Omegle.com Saved Me from Eating Cow Bones

When I was a kid, I would sneak onto my Aunt Colleen’s computer, sign into Prodigy, and get on chat rooms.  I pretended to be an expert at sewing.  Don’t ask me why or how I picked this hobby, but at least it was better than some of the other room choices like “Night People.”  And [...]

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UPDATE: Stats from Mike on Social Media Fundrasing

In this post, Happy Earth Day – Social Media Style, I gave an electronic round of applause to Mike Boudreaux for his great use of social media to raise money for the MS150.  
He has sent me a breakdown of his success:
55 % of $1600 raised via Social Networking
- 15% Twitter
- 29% Facebook
- 12% LinkedIN
Congrats again!

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Happy Earth Day — Social Media Style

Today, my friends Brad and Jon sent me this cute card in celebration of Earth Day. 

Immediately, I thought about a cool experience I had this weekend.  On Sunday, my dad rode in his 11th MS150.  (To say I’m proud is an understandment)!

In order to participate, he had to raise at least $400.  While this isn’t [...]

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Brave New Media World

When I first took on the role of Community Manager and Social Media Strategist at National Instruments, I felt like an electronic Christopher Columbus, navigating and exploring the Brave New Media World.   Then, I quickly began my own revolutionary war — preaching the ways of new media.  I identified social media foot soldiers in [...]

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NI Supports the Groundswell – Part 2

See Part One before reading this post.
After you understand your audience, the next steps in Groundswell’s P.O.S.T. methodology are to have a clear Objective, strong Strategy, and knowledge of appropriate Technologies.
At National Instruments, our Objective was to build a successful online support community for engineers and scientists at more than 25,000 companies around the globe [...]

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