The Red Wagon

Promo FAIL

In preparation for this year's conference we’ve been brainstorming on ways to spread the word and continue building the brand of CREATIVEMIX. Some of the questions we’re asking are: Should we do the 100% recycled coffee sleeves again (they were cool, useful, but were a lot of work to distribute)? What about posters? Facebook ads are so 2007, should we just tweet our blog posts instead? How can we generate love and web traffic for those who help spread the word? Do you think people would join an ...

Great Tech Event

I used to be a preacher. Bet you didn't know that. Okay, preacher is a strong word but I was once a Youth Pastor (an evangelical version of a priest without the collar, and in my case, very little training and an unhealthy addiction to ping-pong and foosball). Being a man of the cloth was a ton of work but the hardest thing was the preaching (aka teaching). It wasn't the public speaking - I loved that part. It was the content. Preparing a sermon, talk, or lesson that had a personal and/or spirit...