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Eight Things I Learned at Social Fresh Charlotte

Posted on16. Aug, 2010 by Kyle.

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Today, I joined a couple hundred of my new closest socmed Charlotte friends for an all day conference called Social Fresh. Established and ran by former Charlottean, Jason Keath, this six-session event was packed full of topics that ranged from community development to corporate social policy. I really enjoyed the conference, mainly because it was [...]

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Social Fresh – Charlotte

Posted on15. Aug, 2010 by Kyle.

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After being a Charlotean for a whole month, tomorrow I’m headed to the Social Fresh conference to jump in, with both feet, to the local social media community. The conference was founded and lead by social entrepreneur Jason Keith (@jakrose), and is targeted to marketers who use social media strategically. Personally, I can’t wait to meet [...]

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In limbo…

Posted on19. Jul, 2010 by Kyle.

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And no, this isn’t about the movie Inception—although it could be if this next post is really about a dream. It’s official. I’m a Charlottean. This past Saturday, I arrived in the Queen City after a beautiful drive over the Smokey Mountains from Nashville. As you can see, I had my first car in tow. [...]

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Why do you write?

Posted on02. Jul, 2010 by Kyle.

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Inspired by a recent post from one of my unintentional mentors, Michael Hyatt, I thought I’d write something personal and offer a peek into why I write in this space. Most papers I wrote in school were plagued with red marks and the reoccurring phrase: “awkward sentence.” In fact, that statement was used so much that [...]

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Fresh Ideas

Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Kyle.

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Thinking and creating is the majority of what most of us do. The truth is, it takes as much time to think of something fresh, as it does to think of something stale. Which one do you prefer? Which one do you get excited about? Which one do you share with friends, colleagues and family [...]

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Things look different

Posted on23. Jun, 2010 by Kyle.

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If you’re reading this in an RSS reader, you likely haven’t noticed the change in design on my blog. Unfortunately, my upgrade to WP 3.0 has killed my previous theme and I have had to go back to an old theme until I can find time to fix it. You may resume your regularly scheduled [...]

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Just because their butt is in a seat, doesn’t mean you’ll get results

Posted on01. Jun, 2010 by Kyle.

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Company cultures aren’t entirely driven by it’s leader. You have to look deeper into how the leader has been trained. These paradigms have often been set for a long time and were often heavily influenced by parents, previous managers and probably the most influential, age. If you’re company puts a significant value on whether you’re [...]

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How Nashville businesses can help flood victims using Foursquare

Posted on05. May, 2010 by Kyle.

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If you are a business in Nashville looking for ways to contribute to the relief from to the #nashvillefloods this past weekend, the new geolocation social networking app, Foursquare, may be an easy way to facilitate your contributions. What is Foursquare? Foursquare is a relatively new social networking tool that gives people the ability to [...]

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Does sharing your location in social networks scare you?

Posted on29. Mar, 2010 by Kyle.

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My wife sent me a link to an article and video (posted below) she found the other day with a short note that said, “Please be careful.” The caution refers to my avid use of the usual social networks: Twitter, Facebook and my recent new interest, Foursquare (thanks Jeff Hamilton!). Over the past couple of [...]