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After the Social Media Summit, at the 101 Lounge and Cafe in Raleigh

Yesterday, after the really rich and fun First-Ever All-Women's Social Media Summit held at the Capital City Club, where Fly Lady and Laurie Foley joined a distinguished panel of local women experts in social media moderated by Pat Howlett, and an equally distinguished panel of local men experts moderated by Bev Mahone, a couple of us found a local spot to grab a bite to eat. It was 101 Lounge and Cafe at the Corner of Davie and Blount, j… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on October 18, 2009 at 8:30am — 8 Comments

If you asked me for a tip about growing your business, here's what I'd say

If you asked me for a tip about growing your business, not that you would, but humor me here, if you did, here is what I would say: If you're not comfortable with sales If you just don't yet have a system down If your momentum isn't consistent If you really wish you had a team If you've… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on September 3, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Nice to Meet You, Last Night and Today

Last night at Oh Mulligans I had the chance to renew my friendships with a number of people I've met through inSide919 and Martin Brossman classes. Just seeing each other in another setting reinforced my sense of familiarity. I met and talked with about ten people I hadn't met befor… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on July 17, 2009 at 8:30am — 7 Comments

Free Publicity Sites Confirmed by Panel of Local Newsroom Leaders at Shaw University

Shaw University had a panel discussion called "New Energy through New Media" which showed on CAR24 7-8PM today. The news professionals on the show just confirmed all the free local sites to post to for free publicity. WRAL's Golo site has 11000 members and about 100,000 unique visitors per month. You can upload all kinds of media, and post blog posts. It's an active community with lots of feedback on posts. News & Observer's Triangle.Share.com site allows you to upload… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on March 24, 2009 at 7:55pm — 1 Comment

Unemployed but Carrying Hope: Would you like to share your story in a local blog?

If you're unemployed, perhaps even under employed, affected by the current downturn, and you're still carrying hope, inSide919 has a member who would like to hear your story in your own words and take a portrait of you for a blog series. I first met Charles Gupton by responding to a query he sent through H… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on March 10, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

It's Show Time: Do You Know a Local Family or Team in Conflict? Free conflict resolution session offered.

A Raleigh family, business team, organizational group of 4+ people is wanted for a free conflict resolution session with InSide919's Thomas Shelden Griggs, Ph.D. Dr. Griggs is a noted conflict resolution expert who has been asked to film a demo on his conflict resolution work with a local family, business or other organizational group that is in conflict. This demo will be filmed by an LA production team and used to demonstrate Dr. Griggs' work in anticipation of developing a pil… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on February 26, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

An inSider on inSide703: Focusing on a Legitimate Purpose of Heart

Through a long story I got to meet Coach Marvin Powell, a super connector and small business advocate in Virginia. I interviewed him and wrote two blog posts in Here's Honoring You. What impressed me most about him? The high road. He really liked to speak about mission and purpose and aligning everything with that. I don't know about you, I may start out there, but then there's day to day life with three dozen e… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on February 16, 2009 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Redrum, Raleigh Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Offers Local Companies Promotional Opportunities

Redrum, Raleigh's own murder mystery dinner theater, written, directed and produced by Jory Regn, is having a great start to their Spring 2009 season. Already performed in three venues, with invitations to return to several, the amateur act… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on February 10, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Twitter: "Fun, efficient and rewarding" - Today at 11:30 at the BNC and on MY Page

A latecomer to Twitter, I jumped in with enthusiasm as I discovered I could learn from some of the foremost leaders in social media, and some of the most technologically advanced experts in other fields, by subscribing to their Twitter feeds. The two line (140 character) feeds, are just like seeing a list of headlines pass before you, allowing you at a quick glance to see what is of interest and what to ignore. Some people are more social and like to share more personal notes. I'm interested i… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on February 10, 2009 at 8:23am — 6 Comments

MYNC.com Has New Feature - "Wanna be on TV?"

From Jessica Meadows of MYNC.com (NBC17) * New Saturday Morning Show I’ve got some really exciting news! In our continuing efforts to meet the needs of the community, we are going to start having a Saturday morning show dedicated to community news. Page Crawford, our w… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on February 5, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Use the LINK shape in the Gray Bar to create Active Links in your text!

Creating active links (hyperlinks) is one of the most valuable, handy tools available. In these ning.com communities, on the top of most of the places we write, there is a gray bar with a "B" for bold, "I" for italics, U for underline, S for strikeout, a clasp or chain link, for creating hyperlinks, a green rectangle for adding images and photos, and a tiny white page for adding a file. Start a blog post and see it. So here's what you do. Highlight the text you want to ad… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on January 3, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Winter Winds Carrousing

Winds carrousing like a pack of wolves, tearing around the hilltop, no apologies for pushes and shoves, just blasting through. The day is warm, but the fiesty winds remind of winter. With the barren branches of the trees, there's no mistaking this warmth for Spring, or Summer, or Fall. Winter is here. Outside some birds are calling loudly, happy for the safflower seed about; easy food. The sun inches its way towards the distant treetops beyond the rooflines, shifting the light so quickly this… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on December 19, 2008 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

The Holiday Social! So who will share some stories?

I for one would love to hear some stories of what you enjoyed at the Holiday Social that Dancing Elephants so graciously hosted for inSide919! Anyone want to share? I had a 6pm presentation in Raleigh, only my second one on the topic, and so at the last minute just cut myself some slack so I was more prepared for the presentation. I would have liked to come and meet in person those of you I've followed, greeted and missed online. So how about it? Tell us what fun you had! Tell us how meeting… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on December 17, 2008 at 11:56am — 6 Comments

What! Only 6 Success Stories? What about yours?

We need your help. Right now there are only 6 success stories in the inSider Success Stories Discussion. We would really benefit from hearing the variety of ways that being part of inSide919 has helped you. Would you share your experience? It would be a wonderful holiday gift for the community, to pass along the good news. If you can take a couple of minutes to write yours down, or to call me with… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on December 11, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Round 1: Do You Have a Quick Networking Story to Share.... by Wed the 10th at 4PM?

Do you have a networking story to share and time to quickly write it or call us and tell it? We're looking for stories to illustrate principles in a new networking book! Whether it's in person or online, or somewhere in between, we would like to hear your experiences. We need bes… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on December 9, 2008 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Good Morning! 7 More InSiders Until 1000 People!

Amy and Rob are the 993rd people on inSide919! By my calculations that means 7 more and the big 1000 has been reached! Very exciting! I bet, if some of the people who joined two for one - like Amy and Rob, joined singly, we'd be over 1000, but we have to go by the numbers, and the numbers add up to 7 more!~ If you haven't begun to feel the excitement about inSide919 yet, take the time to search for topics you are interested in and then drop in on those people. Look at the photos of the members… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on December 3, 2008 at 11:10am — 4 Comments

NBC17 Featuring Sockathon's Obama and Palin Spoof 7PM Thursday and 5:50, 6:50AM Friday

Page Walker of NBC17 has a brief show called The Best of MYNC.com. It picks up the highlights from MYNC.com, a free community site that invites submissions of video, photos and stories from members.… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on October 30, 2008 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Hard Times and Homelessness

"When our society starts giving people the right to housing, then I will be convinced they (we) are serious about ending homelessness." Joel John Roberts, LA's Homeless Blog We stand in different camps we do. Those of us who say the gove… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on October 24, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Sierra Club Sock Samples Are In

The Sierra Club Sock samples are just in! Come and see them and feel how good these organic and recycled yarn socks feel! Today Monday October 20, 2008 at 2:30PM Raulston Arboretum. Join Diogenes Ruiz and some of the Stone Soup Sock-athoners at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, click… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on October 20, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Working with Diogenes Ruiz on the October Stone Soup Project: The Sock-athon

I found out about the Sock-athon when I asked Diogenes to lunch. I'd heard he had thought up a fascinating book title, and wanted to meet the kind of person who thinks that way. Over lunch he shared that he had a thing for super heros, that he had even written a book about the qualities of s… Continue

Added by Anora McGaha on October 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — 6 Comments

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