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Archive | October, 2011

Minnov8 Gang 143 – “Bacon” a Cake?

29. October 2011

Social Media Breakfast of Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP and its history here) was held Friday, October 28th, and the Gang sits down with the founder Rick Mahn, Mykl Roventine and the speakers for the 40th Breakfast, Lisa Grimm and Meg Knodl. The discussion surrounded social media, its future, what’s next for SMBMSP and a synopsis of Lisa and Meg’s [...]

“Thank You” for the Books for Thai School

25. October 2011

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Back in September I wrote a post called, “English Books for Thai School – Can You Help?” and was so pleased people jumped in to help. We collected well over 250 books for the school and delivered them when the students and teachers arrived at the Mall of America at the outset of their time [...]

Minnov8 Gang 142 – Gurf Navis is the Rafter

21. October 2011

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Phil gives Steve a bad time about his new iPhone 4S and Siri, the intelligent agent (NONE of which is TRUE). We then have on our guest this week, technologist, entrepreneur, civic strategist, and “burr under the saddle” of various goofballs, Ed Kohler. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off). Music: “Cover [...]

Minnov8 Gang 141 – Everything’s a Beta

14. October 2011

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One of Minnesota’s premiere interactive marketing thought leaders and practioners, Andrew Eklund of Ciceron, shares his insights and perspectives after Wednesday’s MIMA Summit as well as on other key trends in new media. Listen for the discussion wrapped around Andrew’s best line of the entire podcast (in Borsch’s opinion). While discussing how Ciceron encourages clients [...]

Minnov8 at MIMA Summit 2011

12. October 2011

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The Minnov8 Gang covered the MIMASummit live as well as bringing in tweets with the hashtag #mimasummit. Click the “more” link to view the post with the embedded liveblog archive within it.

MIMA Summit 2011: Interview With Tim Brunelle and Ed Boches

11. October 2011

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The president of MIMA, Tim Brunelle, and his team have put together an amazing 10th annual MIMA Summit event. MIMA, as the oldest and largest interactive marketing association in the U.S., with more than 1300 members, never fails to disappoint in drawing excellent, in-demand speakers to its annual event. I had the pleasure of running [...]

MIMA Summit 2011: Getting ‘Social’ With the Mall of America

11. October 2011

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The 10th annual MIMA Summit, organized by the Minnesota Interative Marketing Association (MIMA), kicked off today in downtown Minneapolis, and continues with a full schedule through tomorrow, October 12. I chatted with two presenters after their afternoon workshop: Bridget Jewell, PR manager, and Lisa Grimm, digital brand manager, at the Mall of America in Bloomington, [...]

Minnov8 Gang 140 – Heaven is no Apple Store

8. October 2011

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The passing of Apple’s co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, overshadowed all other stories of the past week…even Apple’s own introduction of the iPhone 4S. Still, there were numerous things to talk about since the acceleration in technology innovation continues unabated. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata Music: “Even Meaner” by [...]

#Minnedemo Turns Up the Heat in Downtown Minneapolis

7. October 2011

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Several hundred tech lovers crammed into Schulze Hall at the University of St. Thomas last night and challenged the air conditioning on another day of near-record highs in the state, for the latest edition of the quasi-quarterly Minnedemo event. Luckily, there was plenty of cold beer — thank you, sponsors — and a damn nice [...]

Minnesota EduTech Startup KidBlog Now Reaching One Million Users

7. October 2011

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On Wednesday, I stopped into the EduTech Minnesota conference at the U of M. I wanted to catch up with my friends Matt Hardy and Dan Flies, cofounders of Kidblog.org, and hear about the latest with their startup. It turns out, of the 10 startups that were selected to present at the event, none even [...]

Archive | October, 2011

Minnov8 Gang 143 – “Bacon” a Cake?

“Thank You” for the Books for Thai School

Minnov8 Gang 142 – Gurf Navis is the Rafter

Minnov8 Gang 141 – Everything’s a Beta

Minnov8 at MIMA Summit 2011

MIMA Summit 2011: Interview With Tim Brunelle and Ed Boches

MIMA Summit 2011: Getting ‘Social’ With the Mall of America

Minnov8 Gang 140 – Heaven is no Apple Store

#Minnedemo Turns Up the Heat in Downtown Minneapolis

Minnesota EduTech Startup KidBlog Now Reaching One Million Users

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