by Sheila Scarborough | Feb 27, 2013 | Facebook, Web Communications
For me, the most engaging and powerful Facebook Pages have a distinctive, friendly, human voice. They nurture their Page community, share all kinds of helpful information (plus the occasional just-for-fun item) and post often enough that I see them fairly regularly in... 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... 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... 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,... by Sheila Scarborough | Oct 22, 2010 | Economic Development, Hutchinson KS Blogger Tour, Reaching out to bloggers and travel media, Travel and Travel Media, Web Communications
The Web means you can live anywhere (even a small town or rural area) and still be connected to the world. The Web means that any venue with good WiFi, even an historic Art Deco theater in a revitalizing downtown, can host a meeting for interesting people with...