By Carlee Mallard, on August 20th, 2010% On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 I organized a local chapter of the
Brazenites at the first official meetup
Brazen Careerist’s “Crowdsource Your Career” meetup where 8 other fellow brazen careerists and I met – some for the first time, although many were very familiar faces—to talk about why we were drawn to Brazen Careerist and to discuss the question of the day (below). It was certainly a success (if I ignore the loud after-work crowd at nearby tables). I both met some new people (with new perspectives) and made even stronger connections with some Brazenites that I had . . . → Read More: Triangles Crowdsource Our Careers (Brazen Style)
By Carlee Mallard, on July 9th, 2010%
It’s already been three weeks since our last PechaKucha Night. Since we’ve already made a lot of headway getting the next set of speakers together for the September event at SPARKcon it feels more like months ago, though!
I wanted to take a moment to relive and reflect on that night.
It was such a great event though that I can still feel the energy in the room. I remember the smiles as guests, organizers, volunteers, sponsors, and even curious passerbys walked into Relevance’s snazzy loft office space to grab some wine or beer, Mediterranean appetizers, . . . → Read More: PechaKucha: Creative Minds do Durham
By Carlee Mallard, on July 1st, 2010% What I learned on Social Media Day (June 30, 2010)
Yesterday was Social Media Day, as pronounced by Mashable. I only heard about it a few days earlier and I really wasn’t sure what the purpose of a Social Media Day would be, even after reading Mashable’s explanation. But as someone who is, I’ll just say, interested in social media and its future, I didn’t debate whether or not I would participate, but rather debated which local event I would attend.
There were two haphazardly organized events: the first one at Campbell University’s business school nearly an hour from . . . → Read More: Lesson From Social Media Day: I’m An Expert, Too
By Carlee Mallard, on June 20th, 2010% Sometimes you need to step away from the daily grind and try something new. That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing the past month:
Spoke at an “unconference”. As my most recent post stated, I gave my first presentation to a group of about 15 product developers, product managers, and others after giving a quick 20-second pitch to a group of about 100 at ProductCamp RTP on May 22nd. It was a fantastic success. I learned a tremendous amount about my own public speaking skills as well as learning how to teach and/or explain an idea to a group . . . → Read More: Mixing It Up
By Carlee Mallard, on February 13th, 2010% There are four major idea-sharing events taking place between March 3, 2010 and March 23, 2010 in the Raleigh-Durham (Triangle) area. They’re all free. They’re all aimed at engaging the local community thought leaders with the rest of the community through presentations. They’re all one-night events coordinated by a local (unpaid) team.
But they each have their own origin and consequently a different path for achieving essentially the same goal: sharing great ideas. You may not be familiar with any of these events (in which case you need to start finding a local event in your own community right . . . → Read More: It’s a Free Market For Spreading Ideas
By Carlee Mallard, on January 26th, 2010% The Raleigh Department of City Planning hosts a lecture series called “Designing a 21st Century City” every few months. I went to my second lecture presentation last week where John Robert Smith (former Mayor of Meridian, MS and member of Amtrak‘s board) and James Corless (Director of Transportation for America) spoke about the future of high speed rail in the US and how it will affect our own growing city. There was a typical talk about how the national transportation policy hasn’t changed in over 50 years, how we could have raised enough money for rail . . . → Read More: The Future of High Speed Rail for Selfish Cities
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