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I had the pleasure of attending the dinner for Dr. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India last night, organized by the Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society. It was a night filled with messages for the leaders of the world, and for the hearts of individuals. The room was filled with Kentucky’s most influential people, mixed with some of the region’s diverse Indian community with their families…a spectral array of native dress and beaming smiles. Standing in the Marriott vestibule, it was easy to imagine I was at a celebration in Hyderabad or Jaipur, and it was intoxicating.

Kalam, who served India as president from 2002-2007, moved India forward and set up an ambitious plan to create a fully developed nation by 2020 (see Technology Vision 2020 plan.)

Dr. Lee Todd of UK did a nice job of talking about diversity on campus and in Lexington, which I think is critical to the future of our community. During the presentation, a gift of $1M was given to the Gatton School of Business by Melappalayam S. and Sowmya Vijayaraghavan of Lexington to support professorships and research in India business studies. There was a commitment made to increase the ties between UK and universities within India.

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It was pretty sad to see. CompUSA today fell victim to throngs of bargain hunters picking every nook and cranny, fixtures included, from the store in Lexington Green. What struck me most was that, despite 50%-60% discounts, some of the prices were still higher than web-based pricing on the same items.

I feel badly for the folks who lost their jobs at the company and I’ll miss the ability to get a quick part when needed. Best Buy and Circuit City just don’t cut it when it comes to parts. I only shopped in the store 4-6 times per year, though.

Wow, I miss Fry’s.

I’ll be hopping on I64 and heading to the Social Media Louisville meeting at Ramsi’s Cafe tomorrow night. Hope to see you there!

WHO: Social Media Club Louisville

WHAT: February Gathering

WHEN: 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008

WHERE: Ramsi’s Cafe on the World, 1293 Bardstown Road, Louisville

WHY: To share, learn and grow as social media experts both individually and together

About the meet-up:

Three members of the group have graciously volunteered to lead our discussion, which will focus on selling social media to clients, bosses and CEOs and the public, media and more. Brian Wallace of NowSourcing.com, a full-service social media and reputation management consulting firm, will share his thoughts and expertise on pitching social media to clients. Clay Marshall, a social media specialist with Digital Business Solutions (DBS), will tackle the topic of convincing bosses and CEOs to buy in and Rick Redding of The Ville Voice (and LEO columnist) will offer his insights on selling social media through to the media, advertisers, media buyers, friends, co-workers and more.

PS: It looks like the SMG was covered in Louisville Business First - on the front page. Nice Job Guys.

Webpronews did a good Interview 

Well, it happened again.

I have a whole database of new friends from SMX Seattle and SMX Denver, yet have not done a good job of following up, reviewing their stuff and generally making friends. I’ve been utterly slammed with the disappearance (figuratively) of a programmer resource, I’ve needed to make up slack on several fronts.

So don’t take it the wrong way. To those of you who’ve followed up without a reply, I have every one of those messages here and will do my best to contact you… if not today, soon.

I’m replying to Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networking pings pretty much realtime, btw.

Oh yeah… does anyone know what happened to the SMX Local Mobile group photo?

Attention those heading to SMX Social Media Expo!

Internet Marketers of New York will hold a Charity Party sponsored by Best of The Web to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Simply donate $40 at the door to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fight cancer and enjoy three hours of open bar partying with fellow social internet marketers. At the end of the night they will be raffling off prizes.

About the Party: (Make sure and check the real site for any last minute changes)

$40 Donation to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (I’m sure they’d take more.)
Monday, October 15, 2007
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Town Tavern Bar & Grill 134 W. 3rd Street and 6th Ave. (Google Map)
All Internet Marketers Are Welcome!

As this is a Meme per Marty at AimClear, I’m tagging some of my blogroll. Pass along this information to other bloggers if you can:

Seth Godin
Bill Slawski
Marketing Pilgrim
Barry Schwartz
David via WebproNews

Note: I won’t be at SMX NYC. If you’re not able to go to the party, be sure and check out the ultra-convenient on-line donation form for the society. It took me less than 5 minutes and it felt great.

A terrific brain trust of folks answered great questions that I’ve tried to aggregate into an organized list you may find very helpful. Enjoy! The Q/A was especially helpful and added a lot to the session.

Moderators:
Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land
Greg Sterling, Founding Principal, Sterling Market Intelligence

TIP: See the end of this post for other coverage on the conference too.

 

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