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The Harvest Tour is over. Veni Vedi Vici.  They came, they saw, they conquered. I will be posting about Maynes Grove and Star Gazing Combine Rides 1917 Movies Eating with bloggers Fall Festival There will be pictures, connections, stories, comments and words that will give you the visual feelings we had. Today – I  want…

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The Bloggers Are Coming!

I do feel a little like Paul Revere — riding my horse through town and country and letting everyone know “The Bloggers Are Coming!” Except of course, I’m the one that invited them. We are having a bloggers tour in Franklin County Iowa this weekend.  8 Midwest bloggers and families will be here to experience…

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Livin’ on a Prayer

Desmond Child — cowriter of Living on a Prayer — sings. It’s nice to hear things differently once and awhile.    

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Facebook Fan Pages pdf

Hi attendees of Upper Midwest Social Media Conference! Want to follow along with me?  Or maybe you’d like to refer back to this document when you get back to the office or home.  Either way …. here’s the pdf file of my presentation.           

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140 Wrap Up

It’s not the tangible things I learned last week that made such a big impression. I loved hearing the stories from the 140 Character Conference Speakers – and you can listen to them here  or here . I also enjoyed the conversations with the other speakers – Kevin Honeycutt has an idea I want to pursue with…

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Bringing the 140 Home

We’re home!  This week was a great time at the 140 Character Conference – and many amazing people spoke and ignited conversations.  I’ll write on that later this weekend. Did you miss Greg Falken and I?  No worries – here we are.

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We’re live today

Today is the day.  We’ve made it to Hutchinson, Kansas.  We had great food at the airport last night and even better company.  Today we get down to business. You can watch the 140 Character Conference live on line at http://smalltown2011.140conf.com/  We encourage you to do so. See how serendipity and the online world meet the…

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Cole Camp, Missouri

I like to travel.  I especially like to stay in one place and travel out each day.  That’s what we’ve done this weekend. Today we at breakfast at the Highway 65 Cafe in Lincoln,Missouri , for the 2nd day in a row.  A good sign at a restaurant is there are many local cars in…

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Sedalia, Missouri

Yesterday Mom and I drove to Sedalia, Missouri.  The town is named after a young woman named Sarah – her nickname was Sed.  There is some discussion that this town was built for the railroads, that brothels kept it in business and finally the good Christian folk ran them out.  It’s great when I visit…

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Road Trip to the #140conf Small Town

Tuesday I’m going to be in Hutchinson, Kansas for the 140 Character Conference Small Town.  If you can, get there too.  Let me save you $60 on admission — register for the event here – use the code “friendof140” and your ticket is only $40. It is my honor – and pleasure – to be presenting…

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