If it is happening in Kansas City, Ramsey Mohsen is probably there. As one of Kansas City’s most influential 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 post.

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 to a number of organizations (including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KC Social Media Club and the University of Kansas) on the application of social media technologies to business.

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. In 2008, benefit party which he organized from the ground-up donated over $25,000+ 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 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). He is currently leading a major re-design of the City of Overland Park’s Website and Timberland Earthkeepers.

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

Ramsey was featured on the front cover of the KC 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.

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

Ramsey lead 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 lead 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 lead the team that launched the Timberland Earthkeeper Blog, http://www.earthkeeper.com/blog

Ramsey lead 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.