So what is InnoVenture Southeast 2009
Well…according to John Warner on SwampFox.ws, it is defined as: “In the annual InnoVenture conference’s sixth year, the economic storm is raging all around us, wrecking havoc with organizations trying...
View ArticleImagine this Anderson, SC
Imagine…imagine a place in Anderson, SC where people of like minds could go and congregate, to share common goals and a common vision…a place where new ideas are born, dreams are created, vision is put...
View ArticleThe old days of storytelling…
Facebook is such a wonderful thing. It has allowed me to reconnect with old friends and colleagues. When I got up this morning, I did my usual by logging into both my personal & business email. I...
View ArticleWhat is right for Anderson?
“There’s a lot of people who talk about doing good, and a lot of people who argue about what’s good and what’s not good, (but there were also some other folks who) just put their lives on the line for...
View ArticlePart 1: Interview w/ Bob Inglis: Creating Jobs via Energy
Bob Inglis was willing to leave it all at the door and get on stage and chat about the transparent use of Social Media tools as a political leader in Washington. After the session, he was able to spend...
View ArticleIt is time; for a place to call home…innovators
It is time…yes, it is time to connect all the dots and find a place that brings all of the entrepreneurs together here in Anderson. We need a vision, a place, a roof, a vision, a mission that will...
View ArticleBuilding a Tribe – Building a Digital Strategy
Here are some notes that I use when working with groups to create a new media strategy, most of the ideas come from Seth Godin‘s “Tribes.” —————— “A tribe is a group of people connected to one another,...
View ArticleExcited: The New BobbyRettew.com is Up and Rolling
I want to thank the peeps over at Pixelmeld, LLC (Dave Lee and Andy Macdonald) for making this happen! We spent lots of time working on the video player for the main website using HTML5 technology...
View ArticleWOW! Bobby hits the track BMW style!
So today was the day! Yes, and it was what I least expected! A few weeks ago, I had the tremendous opportunity to meet up with someone cool, the one and only Kamran Popkin from SWAG Club. This guy is...
View ArticleWhat am I really trying to measure? A Conversation?
So I have been thinking a bit about all these various discussions relevant to Social Media and how to measure success. People want a metric…they want to measure something! Whether it is the “SIZE” of...
View ArticleTime to explore the universe beyond Flash!
So it is my goal this year to look beyond the my current universe and begin to find other avenues beyond Flash video. Yes….for the past two and half years, I have been using Flash Video (FLV) to...
View ArticleWill the market bear more education?
Over the last few months I have been thinking about how the educational system here is South Carolina is changing and being forced to change. For the past few years, state funding for higher education...
View ArticleHow political candidates use video to tell their story!
New media is a great new tool that has helped political candidates reach out beyond the traditional outlets, and tell their story. We witnessed history as the first African American ran for the highest...
View ArticleWeb Strategy Firms are the New World Order
Times are changing faster and faster everyday. As technology evolves faster than we can breathe…and as it evolves, we need people to help us with it, understand it, and sell us a strategy to...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs are wanted: InnoVenture 2010
There is something about walking through the halls of innovation. Feeling the overwhelming assurance of our ability to innovate, generate ideas, connect with like minded people, and push forward. There...
View ArticleYou have to be aligned: head, mouth, heart, feet!
After spending two days attending the InnoVenture Southeast Conference in Greenville, SC…I started to think about one of the speakers from the CHPRM’s Conference I attended last week. OK…let’s back-up...
View ArticleHTML5, VP8, H264 – What is all this video stuff?
At the beginning of this year, one of my major initiatives when starting my new company is to offer high-quality video content for my customers and not be restricted specifically with Flash Video...
View ArticleWhere do those good ideas come from? Stories?
I was watching this great video that is the animation of Stephen Johnson speaking…and I began to think. Where do good ideas come from? He takes us down a path to show us that they start with a...
View ArticleBlogging…is truly an entrepreneurial experience!
For many young bloggers and writers, the discovery phase of writing online is so new and confusing. There is a huge perception that what we write is going to be viewed as the gospel, and those...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial & Creative Focus…Labyrinth Style
This past Sunday…I took part in an experience that was quite different but extremely enlightening. I walked a Labyrinth. Have you ever taken part in an experience like this? Do you know what I am...
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