Connecting the dots of life and business

Last Thursday, several of us organized a sendoff party of one of my good local “web friends”, Shawn Morton (aka Smorty71). He is moving his family to Columbus, Ohio and today he starts his new job with Nationwide Insurance to head up their social media efforts. While his job sounds great, many of [...]

Shawn Morton and I are hosting a tweetup here in Louisville for area folks this Thursday. Our agenda is simple, there are great people locally who obviously love Twitter and other new media tools and we think we should get together!
We know there are lots of fun meetups, so we asked our friends at [...]

Today, I’m speaking at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executive’s Spring Meeting in Somerset. My topic was titled for me as Integrating & Effectively Using Technology and the core of my message was suggesting where to find the right technology for typical Chamber needs.
As a quick background, I’ve done consulting for the Louisville Chamber [...]

If you even halfway read this blog, you’ll know I’m a big fan of web video. I’ve co-founded two video groups (Almost Mediocre and Daily Idea). So, when Abby (also from KY) asked Rob May, Jason Falls and I to chat on camera for WebProNews we were happy to oblige.
After watching [...]

Day one of Blog World Expo is over and it really felt like a pre-conference. Its sessions focused on executive and entrepreneurial tracks. The crowd was around 250, so it was easy for Rob, Jason and I to network with great people.
I can’t possibly tell you about everything I heard or everyone I [...]

I haven’t been to Vegas in three years for a conference, but I’m headed back this week for Blog World Expo. This is my second web conference for 2007 (SXSW was back in March) and I’m curious of the crowd make-up. The headliner names are strong: Arrington, Jeremy Wright, Mark Cuban, Debbie Weil, Larry [...]