2011 Technology Tools for Today Conference

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The 2011 edition of the Technology Tools for Today conference wrapped up this afternoon in sunny Weston FL. Like last year, I’ve come away with several ideas about ways our financial advisory practice can make better use of technology. For extensive coverage of T3, check out the live blog by RIA Biz. As for me,… [Continue Reading]

BlogWorld 2010 – Day One

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I just returned home from spending the past four days in Las Vegas, NV for this years edition of BlogWorld Expo. Along with nearly 5,000 other bloggers I attended multiple keynote presentations, and 13 individual sessions. I feel as if each session deserves it’s own post, but I’ll do my best to hit the highlights… [Continue Reading]

Podcamp Pittsburgh round 2 – #PCPGH5

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Last year was my first Podcamp Pittsburgh experience, and this year was round 2. It’s the fifth time for Podcamp Pittsburgh, and I was pleased to make it back again this year. In 2009, I was knew to most things “new media” and was able to use what I learned at Podcamp Pittsburgh 4 personally… [Continue Reading]

Generation WV 3rd annual conference

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Last week over 200 young West Virginians and I attended the Generation WV conference in Charleston, WV. The mission of GenWV is to cultivate young leaders (21-45) across the state of West Virginia. Having missed the first two editions, I was excited to attend the sessions, meet new people, and meet a few people I… [Continue Reading]

2010 Technology Tools for Today Conference

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I spent the past four days meeting and networking with advisors and and industry vendors at the 2010 T3 conference at the Torrey Pines Hilton in La Jolla, CA.  My initial expectations for the event were based on the lineup of sessions and vendors, but found out quickly the true conference happens outside the structured… [Continue Reading]

Free Wheelchair Mission – Steubenville Parade Edition

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I first became aware of the Free Wheelchair Mission on Saturday May 30, 2009.  On this night I attended a birthday party of a friend of mine who requested donations to the mission in lieu of gifts.  I mostly remember the exact date since it was game 1 of this years Stanley Cup finals.  I… [Continue Reading]

Create WV 2010 is coming to Wheeling

In October, I attended my first Create West Virginia Conference in Huntington WV.  You can read more about the mission of Create and my experience above. During the conference, I learned that several leaders from the City of Wheeling were very interested in bringing the 2010 conference to Wheeling.  They were planning on meeting soon… [Continue Reading]

Create West Virgina Conference 2009

Earlier this week, I had the pleasures of attending the third annual Create West Virginia conference, in Huntington WV. The purpose of the conference is to “spark new economy growth” in West Virginia.  New economy, is defined as those industries who generate income from the development of intellectual property and innovative entrepreneurship. The conference officially… [Continue Reading]

PodCamp Pittsburgh Day 2 – #PCPGH4

Day two of my first PodCamp Pittsburgh experience turned out as well as the first. After spending much of Saturday attending sessions on setting up and writing blogs, as well as selling social media to your boss, I spent Sunday bouncing between more advanced blog writing sessions, and a few Justin Kownaki sessions on the… [Continue Reading]

My first Podcamp experience – #pcpgh4

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Today I had my first Podcamp experience, and it was great!  In case you haven’t heard of it, Podcamp “a FREE community UnConference, run by and for people who create, enjoy, or are interested in learning more about social media.” I started using Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin about a year ago, and really can see the value… [Continue Reading]