberteens - GII Award

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