From the desk (and BlackBerry) of Keith Parnell

Just a quick reminder to bring your twitter machines (notebook, smartphone, etc.) with you Tuesday at 2PM to Bean There Cafe for this week’s Hampton Roads Coffee Break. The twitter hashtag for our events is #DMS2010.

Everyone that registers for the event at http://bit.ly/92JoFX will be entered into the drawing for two social media t-shirts.

And oh yeah, bring your smiles. We will be live streaming the event on the Digital Media Seminar show page at http://bit.ly/cO0zsn

Image credit: cosmicsoda.com

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Listening to The World is Alive by Casting Crowns.

Waterside Marketplace first opened in June, 1983. It has been a critical part of the City’s revitalization. Over the years, like other marketplaces, Waterside has evolved through numerous business cycles. Waterside is in need of a major redesign and refocus. Your help is needed to shape this new direction by responding to this survey. We welcome your input.

Imagine that today you will be the only person changing Waterside’s use and look. From your personal perspective, please respond to the following questions.

Take the City of Norfolk’s survey here.

1. Primary Uses in the Facility should be?
2. Is the current size of the Facility just right?
3. What about the current number of floors?
4. If you assume that the building would stay intact, check all that you would suggest.
5. In your redesign, would you keep the structure or rebuild?
6. When you think of three destinations, The Waterside Marketplace, MacArthur Center Mall and Granby Street, what suggestions do you have to ensure they compliment each other?
7. Have you visited other places in other cities that you would suggest be a model for the redesign and/or reuse of the Waterside?
8. What priority should the City place on changing Waterside?
9. Other suggestions for Waterside?

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Listening to Sloppy Drunk by Jimmy Rogers.

Earlier this week we launched the new Digital Media Seminar portal. The concept has been in the works for a while and through lots of hard work we are finally live.

What is Digital Media Seminar?

Digital Media Seminar is a series of seminars, training, conventions, meetings, and general gatherings about the digital media world. See more about what Digital Media Seminar is here.

See a list of all digital media upcoming events that may interest you here. Included in the events list are our Coffee with the CEO sessions.

See videos, slidedecks, agendas, etc. from 2009 digital media events here.

See videos, slidedecks, agendas, etc. from past 2010 digital media events here.

For a sample list of topics that we’ve discussed in past Digital Media Seminar events, click here. I think you’ll like these.

And of course, if you would like to request a new digital media event or would like to host an event, let me know here.

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Listening to Fire and Rain by James Taylor.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Kristoff event at Emerson’s Cigars in Greenbrier. From an invite he found on my blog, (upcoming) Chesapeake City Councilman Brian White showed to enjoy the festivities. If you’re a citizen of Chesapeake (VA), get out and vote for Brian in May.

L to R: Keith Parnell, Brian White, Kevin Phillips, Brian Swets

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Listening to Can’t Find My Way Home by Blind Faith.

Emerson’s Cigars is having a Kristoff signature event at their Greenbrier location on Thursday evening. Let’s meetup and share a Kristoff or two and a few adult beverages.

Details from the Emerson’s website -

Kristoff Cigars featuring Glen Case
Thursday, Feb 11, 2010
5-8pm
Emerson’s @ Greenbrier - Chesapeake
Ticket Price- $10.00, includes a cigar, food, and drinks

Emerson’s Cigars is proud to welcome Glen Case- president of Exclusive Cigars and the genius behind the Kristoff line. Glen Case is a man passionate about his cigars- in fact he named Kristoff after his son and Brittania (his other line), after his daughter. Kristoff features a few different versions including, Criollo, Ligero Criollo, Ligero Maduro, Maduro, and the Sumatra. With amazing deals, lots of food &drinks and Glen Case at the event signing boxes, this is NOT an event you wanna miss!!

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Listening to Let It Breathe by Hootie & the Blowfish.

Nicole and I took Reggie for a long walk around our neighborhood on the Lafayette River in Norfolk during the height of the weekend snow storm. Fun! It’s a little hard to tell in the video but the snow was falling steady, the wind was blowing about 20 MPH, and it was about 25 degrees outside.

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Listening to Take Five by Acoustic Alchemy.

Be sure to register for these cool social media events at coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com so we can allow our hosts to plan for crowds.

February 2nd location:
Panera Bread
300 Constitution Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

February 9th location:
Bean There Cafe
733 Eden Way
Chesapeake, VA 23320

February 16th location:
Aromas Coffee
706 Towne Center Drive
Newport News, VA 23606

February 23rd location:
Fair Grounds Coffee
806 Baldwin Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507

Coffee with the CEO: Let’s Live Social Media in Hampton Roads!

10:00am - 11:00am

Come out on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Digital Media, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

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Listening to Baby I Love You by B.B. King & Bonnie Raitt.

If you’ve never been to Hampton Roads, this is all you need to know about the weather.

60 degrees today. 30 degrees lower tomorrow. Then snow on Saturday. Yeah right!

I actually feel sorry for the meteorologists that try to work in this area.

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Listening to Since I Met You Baby by B.B. King & Gary Moore.

I had the great privilege of being present last night for the Internet Law & Your Business seminar given by Bambi Faivre Walters, PC at the Hampton Roads Internet Marketing meeting.

Below is a review of my live tweets (in reverse time order) from the seminar.

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Awesome presentation by Bambi Faivre Walters, PC on Internet Law & Your Biz! #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : You should register a DMCA Agent within your company. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : The type of Copyright determines the amount of damages awarded in court. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Search Google Patents for a great list to start your research. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Virginia Inventors Forum meets next week in James City County (VA). #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : UIAUSO.org is a good resource. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Provisional Application Patent is very affordable. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Common Law Copyright always exists. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Creative Commons Licensing maybe a clean way to go for you - creativecommons.org #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Copyright.gov is a good reference point. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Should have both a Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for your website. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Oops. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Millennium Copyright Act covers your image (photo of you) even if Copyright not filed. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : chillingeffects.org - a fun consortium website on copyrights / trademarks. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Should copyright your website content. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : TM’s are geographic. Should register in each region and/or go with USPTO.gov #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : TM applications online at USPTO.gov website. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : TM turns into R once the gov’t has approved and the TM does not confuse consumers. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : distinct difference between physical good TM and service TM. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - HR Int Mktg (on Int Law) : Check trademark names before registering your URL. #hrva #hrbiz

@parnellk63 - At the Internet Marketing meetup on Internet Law & Your Business. #hrva #hrbiz #fb

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Listening to Jackie Blue by Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

Let’s talk coffee.
Let’s talk business.
Let’s talk family.
Let’s talk social media.

** NEW LOCATION THIS WEEK **

Come out to Panera Bread on Constitution Drive in Pembroke/Town Center, Virginia Beach, VA on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Group Marketing & Advertising, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

The new JASE t-shirts have arrived (photos: http://keithparnell.com/index.php/2009/12/12/3581/) so we will be giving away two of them through a business card drawing.

Bring your laptops and smartphones. Tweeting and blogging is encouraged while we are there. The Twitter hashtag is #cwtc.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at http://www.CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

Please register at http://coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com

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Listening to Good Morning Heartache by Tony Bennett.

Coffee with the CEO: Let’s Live Social Media in Ghent!

10:00am - 11:00am
Panera Bread
739 West 21st Street, Norfolk, Virginia

Come out to Panera Bread on 21st street in Ghent, Norfolk, VA on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Group Marketing & Advertising, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

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My friends Sonya Schweitzer (@socialsonya), Leah Kaiz (@gypsealeah) and Karen Clements (@karenclements) are hosting a Tweetsgiving event on Tuesday, November 24th. The tweetup, with a goal of raising money for the enrichment and aide for the children of our world, is being hosted by Gordon Biersch in Town Center in Virginia Beach.

If you don’t really care about donating for this cause, come out anyway. $10 is well worth the networking and camaraderie of fellow tweeters of Hampton Roads.

Get your tickets for Tweetsgiving Virginia Beach here. We bought our tickets. Will I see you there?

Tweetsgiving Virginia Beach
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Time: 6 PM to 9 PM
Location: Gordon Biersch, Town Center, 4561 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

About Epic Change (from their website):

1. Is Epic Change a 501(c)(3) organization?
Yes, Epic Change is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and our federal tax identification number is 26-0155393.

2. Why should I donate to Epic Change?
By donating your dollars to Epic Change, you are making a “perpetual” gift. Because we reuse repaid loans to fund future projects, your donation may be used to support the construction of a school in Africa and, upon subsequent repayment, the expansion of a hospital in Peru or the improvement of a program in the United States to serve the homeless, for example.

Additionally, unlike many organizations that perform global service, we are not affiliated with any particular political agenda or religious denomination. To avoid potential conflicts of interest and ensure our organization doesn’t participate in undermining indigenous cultural norms and beliefs, we don’t promote propaganda, proselytization or evangelization of any kind.

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Don’t forget our Coffee with the CEO gathering this Tuesday morning. Come live social media with us!

Here are the details:

Where: Panera Bread, 21^st street, Ghent, Norfolk, VA.

When: Tuesday, November 10^th from 10:00 AM until around 11:00 AM.

What: Hangin’ out talking social media for your business with other professionals in Hampton Roads.

Who: Anyone. Everyone.

Why: Just because you rock!

Make a note on your calendar, share it on Twitter, and join us on Tuesday!

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Yesterday Walt, our Creative Director, and I had the pleasure of visiting the shop of a local client. John Manus was gracious enough to show us around. Adver-tees has just signed with JASE to provide Internet Marketing consultation and to guide and assist with their inbound marketing initiatives.

Here are a few photos from our visit to the Adver-tees shop in Chesapeake. Adver-tees specializes in screen printing, embroidery and promotional items.

Adver-tees
www.bestdealonshirts.com
942 Canal Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23323
(757) 487-1424

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