{"id":1896,"date":"2014-03-13T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2014-03-12T08:38:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:38:51","slug":"social-media-guru-author-to-headline-uccs-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1896","title":{"rendered":"Social media guru, author to headline UCCS speaker series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zuckerberg\"<\/a>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former Facebook executive, author and now Broadway singer Randi Zuckerberg, will speak at 7 p.m. April 15 in the Gallogly Events Center on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the social media company\u2019s former director of market development, will deliver a discussion of social media, technology, and how it influences lives. Her comments will be based on her best-selling book \u201cDot Complicated\u201d and will blend her experiences with Facebook, as an author and, most recently, as a singer in \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d a Broadway musical.<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now. They are $2 for students, faculty, staff and active duty military members at the University Center Information Desk. For all others, tickets are $5 and available through http:\/\/www.ticketswest.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The event is part of the Significant Speakers Series offered by the Office of Student Activities and Residence Life and Housing. Last year, scientist Neal deGrasse Tyson filled the Gallogly Events Center. In 2012, science educator Bill Nye was the featured speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to go a little different direction this year,\u201d Stephen Cucchiara, assistant director, Student Activities, said. \u201cRandi Zuckerberg will give us many things to think about, just as our previous speakers did, but with a very different tone and feel from what they offered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg, 32, was ranked among 50 \u201cDigital Power Players\u201d by the Hollywood Reporter. She previously was the director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and founded Zuckerberg Media where she remains as CEO. She is also editor in chief of Dot Complicated, a digital lifestyle website. At Zuckerberg Media, she has produced digital content for The Clinton Global Initiative, Cirque du Soleil, the United Nations, Conde Nast and Bravo.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she has been a correspondent for ABC News\/Facebook Democratic Party and Republican Party U.S. Presidential primaries debates in 2008 and as a correspondent for both Republican and Democrat National Conventions in addition to numerous network television appearances.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s is the author of \u201cDot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives,\u201d a New York Times bestseller as well as \u201cSpark Your Career in Advertising\u201d and a children\u2019s book, \u201cDot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March, she announced that she would do a two-week stint in \u201cRock of Ages\u201d the Tony Award-nominated musical that celebrates rock music of the 1980s. She will play the role of city planner Regina whose numbers include Twisted Sister\u2019s \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It\u201d and Jefferson Starship\u2019s \u201cWe Built This City.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about Zuckerberg, visit https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Randi<\/a><\/p>\n

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 37 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 19 master\u2019s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls about 10,500 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit www.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former Facebook executive, author and now Broadway singer Randi Zuckerberg, will speak at 7 p.m. April 15 in the Gallogly Events Center on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado (Full Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}