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This post written by Stephanie Fader, Sr. Marketing Manager

This spring millions of students will don caps and gowns and walk in commencement ceremonies around the country. After the graduation parties are over, these high school and college graduates will have their whole lives ahead of them. What do they need to know as they embark on the next chapter in their journey? We posed the following question to our Facebook and Twitter fans to help point these new graduates in the right direction:

“What’s your best piece of advice for this year’s high school and college graduates? What was the best advice you got when you graduated?”

Our wise and caring community responded with some great advice for the class of 2011. Here are some of their suggestions:

“Don’t give up…n sweat the small stuff. 5 years from now all the things that seem so big won’t matter…”

“It’s a new beginning…enjoy”

“Monitor your social media usage if you want a good job. Employers are on the look-out!”

“You can be what you want to be, just takes a lot of hard work and effort, and always looking forward!”

“Go forth and conquer! U live in the greatest times for doing anything u want, don’t let the naysayers slay u and keep u stuck.” 

“Take a year off and travel…then get a job.” 

“Listen to your elders. I didn’t upon graduation, but did later in life.”

“Stay focused on UR goals! Don’t let anything or anyone stop U!”

And on the lighter side…

“Remember to smile on grad day. Everyone takes photos and you want to look good.”

“Stay in school as long as possible. School is wonderful. Work sucks.” 

“Keep the photos clean.”

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This post was written by Stephanie Fader, Sr. Marketing Manager

It’s graduation season and that means lots of graduation parties are being planned right now on Punchbowl for graduation events big and small. While students finish final exams, celebrate Grad Week, and plan for the next phase of their lives, families are making travel arrangements and planning for the all-important graduation celebration.

They’re probably also wondering who will be the commencement speaker at their child’s graduation. A former President, perhaps? Maybe an Academy Award winner? How about a CEO or entrepreneur?

Class of 2011 commencement speakers run the gamut from Saturday Night Live alum to consumer-internet co-founder. Here’s a list of a few of this year’s commencement speakers:

• President Obama, United States Coast Guard Academy & Miami-Dade College
• First Lady Michelle Obama, University of Northern Iowa
• Former President Bill Clinton, New York University
• Denzel Washington, University of Pennsylvania
• Amy Poehler, Harvard University
• Tom Hanks, Yale University
• Brooke Shields, Princeton University
• Tom Brokaw, University of Montana

The list of commencement speakers goes beyond politicians and celebrities. This year, it’s nice to see a number of tech folks giving commencement addresses, including:

• Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Michigan State University
• Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Barnard College
• Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone, Babson College

Who was your commencement speaker? If you could choose a commencement speaker for an upcoming graduation, who would you choose and why?

If you have a graduation event to plan Punchbowl can help you pull it all together—from the invites to the venue to the decorations. Start planning your graduation event!

This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager

It’s official: graduation season is in full swing! We’re seeing graduation parties planned every day on MyPunchbowl as well as graduation eCards sent to graduates all over the country.

To celebrate and get in on the graduation fun, we’re giving away the perfect graduation gift—a brand new iPad! First, we need to graduate to 20,000 fans on Facebook. The sooner we graduate to 20,000 fans, the sooner we’ll give away the iPad.

It’s easy to enter to win. Just go to the Punchbowl contest page on Facebook and enter the sweepstakes. If you’re not already a Facebook fan, don’t forget to “Like” us to help us reach our 20,000 goal!

Another way you can help us graduate to 20,000 fans is to invite all of your Facebook friends. It’s easy to invite them to participate in the contest. In fact, invite them now (it will take less than 2 minutes!).

Thanks for participating & good luck!