Memphis Connect: Help Haiti

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I just posted this on Memphis Connect: The The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has mobilized global relief efforts in Haiti. UMCOR been recognized by Charity Navigator as a four-star organization. From their Web site: UMCOR honors cultural differences. We deliver aid to people without regard to race, religion, politics, or gender. We seek [...]

Check In for a Good Cause

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Recently I’ve been playing around with a few location-based social networking services, such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Whrrl. The goal was to do a post with a comparison of each one, which I’ll still do, but for now I want to talk about something my youngest daughter turned me onto, which enables me to check [...]

Social Media: Listen.

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As I mentioned briefly in this post, last Wednesday I participated in a panel discussion at the monthly Social Media Expedition breakfast. I attend this breakfast each month on the first Wednesday of the month from 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. at various locations around town. As I’m not a morning person, to say that [...]

Remember Twestival?

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On February 12, more than 200 cities worldwide hosted Twestival, a Twitter-organized get-together to raise funds and awareness for charity:water, a nonprofit that brings clean, safe water to developing nations. Jim and I attended the Memphis Twestival at Fox & Hound on Sanderlin. According to charitywater.org, Twestival raised $250,000 for clean water. In mid-April, the team drilled [...]

Memphis Twestival

  Thursday, February 12, 5:00 p.m. Place: still TBA. I think that keeps it interesting. Twestival is a nationwide tweetup to help raise awareness and funds for clean water for needy persons. Whether or not you are able to make it to a local tweetup, it’s easy to donate via PayPal. Just a few dollars [...]