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Thank You, Douglas Karr and Blog Indiana. And Two March 2010 NWITweetups

Written by natfinn on March 1, 2010 - View Comments
Categories: Announcements, Notes

douglas karr adressing the blog indiana valparaiso / nwitweetup crowd

Douglas Karr of DK New Media addresses the crowd in the Boiler Room at Golden Technologies during the Blog Indiana Valparaiso / NWITweetup event in February 2010

Hey, NWITweeps,

We do apologize for not scheduling a full #NWITweetup for February 2010. Truth told we had one scheduled at Uptown Cafe but the owners weren’t going to be in town. Blame, Tia (JUST KIDDING, TIA. And guys, DON’T BLAME HER).

We do hope you enjoyed our evening with Blog Indiana. The consensus seemed to be that people enjoyed listening to Douglas Karr and learned quite a bit from him. Not only is it quite a tasty delight to see an Indiana internet marketing professional shine on a national stage, but then to turn around and see the same individual brave the elements just to be able to share some of that knowledge with us in an open forum is a treasure I hope we all appreciate.

To quote Finn at the end of the night – Gumballhead in hand:

“And that’s why I wanted Douglas Karr to speak up here.”

And then he clinked bottles with whomever was around.

A joyous, “thank you,” goes out to Douglas Karr who not only braved the lake-effect foot of snow and the adjustment to the central time zone to hang out with us (he got in town at 4:15pm CDT), but also having to deal with the fact that Finn forgot to roll out the rolling white board for him to use (Doug didn’t complain. Finn just feels guilty).

An appreciative “Thank You” also goes out to Noah Coffey and Shawn Plew – co-founders of Blog Indiana – for taking the time and travel to share their grass roots movement with us.

If y’all liked them, we’ll see about teaming up with them again.

And we’d be remiss if we didn’t give a shoutout to the Lafayette Tweetup and Indianapolis Tweetup for their support. Duke, Nelu, Rock, Ryan, Amy and company…the state continues to feel like one big city thanks to y’alls efforts. Hope the simulcast was worth the planning.

What about the Boiler Room? Where else would Rahsaan Taylor get to hang out with NWITweeps AND play ping pong. Thank you so much to Golden Technologies of Valparaiso for use of the coveted Boiler Room, again. Pass Times, we’d like to thank you for filling our bellies with great grub. And, Cartronix, Finn failed you, too. Those delightful Samsung Bluetooth headsets will be the door prizes at first March 2010 NWITweetup

March 2010 NWITweetups

Uptown Cafe in Valparaiso, IN

The upside of Doug Karr forgetting the time change and getting to The Region early was that he got to frequent the location of the first of our two March 2010 NWITweetups: Uptown Cafe in Valparaiso. As mentioned earlier, Uptown was going to to be location for the February NWITweetup and we’re grateful that they’re willing to reschedule and open their doors to us this month.

Event: March 2010 #NWITweetup #1
Date: March 11, 2010
Location: Uptown Cafe in downtown Valparaiso, IN
Time: 7pm-9pm+ (also, plan for Dave Woodson’s pretweetup and the famous aftertweetup)

For the record, Doug had the Chai

Brickworks Brewery in Hobart, IN

Lake County, we’re finally coming out to you. Long overdue, but hopefully worth the wait.

To sweeten the pot, we’re having our first Lake County NWITweetup in The Region’s best kept Brewery secret: Brickworks Brewery in Hobart, IN. Finn and Woodson stumbled across the place a couple weeks ago after a business networking event. They instantly fell in love with the food, ambiance, and beer – which is brewed on site. They decided not enough people know of it – YET and hope to make the change.

Thus the power of Social Media.

Event: March 2010 #NWITweetup #2
Date: March 23rd, 2010
Location: Brickworks Brewery in Hobart, IN
Time: 7pm-9pm+ (pretweetup and aftertweetup likely to be at this location as well)

And don’t be freaked out if you get there and the signage on the awning says “Hobart Furniture.” They’ll get there. Beer first, appearance second. Below is a video of the Brewery during construction in Summer 2009.