networking
On monetizing the March 2010 Second Saturday
Here are some video comments I recorded in response the the reaction to this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday being monetized.
Building Community – A Tale of Two Approaches
Image by 365bunnies via Flickr
The past week has shown me a lot about building community in person and online. I thought I’d share some thoughts here.
A multi-viewed, transparent approach
I am wired in a way that I’m able to see things from many perspectives in order better understand motivations. I’m okay with being the devil’s advocate [...]
I have questions – do you have answers?
Last Saturday, as well as back in June, we did Questions from a Hat at New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. I told the group to ask any questions they wanted, whether related to social media or technology or not. The questions were as varied as the group.
You can find some answers the group came up [...]
New Media Cincinnati August 2009 Second Saturday Recap
(Cross-posted to newmediacincinnati.com)
Chances are, if you were following Twitter on Saturday, August 8, 2009, between 4 and 7 PM Cincinnati time, you saw updates from this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday.
The format once again was Questions from a Hat, similar to the “Scenes from a Hat” party game on Drew Carey’s “Whose Line [...]
John S. Kennedy Memorial Service Details
Image of John Kennedy
John S. Kennedy, a local Cincinnati connection in my professional network, is gone.
I just got off the phone with his mother-in-law. I was concerned by some comments I saw through his Facebook and Twitter. His mother-in-law confirmed that John passed away last week.
I first met John at the LinkedCincinnati LIVE [...]
New Media Cincinnati November 2008 Meetup – Pecha Kucha!
EVENT DETAILS
The next meetup will be this coming Saturday, November 15, 2008, from 2-4 PM EST at the University of Cincinnati. Please RSVP via the Eventbrite page.
PECHA WHAT?
What is Pecha Kucha, you ask? Simply stated, it’s a presentation style in which the presenter has 20 slides and talks for 20 seconds per slide, so that [...]
The Call Dan Game
“If 80 percent of success is, as Woody Allen once said, just showing up, then 80 percent of building and maintaining relationships is just staying in touch.” — Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone, p. 181
You may know that I currently work in Dayton, Ohio, about an hour away from home in Cincinnati. I mention it [...]
LUCRUM Radio Interview
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on LUCRUM Radio with LUCRUM Marketing Manger David E. Bowman. Over some coffee at Winan’s in Vandalia, we talked about my experience in business intelligence and new media, with a bit of marketing mixed in.
David started off by asking about how I got involved in social media, [...]
Awesome time at LinkedCincinnati LIVE last night
Had a tremendous time meeting lots of new people at LinkedCincinnati LIVE last night! I do hope our connections will be mutually beneficial, and I look forward to keeping in touch.
More information about Please check out the LinkedCincinnati LIVE Online Silent Auction. will be coming soon.
Next New Media Cincinnati meetup will be Saturday, September 20, [...]
LinkedCincinnatiLIVE Tonight!
Tonight I and over 200 other folks from the Greater Cincinnati area will be meeting together for LinkedCincinnatiLIVE (more details below). I am so glad, too, that my schedule freed up at the last minute for me to do so. I hope to connect with as many of you as possible.
Here is a recent [...]

