Heard something? Have links?
We're trying to compile them all here...add yours, and your contact info. :)
Here's who we've got on the contact list, let me (lori... lori.e.white at gmail ... if you want to be updated, share info/don't see your name here) know.
Lori White, Lori Feldman, Amy Mandlman, Todd Jordan, Steve (@whereisciao), Robert Hanlon, Karen Goodman, Mike Austin, Robin J Halterman, Aravind.
Lori Feldman's (http://www.TheDatabaseDiva.com) initial presentation about reaching out to non-tech folks NOTES :
1. Don't hang out with geeks. The money (jobs, clients) is where un-tech people are. She's makin' money doing 5% of what we know.
2. Good places to meet potential clients/employers: BNI, YellowTie.org, chambers of commerce, Rotary clubs, weekly luncheons. (they're looking for speakers, so speak! )
3. Connect with big-time business networkers (yes, there are offline versions of people who have big lists of followers--these are PEOPLE CONNECTORS, not computer networks, she says!) Lori says it's ok to use her name to reach out to Karen Hoffman http://www.theideacoach.com/ and Darlene Willman, http://www.sassynetworker.com, two of St. Louis' top people connectors with more than 5,000 names of followers. She promises a lunch or meetup with these two will generate pages of actionable items to leverage your expertise into the business world.
Old media people vs new media people -- how do we get them together? What resources do folks know about?
Lori White: I only care about blogger, social media folks who are DOING THINGS with the real world.
Bill Streeter, where are you? Lofistl.com
Keaggy http://keaggy.com
Also, yes there is an art scene. Add links for Steve twitter.com/whereisciao
Mike Austin (get links from him...Mike?)
innovate st. louis - http://innovatestl.com
technology entrepreneur's center - http://www.tecstl.org/
IT entrepreneur network - http://www.innovatestl.org/ITEN.html
Job fair next month for ppl interested in startup - http://www.busyeventxp.com/startupconnection-cmp
new St Louis Startup - http://www.shopr.com
http://www.ideabounce.com/contact/events.php and www.ideabounce.com
Matt H's IdeaMarket
FREE BEER is effective
TECHcocktail
lightgraffiti- projector/laser thingee
LINUX presentation?
*put your stuff here*
@whereisciao Steve's presentation:
Oh Pretty! An Introduction to E-Textiles.
www. fashioningtech.com -- Examples, community of crafters, instructions
www.sparkfun.com -- Hardware
http://www.loop.ph -- Researcher
http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/