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Facebooking the EO holiday party

The local Entrepreneurs Organization had their holiday party at chef Ronnie Nasuti’s home, with a guest speaker from Facebook


Joey Grassia of Facebook

Have you ever heard of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO)? It’s the sister organization to the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and is a worldwide network of young business owners. The Hawaii chapter recently held their holiday party, and — although not a member — was fortunate enough to attend to cover it.

It was at Tiki’s Grill Chef Ronnie Nasuti’s home, which was not only a spectacular setting, it ensured the food would be amazing. Believe it or not, I was really  there to see Joey Grassia, who is a speaker from Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, CA.

He shared some insights into historical stats, what’s new at Facebook, some best practices for businesses using Facebook, and some tips for businesses who are still learning to use it. One of the best tips, which I can’t stress enough to my clients, is that the interaction has to be authentic. People will go to your page if you have photos and video, but more than anything will return if you actually respond to them when they post, as if you’re a real person and not a faceless brand who only pumps out information. (Same for Twitter and other social media channels.)

Anyway, look for a future blog on a tour of Facebook. In the meantime, here are some photos of the party itself:

Party pics: EO holiday party (1 of 33)

Party pics: EO holiday party

—Photo by Tracy Chan, courtesy of EO Hawaii

And of course, I can’t go without posting the fabulous food we ate.

EO holiday party: the food (2 of 16)

EO holiday party: the food

Pasta salad.

By the way, are you interested in going to the Sony Open? Let’s do a random drawing for two tickets. If you comment on this blog by midnight tonight, I’ll draw from the commentors and notify the winner tomorrow!

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townieUHfan 6 pts

Why do so many people lean this way or that when cameras come out?

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

Posers? And why won't livefyre support auto-populate your name in here?

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

turkeyboy808 yay did you finally read the whole thing??

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

Edgar_In_Hawaii is the winner! Please let me know how I can get the tix to you.

nonstopmari 246 pts moderator

Congrats Edgar_In_Hawaii !!

kyleepuu 20 pts

I'm here to look at food and pretty people pics, not too interested in golf but I bet @wehearthawaii and @therealdkawano would want to know about your give-away! :D

RickNakama 14 pts

Actually, I didn't know if my 1st comment went through so I decided to at least try to post a different comment just in case it did. I wonder if @mommajoan808 is going to try win a ticket?

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

RickNakama@mommajoan808 that would be cool!

jlieu 47 pts

OMG... Mini molten chocolate souffles= <3 <3 <3!!! Okay this is cool, I never heard about this group, I like learning about other cool organizations out there! Thanks Melissa

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

jlieu And they're all young!

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

Edgar_In_Hawaii I'm actually still thinking about that lamb. That amazing lamb.

BixbyHo 18 pts

Looks like an awesome event. melissa chang those foodie pix make me want to eat my screen.

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

BixbyHomelissa chang thank you!

kalei7796782 6 pts

Forgot to tag tam8225 cause I am sure she likes poke too....

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

kalei7796782tam8225 LOL thanks!

s4xton 12 pts

I have to admit, I was driven to read this due to the free Sony Open tickets. I hadn't heard of EO before. Thanks for the piece! (P.S. is RickNakama trying to stuff the ballot box?)

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

s4xtonRickNakama indeed is a very competitive man!

kalei7796782 6 pts

It's a must! I am craving for poke

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

kalei7796782 thanks!

Melissa808 269 pts moderator

RickNakama it was all good!

About Melissa Chang

Melissa has more than 20 years’ experience in marketing and public relations. She is currently a freelance writer and independent marketing consultant, specializing in social media. 

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