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A new friend of mine, Alex Hillman of Indy Hall, turned me on to this cool site called Drop Card. It's basically a web-based business card company started by some Penn students (my alma mater--go Quakers!). You sign up and get an account, then all you have to do when you meet someone

with tracks designed just for you.  Check out the schedule for further details! Some of the speakers, from the Orlando community and beyond include leaders such as: Gregg Pollack, Josh Hallett, Jeff Rubenstein, Alex Hillman, Etan Horowitz,  Alex Rudloff, and many many more! I will be attending in full force with the team of NFi Studios.  We are all excited and looking forward to an educational and networking weekend!

weekend, and I got the chance to attend the opening reception held at Slingapours on Friday, September 26th as well as the full day on Sat, the 27th over at Rollins College. Friday night at the opening reception I finally had the pleasure of meeting Alex Hillman of Indy Hall. Right away we chatted about coworking, and the new formation of a coworking space here with CoLab Orlando.  He had nothing but great feedback to share on ways the community can help with the growth of CoLab.  He also had a session on

, gave a pretty good overview of how to monetize one's website. Several folks in the audience reported making truly obscene amounts of money from their various advertising schemes, so it certainly gave me some things to think about. Alex Hillman's session on passion was interesting, and while it was a little less focused than I would have preferred, I did walk away with a few nascent ideas about how to stir up and maintain passion in a few of the circles in which I operate.

Alex Hillman sure stirred up a lot of emotion with his post over at Mashable about social media experts – How to Know if You Should Fire Your Social Media Consultant Go read the post for yourself, but all I needed to see to agree was Reason #1: “If they recommend a T

re considering joining a local coworking location or you’re starting your own coworking facility and want ideas on how to do it right, this is a really great and very informative tour. Thanks to Alex for the look around and congrats on the recent Indyhall milestone! The Community Spotlight is for featuring special content by members of our community. Do you have a special video you’d like to share with the rest of the community? If you would like to suggest a video

interactions, or that let's you tag your workout schedules. Don't get me wrong, I love the Internet. I blog like a maniac, I Twitter with the best of them... but lately the ratio of sensible talk to crap spewing has really gotten out of control. Alex Hillman

interactions, or that let's you tag your workout schedules. Don't get me wrong, I love the Internet. I blog like a maniac, I Twitter with the best of them... but lately the ratio of sensible talk to crap spewing has really gotten out of control. Alex Hillman

, a collaborative community focused on mixing social interaction with shared office space. Since opening the space, Alex has assisted a number of other similar group leaders in focusing and energizing their efforts. Visit Alex’s blog, Dangerouslyawesome.com or find him on Twitter. --- Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web: Be a Digg Rockstar with Social Media Firefox Extension Web 2.0 Marketplace Listings for August 21st, 2008 Ticket Giveaway to SMX Social Media in Long Beach, CA

paying attention to, like your community of users.
 They use the word “conversation†more than they use the word “community†Or worse, they’re convinced they are the same thing. 
I’ve written previously about my distaste towards “joining the conversation†as a technique, a meme, or otherwise. Joining the conversation means you’re adding more noise, and in an arena that’s already about as noisy as sticking your head inside a jet engine, that’s not really an effective use of your time,