Real-Life Ignite Presentation

On our walkthrough of the Lincoln Theatre as we prepare for Ignite Raleigh, Wayne Sutton and I demonstrated what a real life presentation would look like Read more

Talk Social News: The Lost Guest Co-Host Edition

My friends, Wayne Sutton and Kipp Bodnar, produce a daily video podcast called Talk Social News, a show about the latest news in technology and social media. Read more

Managing Twitter with Wayne Sutton

I talked to Wayne Sutton, social media strategist, about how he manages his Twitter followers, his multiple Twitter accounts and why he’s not smiling in his Twitter avatar. Read more

Ignite Raleigh Update from Me and Wayne

I am one of the co-organizers of a community-based event called IgniteRaleigh and today we opened up topic submissions and voting for your favorite topics. Wayne and I shot a video on his new iPhone 3Gs wrapping up this first day of topics. I refer to my North Carolina Barbecue topic, which you can vote for here. If I don’t get enough votes, I don’t get to present. The top ten topics with the most votes get presented at the event on August 5 at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh. We as organizers will be picking 4 presentations, but not from the public submissions, and not our own, either.

Here are some behind the scenes photos of the shooting of this video.

Fail Post

I was on a Skype call with @waynesutton tonight and we started talking about Fail, a common social media term when something doesn’t quick go right. The best example is the Twitter Fail Whale. When the popular social network goes down, a graphic appears on screen showing a whale carried by birds. Anyway, I suggested to Wayne that he hold up his Fail sign.

Why does he have a Fail sign? He does a video podcast with Kipp Bodnar called Talk Social News, and Wayne holds up various signs throughout the show. I suggested that they get sponsors for their signs, but no one has bitten yet. If you want to sponsor the Fail sign, or any other sign on the Talk Social News podcast, send an email to contact@talksocialnews.com. Do I get a kickback if they sell a sponsorship based on this post? We will certainly talk about it.

Tonight at the Krispy Kreme

Wayne Sutton and I at Krispy Kreme in Downtown Raleigh

As I prepare to run in the Krispy Kreme Challenge in February, I am following my training on my video blog, 4 Miles and 12 Donuts. Since the race is a combination of running and donuts, people ask me if I run a little, eat some donuts, and run some more. I tell them that I divide my training into running training and donut training.

Tonight I met Social Media Stategist, Krispy Kreme Challenge Team Member and friend, Wayne Sutton, at the Krispy Kreme in downtown Raleigh to shoot the next episode for my training blog. We stood outside the Krispy Kreme on the coldest night of the year. I thought it came out pretty well. We went inside to shoot a companion video of Wayne interviewing me.

I also took some pictures of the donut making processing. This is my favorite, and the rest of them are here on Flickr. The picture of us above is with Wayne’s iphone.