Own that s@#t!!

I recently gave a presentation ("Your Mom Reads My Blog") at NEACAC with Brad J. Ward from BlueFuego. We spoke about social media and it's uses in college admission recruitment, and it went great. We had a packed house an the audience was engaged and interested.

After the presentation, I got some of the best feedback and advice from my good friend. She had moderated that session and came up to me afterward and said, "You need to stop with that self-depreciating crap and own that shit!"

Great advice! If you don't take credit for it, you won't get credit for it. When it comes to this Web 2.0 stuff, if you don't say, "Hey, here's what I know, I've worked really hard to get where I am, and I am a rock star." you're missing out on a huge opportunity take get credit for doing something awesome.

It's easy to take your own knowledge for granted. Needless to say, when I gave a version of the presentation to our staff, I made sure that I owned it.

I am a rock star.

*trying not to laugh at my dorkiness*