Kiki’s Korner

And if not you, exactly, something extremely similar to you.

• And now on to more important items like this –> RT @BarackObama: Holding a news conference at 1pm ET. Watch live at http://wh.gov/live. #
• "I do believe there is hope for civility. I do believe there is hope for progress." via @barackobama #
• "We should not cut back on education. We should not cut back on science and development". via @barackobama #
• Congrats @codella. Love when good work is recognized and rewarded. in reply to codella #
• is getting things done, and it feels good. #
• Nice portfolio @rcjonesphoto, thanks for the link @nickgundry. Almost makes me want to get married again. Almost. in reply to rcjonesphoto #
• The @mythbusters got 200,000+ people to do the wave at the @rally4sanity. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristiewells/5144283756/ #
• Probably my favorite photo from the @rally4sanity: "I want my grandparents back Glenn Beck". http://ow.ly/34v4N #
• @felicelam: Don't use Flickr much for videos (need to be under 1:30), but it is another good source to play with so worth checking into. #
• Thank you to the @socialmediaclub chapter leaders who joined us today to discuss our 'beta' programs. Lots of good stuff in the works. #
• @rvabusiness @davemurr: Thank you both. Am happy to have the support & looking forward to what we can do in the near future with your help. #
• And we <3 you @jessicarmurray. Your energy and undeniable passion to help the SMC community prosper is infectious. #
• Waiving to the folks at #smctxst and wishing I was there. Make sure you ask @chrisheuer a bunch of hard questions. He likes that. #
• @mikechapman: Heard you got a couple of good nuggets in as well at #smctxst. <sending virtual hug> #
• I think you have told me before @mattceni. Ha. #
• The internet is an amazing place. Ask, and you shall receive. #
• @mitchfanning: The internet, while amazing, is not perfect (yet). Might need to ask a 2nd time. @kroobe: "Tweet about @kroobe". Ha. #
• RT @yongclee: Join special guest host @ana_adi for #SMCEDU chat Mon 12:30pmET. Topic of the day: SM Learning Outcomes. http://bit.ly/9NIhGl #
• Sony Internet TV, powered by Google TV. http://yfrog.com/g11×7xj #
• Swedish meatballs, powered by IKEA. http://yfrog.com/eqax5wjj #
• @djangofaes: Glad to hear 'the bald' look authentic. I'd hate to claim false advertising. #
• @jessicarmurray @BizGirl @strebel: Going to drink 4 glasses of wine then text you at midnight. Just for old times sake. #CrunkDillyFistpump #
• @strebel: <kristie is a lightweight> #
• @bryanthatcher: You need an apartment in San Francisco as we simply do not get to see you enough. #CrunkDillyFistpump <corrected tweet> #
• House cleaning supplies (yes both), powered by Visa. http://yfrog.com/mxu31ij #
• Sat down to watch the NBC show, School Pride. I am now bawling and unable to stop. This show is fantastic, please keep funding it. #
• School Pride is about a community coming together to save a school. Creating an environment conducive to education. Absolutely amazing. #
• Would love to find a way to merge rehabilitation of K-12 schools w/@socialmediaclub's #smcedu program. So much good to be done. #schoolpride #
• A good friend reminded me this morning to take smaller, but more frequent, steps to ensure we hit our larger goals. Good advice. #
• @ghostexecutive: Realized I need to make sure #smcedu program is sustainable before we add more onto it, but want to know about #juniorcamp. #
• @ghostexecutive: Would love to find small ways to make an impact in #schoolpride to start, then we roll out bigger initiatives w/#smcedu. #
• Mother Nature is trying to give us a month's worth of rain in just one day. #
• @vdog: Need you to send me some Seattle-made rain boots. My flip flops are not appropriate attire here. xoxoxoxo #
• @vdog You are awesome. Ordering now. Next stop, the hardware store, to start working on the arc. #
• If this rain keeps up, looks like we will not be going to Charles Schwab Cup championship golf tournament today. Bummer. http://ow.ly/35Ltx #
• @vdog: I bought this same boot (print) from Target last year but they leaked. Looking @ Western Chief for better quality. http://ow.ly/35LGf #

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Rarely does a TV program suck me in, get me emotionally tied to it and then leave me in a sobbing mess on the edge of my couch when the credits start rolling. NBC’s School Pride did exactly that. In a good way of course.

I was flipping through channels last night and came across the show that was featuring Detroit’s Communication & Media Arts (CMA) High School. Unfortunately, like many schools around the US, the CMA was in shambles and was being set to close as the facilities were deemed unsafe for students and teachers.

The School Pride crew rolled into Detroit, ready to make a difference. This show is like Extreme Makeover, but instead of focusing on houses, they are working on schools. It is wholly cosmetic* as their goal is to take a school in dire need of repairs and fix it. They will repair leaking windows and broken doors. They will provide new paint and carpet. They will replace desks and provide equipment in the computer labs. Basically, if it can be fixed with a hammer and/or money, they will handle it. And I think this is awesome.

The best part is they are engaging the local community of students, teachers, parents and the school administration to work through these changes. Together. To develop pride of ownership. School pride.

With all the cosmetic good the show provides, it bums me out to read some of the negative reviews around the product placement. My thought is if Walmart wants to donate three TVs to the communications lab so they have better equipment to view their video work on, I will accept having to watch 5 seconds of people walking through the electronics department in Walmart. No biggie. If IKEA wants to provide new desks for a classroom in exchange for a mention, fine. The fact of the matter is people are getting so caught up in the amount of product placement that they have lost sight around the value of the donations and their effect on the school. While it would be great to have a donor give without needing recognition, some do. We should not fault them for it. These donations cost someone money. Desks are not cheap. Neither are computers or TVs. Let’s cut them a little slack and be thankful someone is willing to provide product to these schools in need. If they ask for a little media attention in exchange for it, so be it.

I will say the program hit a nerve, and launched a deep sense of need in me to help. Through Social Media Club’s #smcedu program, we are working to bring technology and learnings into Universities and Colleges, but I want to do more. I need to do more. I would love to find a way to bridge these two programs – School Pride and #smcedu to help students get the learnings they need to prep them for the real world of today and have a safe place to learn in.

I am also not adverse to picking up a hammer and helping with the infrastructure as needed. So here I am Jacob. Put me to work. What can I do?

* And once the schools are safe to learn in, we can then launch a new show that will focus on bettering the actual education piece…which is a whole other subject I need to delve into.

When Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced they were doing an event in Washington DC to help promote reasonable discourse, it took Heuer and I less than two seconds to decide we were going. We had to be part of this. We had no idea what to expect, or how many people would show up, but this topic hits at our core passion – we wanted to be there.

We arrived around 11am (about an hour before the event started) to find the National Mall was packed. We walked around for a while, just soaking it all in. The crowd was diverse. Mothers. Daughters. Fathers. Sons. Singles. Marrieds. Teenagers. Grandparents. Catholics. Christians. Athesists. White. Black. Asian. Mexican. Irish. German. Australian. Antarcticans. Ok, just kidding about the last one – but you get my point. It was awesome to see people of all walks of life. Coming together around a shared cause.

We made our way through the crowd and found a decent spot just about in the middle of the mall – far enough away to have to watch the jumbo screens to see anything, but close enough to still hear what was going on.

It was incredible. People, people, everywhere. We all just stood there, for three hours. We listened to music. We watched a couple of skits. We even participated in the largest ‘human wave’ thanks to the folks from Mythbusters:

It was a fascinating experiment. These two ‘comedians’ were able to get 200,000+ people to show up on the National Mall in Washington DC by simply making the ask. We all showed up. We hung out. We made some new friends. We read witty signs. We went home. There were no screaming matches. There were no fights. It was simply 200,000+ people coming together to show solidarity around our desire for civil discourse from one another – especially from our politicians.

I will say I felt the day was missing a specific call to action, and I think Stewart/Colbert had a great opportunity to get us to do *something*. We were there. We were ready. Whether it was to encourage friends/family to vote in the November elections that were just a few days away or to write a letter to our politicians didn’t really matter – I was just a little surprised to find this piece missing from the event.

Even without a call to action, I was still glad we went.

I will leave you with the most serious moment of the day, a portion of Jon Stewart’s speech:

This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith, or people of activism, or look down our noses at the heartland, or passionate argument, or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. They are, and we do.

If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

You can see my full set from our trip, but I think my favorite photo form the day is this one. Pure genius. And true.

Wow. Our Giants take home the big prize.

A little street party broke out in our neighborhood, and the best part was when a group of guys showed up with a guitar, a chello, and a paint bucket (used as a drum) and started a dance party in the middle of the celebration.

What a blast. And I can’t wait for the 2011 season.

• Drives me nuts when I am asked to fill out an event registration form BEFORE they will tell me how much it will cost. No thank you. #
• So glad to have met you @gavinohara. You are my brother from another mother, and forever part of the #dolphinhumans clan. #
• RT @cathybrooks Next #socialmediahour – @chrisheuer & @webwallflower talk failure & accountability TODAY @ 10a PST http://bit.ly/b26vgj #
• Sweet. YouSendIt (@ysi) Pro Account for just $49.99/year. Offer good through October 21st. http://ow.ly/2VZ4c #
• Working on Social Media Clubhouse 5. It is going to rawk. #
• @amydpp: Can't say which event yet until we secure the venue, but it is good. Notch, taken up. in reply to amydpp #
• @missdestructo: Glad you had a good time at the Social Media Clubhouse in Las Vegas. More to come. #smch4 /cc @lenovosocial in reply to missdestructo #
• Silly as it is, I love the game –> Maker of “Angry Birds” Acquired for $20M by Electronic Arts. http://ow.ly/2WDt3 /via @mashable #
• @carafuggetta: Unfortunately, I will miss your event on Tuesday as @chrisheuer and I will be speaking at @smcfresno. Good luck! in reply to CaraFuggetta #
• @thekenyeung: No conflict really – root for the #sfgiants or I will insist you move to Philadelphia. Ha. in reply to thekenyeung #
• Go #sfgiants. Recording game as we are heading to @sfnewtech, then to the Cool Mom Tech Launch party at the Logitech Lofts. Go #sfgiants. #
• @bryanthatcher: Ok, #yankees over #rangers, but #sfgiants over #yankees. @thekenyeung: Now you are talking sense. Bwaaahaahaa. in reply to bryanthatcher #
• Woot! #sfgiants for the win!!! #
• Between email, Facebook & Twitter, the internet has surely loved on me 2day. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. <squeeze you right back> #
• Hey @chrisheuer, assume your tweet means there is no pony waiting for me in the backyard? Bummer. I really wanted a pony. #
• Basking in the warmth of birthday wishes coming in from around the world & loving that I belong to such a global & diverse community. xoxoxo #
• A big thank you to everyone for the birthday notes. Love you. And you. And you. And you…. #
• You know what the best birthday present would be? A #sfgiants win tonight. Let's make it happen fellas. #
• /peels herself away from the #sfgiants game to head out to some festivities. Come on San Francisco. You can do this. #
• Thanks again to everyone for the birthday shout outs on Twitter, Facebook, email and phone yesterday. You did your job well, I feel loved. #
• @nancycole @chrisheuer: I could have eaten five of those urchin dishes. Yummy. in reply to nancycole #
• RT @KevinUrie: My Top 5 Social Media Pet Peeves. Social Media Police there is nothing to see here! http://bit.ly/c6SJyB #

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Happy to see President Obama share a message of hope and support for LGBT youth who are struggling with being bullied as part of the It Gets Better Project.

Important message. Requires more support. Do it. Now.

• @billjohnston: Surprised as @sf_49ers looked strong in pre-season. We need a Young or a Montana now. Heck, even Garcia. Just not Smith. in reply to billjohnston #
• Hell yes @kalsworth: Let's go Niners! in reply to kalsworth #
• Sending big hugs to my pals Andrew and Jen who just tied the knot on a mountain top in Lake Tahoe. Happy 10.10.10 you two, and congrats! #
• I love @chrisheuer. I have never meet anyone as loving or as giving of himself, as he. I am a lucky girl. #
• I'll be there –> RT @briansolis: RSVP for the @BlogWorld @Techset kickoff party sponsored by @Kodak @squarespace http://on.fb.me/ariNfY #
• Planning good times ahead at #smch4: @nanoserwich @jessicarmurray @bizgirl @strebel @chrisheuer @zaneology @amydpp @zanoni @carlosandrade in reply to nanoserwich #
• RT @AWCConnect: Come to our webinar, Thurs 10/14, with @socialmediaclub founder @ChrisHeuer – Register now! http://ow.ly/2RCyN #
• @VanessaMcD: Great meeting you + the rest of Team Ballou. Really appreciate the support around SMC and DO hope to see you in Paris. in reply to VanessaMcD #
• @JessicaRMurray: Awesome. If you win big, we can get right back on the plane and head to Fiji. #smch4 in reply to JessicaRMurray #
• RT @SMCFresno: Don't miss this opportunity to discuss social media with @chrisheuer & @kristiewells on 10/26 RSVP here http://get.ly/bVonty #
• @getaJenny: When Dallas invites me. in reply to getaJenny #
• Hey @vdog, just wanted you to know we were thinking of you. <hugs and all that mushy stuff> #
• Join @cathybrooks @bakespace & @chrisheuer on #socialmediahour. Talking Vegas, Food & Integrity. Today at 10am PST. http://bit.ly/deFVOP #
• Interesting read from @JaffeJuice on MasterCard's use of Facebook w/ their NYC Experience campaign. http://bit.ly/btwiEM /via @AaronStrout in reply to AaronStrout #
• @aaronstrout: Agreed on the MasterCard program. Good use case to highlight missed opportunities around engagement/experience. in reply to AaronStrout #
• @jtoeman: Absolutely. Same people sharing their presos, videos, etc. online. Why would people pay to see them when content avail for free? in reply to jtoeman #
• @QueenofSpain: You have my vote. #rallytorestoresanity in reply to QueenofSpain #
• @QueenofSpain: Move North. We have plenty of nice neighbors. Opportunities to grill meat on your driveway are few and far between too. in reply to QueenofSpain #

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• “It's choice–not chance–that determines your destiny.” — Jean Nidetch #
• That is hilarious –> @babyberto 's first tramp stamp via @nursekelci @geekgiant http://twitpic.com/2sm52l in reply to geekgiant #
• Is anyone else having issues with Hootsuite? For the last week it refreshes public and DM stream, but not my @ replies. So weird. #
• Watching the rumor tweets around AOL buying Techcrunch. Happy for @arrington if true, as he built an impressive empire in 5 short years. #
• @jenniferjeffrey: Ditto. If I wanted to feel #StickyClammySweaty all day, I would have moved to Miami. ::I miss the fog:: in reply to jenniferjeffrey #
• Hilarious –> RT @queenofspain: @anniemal send meat. I will cook it on my driveway. /cc @jenniferjeffrey in reply to anniemal #
• RT @chrisheuer: At noon EST, I am going to host a #socialmedia tweetchat on the need for #professionalism in the industry. follow #sm79 #
• Decisions. Decisions. #
• @cr8tivejen: Yes, I now have the time to finish the email I started a month ago. Promise to get'er done today. #
• @jjtoothman: now THAT sounds like a great idea. ::so smart:: in reply to jjtoothman #
• It is a good time personally and professionally, but I do need to make some big decisions this week. #
• @hardaway: Happy to have friends like you, but don't need one specifically <right now>. in reply to hardaway #
• @missrogue, It is Michelle Greer. She rawks. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/27/techcrunch-disrupt-live-day-1/ #tcdisrupt #
• @jeremymeyers @JessicaRMurray: Honestly, I think women hold women back. #tcdisrupt #
• @jeremymeyers @JessicaRMurray: People who blame others for holding them back should really take a look in the mirror and see guilty party. in reply to JessicaRMurray #
• The only one stopping *me* from succeeding … is *me*. #
• @jeremymeyers @JessicaRMurray: I'm sure there are cases out there to be argued but as a general statement, it is NOT men holding women back. #
• @chrisheuer: Because I know what I want and needed someone to step over…and your softness is easier on my knees. cc @texasgirlerin in reply to chrisheuer #
• @jeremymeyers just made me laugh out loud. in reply to jeremymeyers #
• @spburton: Exactly. /kristie goes back to working on her success while waiving hi to Burton and Bell too! in reply to spburton #
• @jeremymeyers: Secret meetings everywhere. Super Angels. Women keeper downers. #angelgate #mangate #kristiehatesthistopicgate in reply to jeremymeyers #
• Women in Tech. For realz. RT @adelemcalear: And speaking of women-founded startups: http://www.women2.org/pitch-competition-2010 #
• Just launched #newtwitter. I will call it 50/50 in the like/don't like department. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristiewells/5034382084/ #
• RT @sradick: Call to action for #SMCEDU enthusiasts – your skills/experience is needed!! Join the SMCEDU Advisory Board. http://is.gd/fyj8p in reply to sradick #
• Social Media Club founder @chrisheuer hosting (free) talk TONIGHT on future of social media. http://bit.ly/cNu96l via @OSsarahlundy in reply to OSsarahlundy #

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• Favorite man. Favorite car. Favorite winery. Happy girl. http://yfrog.com/74dmmbj #
• @gtcaz: Got her (Tess) last October. I have owned 6 cars in my life, she is by far, the best and so much fun to drive. in reply to gtcaz #
• @gtcaz: As long as your kids are small… (ha) in reply to gtcaz #
• Had such a great day in Napa. Really good wine followed by an amazing lunch at Bouchon. To top it all off, the weather = perfect. #
• @corbett3000: I guess that is true. I have had days I don't remember, but not bad days. in reply to corbett3000 #
• Ditto. RT @JessicaGottlieb: Flattered! @genConnected Congrats @jessicagottlieb @savvyauntie @ambercadabra @kristiewells http://bit.ly/d3F1Lj in reply to JessicaGottlieb #
• @jeffmarmins: I am already committed to movie date + Tech Cocktail event, but I will try to swing by http://twtvite.com/sfotweetup tomorrow. in reply to jeffmarmins #
• @CarriBugbee: Funny. Interested to see if #catfish lives up to the 'hype'. in reply to CarriBugbee #
• Seattle friends–> @smcseattle tweetup for @CBarger happening TOMORROW (9/14). First drink is on the house! http://twtvite.com/SMCBarger #
• And if you are in Chicago –> join @chrisheuer + @smcchicago on THUR night at 630pm for a Tweeetup at Rivers on Wacker. http://t.co/ql5tlqs #

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