A car club has a lot in common with a technology community, and both follow similar patterns. We talk with Frank Denneman about what gives a sense of community, boundaries & membership, and how to sustain a community over multiple generations. This episode was recorded live at VMware PEX 2014…
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Companies are producing content at an unsustainable rate. This week’s guest and conversation is inspired by that very topic. Stephen Foskett, founder of Tech Field Day, joins us to talk about his recent post titled “Everybody’s On the Internet, and Nobody Cares.” Inspired by talks of content and platform, we discuss…
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As we established last episode, Unicorns are a big part of our IT ecosystem. This week on the Geek Whisperers we discuss Unicorn Husbandry from a one-on-three level. Friend of the podcast and respected influencer Chris Wahl joins us to paint a picture of Unicorns in the wild. We discuss…
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Happy 2014 to you fellow Geeks! Your Whisperers are back in session and with a brand new guest. A self-defined “professional ranter” and online personality in Scott Stratten, aka @UnMarketing, joins us in the pursuit social media done well. Note: Despite our jokes, no one paid anyone to talk on this podcast. Scott quickly…
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What can you expect when Andy Banta and Gabriel “Bacon is King” Chapman are on Geek Whisperers? Whatever you conclude, heed Andy’s words: “Allow us to dash your expectations” This last episode of our first year is not one to be missed! We ask: What are our personal origins in…
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We lined up Demand Gen as the blaster-toting troopers of the social media world, but this week they have a powerful apprentice in the form of our guest. Chris Emery joins your regular Geek Whisperers to debate the place of Demand Gen in Social strategy and reminds us we all…
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As we take a week off from our regular podcasting, we want to offer you some insight into how we produce the show. We have a system in Geek Whisperers where we each play a role: Amy runs point on outreach, John and I take turns on edits. In today’s post, I…
Inspired by Jimmy Ray Purser’s perspective on how vendors now seem to run the technology trade show circuit, your humble Geek Whisperers tackle the topic of neutrality at conferences and all that goes with it. We were thrilled to be joined by incredibly intelligent Technologist and frequent event attendee Jay Cuthrell. We…
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