Kami Watson Huyse, APR, partner and co-founder of Zoetica. She is the author of the blog Communication Overtones, where she writes on the topic of public relations and social media strategy. She is considered a national leader in the use of social media for public relations. She has spoken on the topic for the Social Media Club, the New Communications Forum, SxSW Interactive, the International Association of Business Communicators, the Arthur Page Foundation, the Public Relations Society of America, and many others.
A 17-year-veteran of public relations, her work in social media has earned her the SNCR’s 2008 Reputation Management award and IABC’s 2009 Gold Quill of Excellence Award and the 2010 SNCR Excellence in New Communications Award. She was recognized for a Social Media award by the Austin-American Statesman and was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter by Twitter Grader. Additionally, she was named the Public Relations Professional of the Year by the Public Relations Association of America San Antonio.
Kami is a 2010 fellow of the Society for New Communications Research where she is pursuing a study on how cause marketing in social communities can benefit companies. She co-founded the Houston chapters of the Social Media Club and Social Media Breakfast. Her ideas and work in social media have been featured in several books including The New Rules of Marketing and PR, and Now is Gone, Professional Blogging for Dummies, and the book, Welcome to the Fifth Estate, where she wrote a guest chapter on social media measurement. She also wrote a guest chapter in the PR textbook, Public Relations Writing: Form and Style.
She can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and her blog Communication Overtones.
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