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Community

In which I donate “Trust Agents” to my local library. . .

September 22, 2009

I love books. I always have. In fact, one of my ultimate dreams is to either build a library, or have one named after me at some point. I love libraries, too.
I was an English major in college, so I’ve read a lot of literature, and now I read a lot of non-fiction [...]

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Charlottesville CBS19 is all over Facebook, and I like it

July 31, 2009

I’ve lived in the Charlottesville area for 20 years now.  During that entire 20 years, NBC29 has always been my go-to source for local news.  This is due in large part to the fact that NBC29 was the ONLY choice for local news until fairly recently.  With the addition of stations at the Newsplex, things [...]

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Economy might be down, but giving is up

July 28, 2009

Despite the fact that there seems to be little positive news circulating about the economy lately, people aren’t dismayed.  In fact, even in this down economy, people are giving more of their time to others, not less.
This is a good thing.
There were two statistics, in particular, that really jumped out at me:
Two forms of volunteerism [...]

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CBS-19 Features a Fluvanna County Blogger

March 11, 2009

Social media works in strange ways, even locally. Here’s a very recent example. . .
My wife, Kari and I, are both on Twitter (@STRduo and @RealEstateZebra). Yesterday, she came across a tweet from fellow Charlottesville area resident and blogger, Marijean Jaggers.  Kari sent me the link in the tweet, which took me to [...]

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Fluvanna County School Board member starts a twitter account

March 4, 2009

Ok, this may not seem like big news to you, but for someone like me, the fact that @fluco showed up in my Twitter followers is HUGE!
After a little investigating, I discovered that the account belongs to Barbara Gibson, who is a member of the Fluvanna County School Board.  She represents the Rivanna District.
I’ve sent [...]

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Fluvanna County school officials missed out on an opportunity to engage, but it doesn’t have to be that way. . .

February 16, 2009

Some people are probably wondering what I plan on talking about during my social media presentation next week. One of the things that I mentioned in my first post was how social media could be very beneficial to school officials, even right here in little ol’ Fluvanna. One of the examples I will [...]

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Learn how social media can benefit your community organization

February 6, 2009

UPDATE:  If you are wondering, “What is social media, anyway?”  I can answer that question for you.
When started to get involved in social media, I did it mainly as a way of enriching my real estate business.  The more involved I got, the more I learned that social media has all sorts of valuable [...]

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