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Picking between two don’t-miss social media conferences: SoMeT and SmallTown

by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 3, 2012 | Economic Development, Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications

This year, two of my very favorite conferences fell on the same day, November 8: the Social Media Tourism Symposium (SoMeT for short) (update – now, sadly, defunct) in El Paso, Texas and State of NOW SmallTown in Hutchinson, Kansas. It was one of those...

Two speaker proposal deadlines coming up

by Sheila Scarborough | Jul 18, 2012 | Meetings and Conferences

If you have great ideas, stories or case studies to share, there are two speaking proposal deadlines coming up this week…. **  SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) digital/tech creatives conference in Austin, Texas in March 2013. It’s only the biggest...

City kid among the cattle: how social media opened my eyes to a rural world

by Sheila Scarborough | Jan 12, 2012 | Hutchinson KS Blogger Tour, Meetings and Conferences, Travel and Travel Media, Twitter, Web Communications

What can city people learn from rural folks? If my own experience is any indication – a TON. Thanks to a diverse social network that includes interesting people in small towns and rural areas, I’ve learned so much over the last few years about the hopes,...

Rural geeks, you are not alone. Here is your tribe….

by Sheila Scarborough | Sep 12, 2011 | Economic Development, Meetings and Conferences, Twitter, Web Communications

For those who are not surrounded by like-minded people (whether you’re into chess, growing roses or technology) the world can feel like a lonely place. “Am I the only one who understands chess problems like Allumwandlung and Maximummer and Zepler...

Meetings, economic development and small towns

by Sheila Scarborough | Feb 6, 2011 | Economic Development, Hutchinson KS Blogger Tour, Meetings and Conferences, Travel and Travel Media

After our great experience holding the 140 Characters Conference Small Town in the restored Fox Theatre in Hutchinson, Kansas, I began thinking about how small towns with the right timing, venue, networks and entrepreneurial spirit can host more tech- and social...
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