Emerge Inc. Blog

Nearly a hundred people joined us at the LCCC Spitzer Conference Center yesterday morning for the first of three scheduled events in the Credibility Conversation speakers series.  It was a big success, and I was impressed not only by the number of attendants but also by the atmosphere and excitement that was palpable in the conference center as the speakers took the stage.

I recognized a lot of Lorain County business, political and community leaders in the audience, and could see that a lot of traditional face-to-face networking was done during the continental breakfast before the speakers started.  Ed Skimin, co-founder of Emerge, thanked those in attendance and introduced the speakers, Lewis Howes and Shawn Morton.

Lewis, who is also a previous two sport collegiate All-American, talked about his experience using the LinkedIn website to become an authority figure in the realm of sports networking.  He was a very enthusiastic, animated speaker and had some great advice for using LinkedIn to network and build success.

Howes was followed on stage by Shawn Morton, the Senior Consultant for Social Media at Nationwide in Columbus. Morton, who has many years of experience in web development and social media initiatives, spoke about Nationwide’s use of social website Twitter to reach out to new customers.  I personally didn’t realize that Twitter could be used so effectively to find new customers and research projects.

Photos and videos from the event will be added to the Credibility Conversation website in the next couple of days.

Don’t forget: the next scheduled Credibility Conversation event will take place at the Spitzer Conference Center on Dec. 9, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. and will feature Tom Wanek, an internationally-renowned marketing consultant and author of Currencies that Buy Credibility. The final speaker, New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan, will come to LCCC on Jan. 13, 2010 to discuss his book Trust Agents, about tapping into the power of social networks to build your brand’s influence, reputation and profits.

For more info and to register to join us at the next events, please visit www.CredibilityConversation.com.

Join us for the Credibility Conversation, a three-part speakers series on building personal and business value through social media, hosted by Emerge Inc. and LorainCounty.com.

The first event, Featuring an expert on LinkedIn (Lewis Howes) and the head of social media for Nationwide Insurance (Shawn Morton), is next Wednesday, November 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at LCCC Spitzer Conference Center . Upcoming speakers including a consultant on business credibility (Tom Wanek) and a New York Times best selling author (Chris Brogan).

The regular cost is $45 per session; $90 for all 3 sessions. But, readers of the Emerge blog can register for the discount rate of $60 for the series when registering online at www.CredibilityConversation.com/emerge.

H1N1 is on the mind of many of us during the start of the fall. Seems like everywhere you turn there is another story of H1N1. Lorain County Health Department, through an Emerge developed website, has put together a special H1N1 section on their website. The section contains statistics of H1N1 vaccinations during the department’s Flu Clinics along with prevention information. The department also added a link to the H1N1 Pre-registration form available through the Ohio Department of Health.

Lorain County Auditor Mark Stewart released the 2009 Triennial Values on-line through an Emerge developed website. Every 6 years the Auditor’s office is required by State Law to visit every property in the county to establish its value. Three years after that establishment, the office is required to reevaluate the values. During the Triennial review, the office reviews statistics of sales and transfers and determines through a math formula the new values of the properties. The Auditor with the help of Emerge team members released the values on-line at http://www.LorainCounty.com/auditor/summary/.