Allow me to formally introduce myself. My name is Randi, the as-described-on-TV "young, up-and-coming web editor" at wowOwow.com who works with our small cadre of 40-plus-year-old, talented Executive Interns to help them learn the workings of posting on the Internet.

As you can imagine, I’m learning as much from these tremendously experienced executives as I’m teaching them.

Our main goal with this ThinkUp program is to promote an idea that could inspire others willing to share a new career skill with some of the many who are seeking work amid the economic downturn. It’s just the first of what will be an entire content section on wowOwow under ThinkUp.

But, additionally, since news of our Executive Intern Program hit the press (LA Times, "The Today Show," NY1 and Fox News), we have received e-mails from many readers eager to join the wOw Executive Intern Program. While our offices can’t possibly accommodate you all, we’ve created something we’re calling the wowOwow Virtual Executive Intern Program — a way to more broadly open up our intern ranks while helping those interested learn a new skill.

As a wowOwow virtual intern, our hope is that you will learn the cutting-edge social networking skills that are so valuable today, regardless of the stage — or state — of your career. Whether you’re a small-time entrepreneur, a mother or a recently pink-slipped exec, our goal is to give our virtual executive interns a valuable, marketable new skill they can use in their real-life career. Whether you’re a massage therapist seeking to find new clients, or a senior marketing executive looking to return to the work world, social networking tools can be an important new skill to understand.

So, e-mail thinkup@wowOwow.com if you are interested in learning more. Include a resume if you have one, too.

Thanks in advance.

For additional information, visit:

Our Executive Intern Program

wowOwow’s Think Up Initiative — wOw’s idea for surviving the recession