If it is happening in Kansas City, Ramsey Mohsen is probably there. As one of Kansas City’s most influential web consultants and video bloggers, Ramsey turns his webcam onto an event, provides his optimistic commentary, and posts the final cut on his blog, YouTube, Facebook and several other social media sites. His video blogs are often embedded and linked by other major Kansas City blogs. He is also the creator and author of Across the Board (www.acrosstheboardblog.com), a popular entertainment blog (now closed) that has over 2 million unique all-time visitors and 8,200+ blog posts.

Ramsey is a pioneer in the video blogging space, as the first “life-caster” in the Midwest featured on the famed Justin.tv Website and now is a major “event-caster”. He is often specifically sought after by event organizers and marketing directors throughout the metro area to help publicize their events to the keytwentysomething demographic nationwide. He has also been asked to speak numerous conferences across the country, and many local organizations (including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KC/IABC, Public Relations Society of America, KC Social Media Club and the University of Kansas) on the application of social media technologies to business.

Ramsey is also often asked by local TV stations (KCTV5) to appear for in studio interviews regarding the latest development in technology, social media, and gadgets.

A Springfield, Missouri native (but graduate of the University of Kansas), Ramsey has become a major booster of the Kansas City area and uses every opportunity to promote Kansas City. He is active in a number of community organizations, serving on the steering committees of the Young Friends of Union Station and HillOween (benefiting the Manna Fund). In fact, Ramsey has turned his well-attended annual “Ugly Christmas Sweater Party” into a fundraiser for Operation Breakthrough. Founded in 2008, the benefit party, which he organized from the ground-up, has raised over $50,000+ to the charity.

And if you have not seen Ramsey or his blog, you most likely have seen his work. As a consultant for the leading e-business firm Digital Evolution Group, Ramsey has led the concepting, design and implementation of the primary websites for the Hallmark Blog (blog.hallmark.com), Hallmark YouTube (www.youtube.com/Hallmark) Timberland Community (community.timberland.com), Timberland Blog (blog.timberland.com), Kansas City International Airport (www.flykci.com), Crown Center (www.crowncenter.com), the KU School of Business (www.business.ku.edu), and the State of Missouri Division of Tourism (news.visitmo.com) and City of Overland Park (www.opkansas.org). Ramsey has also led the design and implementation of several Facebook projects for such brands as AMC Theatres, Hallmark Cards, Gordmans, Kansas City Steak, Crocs and Helzberg Diamonds.

Ramsey was recognized by Ingrams Magazine, a Kansas City based business publication, in the inaugural class of top “20 in their Twenties“.

Ramsey was featured on the front cover of the Kansas City Star and the cover of ink magazine in 2009.

Ramsey was featured on the front cover and FYI section of the Kansas City Star in 2008.

Ramsey was recognized as “Top Blogger of the Year for 2008” in Kansas City, by Tony’s Kansas City.

His ‘David Beckham show’ video blog was featured on the YouTube homepage and had over 100,000 views in 3 days in 2009.

Ramsey led the team that redesigned www.eprkc.com, which was awarded a national second place (silver) trophy by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).

Ramsey led the team that designed of Timberland Shoe’s www.earthkeeper.com, which was awarded a gold Davey award for website category of “Green” (over 4,000 entries). Also, Ramsey led the team that launched the Timberland Earthkeeper Blog, http://www.earthkeeper.com/blog

Ramsey led the team that redesigned Ferrellgas’ corporate website, www.ferrellgas.com, which was awarded a silver Davey award for website category of “Energy” (over 4,000 entries).

Ramsey was a featured panelist and guest speaker at the 2010 Social Media Conference, Free State Social. His video blog was also featured on the conference’s official blog.

Ramsey was interviewed by The Lawrence Journal World and featured in an article in regards to posting personal information online and Facebook’s privacy changes in 2010.

Ramsey was a featured guest speaker at the KC/IABC Business Communicators Summit, discussing Personal Branding.

Ramsey was a featured guest speaker at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) #PRevolution conference, discussing Personal Branding, in Wichita, Kansas.

Ramsey was a featured guest speaker at the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) annual conference, discussing digital marketing and writing for the web, in Branson, Missouri.

A project led by Ramsey, http://m.ferrellgas.com, was featured on the front-page of the Kansas City Business Journal in December of 2010.

Ramsey was interviewed by KCTV5 on-air regarding the “Top 5 Social Media Trends for 2010″.

Ramsey was a featured on TV (NBC and FOX4) in December of 2010, to promote the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party as chairperson of the event.

Ramsey was sponsored as a video blogger for (CES) Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, on behalf of Midland Radio (2010, 2011).

Ramsey was interviewed by KCTV5 on-air regarding the tablet market and what to look for.

Ramsey was interviewed and featured in Ink magazine for an article on Personal Branding in January of 2011.

Ramsey was the presenting speaker at the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce for @genKC, speaking on Personal Branding in the Digital Age.

Ramsey was interviewed by KCTV5 on-air regarding the Interview with KCTV5 about Google high-speed fiber in KCK in Kansas City, Kansas.

Ramsey was a presenting speaker at the SEAL conference in Dallas, TX speaking on B2B Digital Strategy and Social Media.

Ramsey was featured on the Uni-ball corporate blog post in 2011 for efforts as a pioneer in the social media space and a “digital visionary”.

Ramsey led the team that developed, designed, and launched the Timberland Community social media aggregation website. This serves as the exclusive hub for all things social in relation to the Timberland company.

Ramsey led the team in terms of strategy, development, creative, and re-launched the official Timberland YouTube channel.

Ramsey was interviewed on-air at KCTV5, in regards to the Apple iPhone data glitch in 2011.

Ramsey was featured in Ingram’s magazine on the panel for “Industry Outlooks: Social Media & Mobile Technologies“.

Ramsey was interviewed on-air at KCTV5, in regards to the Apple iCloud and music service announcement in 2011.

Ramsey was a featured breakout session speaker at the 2011 Lockton Insurance Sales Producers Conference. His session focused on using social media for relationship marketing.

Ramsey was sponsored by Timberland to produce, shoot, edit and cover the the 2011 Toronto International Film Festiveal (TIFF).

Ramsey was interviewed by KCTV5 for feature investigation piece on “Older Americans Using Twitter“

Ramsey was a featured panelist at the Exact Target 2011 Connections Conference for “Stories of Facebook Page Success“

 Ramsey was interviewed and featured on KCTV5 for “The Best of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show”

 Ramsey was interviewed and a featured spotlight on Silicon Prairie News  for the “Portrait Series”

 Ramsey led the team for strategy, development, creative, for the re-launch of the official H&R Block Corporate Blog.

 Ramsey was a featured speaker at the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce “Centurions” education sessions for “Personal Branding in the Workplace”

Quotes from others about Ramsey:

“The city’s most creative vlogger” - Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star writer and book author

“Ramsey Mohsen is Kansas City’s favorite video blogger” - Tony Botello, TKC Blog

 “…affable and articulate website designer and blogger” – Eric Adler, Kansas City Star

Ramsey interviewed by Chris Ronan, discussing “growing up with technology to a degree that few others have.”

Ramsey interviewed by Chris Ronan, speaking on social media and morals:

Ramsey Mohsen interviews Mitch Joel:

Ramsey Mohsen interviews Brian Solis:

Ramsey Mohsen interviewed by Justin Goldsborough for #52Comms Mixup:

Ramsey Mohsen sponsored by Bushnell to demonstrate the Backtrack GPS.

Ramsey Mohsen interviews co-founder of foursquare, Dennis Crowley.