Lisa (@lqualls4444) and our friend Joe Cox (@joenormal) were featured in the Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) for their involvement with Social Media Club Kansas City (@SMCKC). Joe, the current President, and Lisa, Chairwoman of the Board, talked about the growing membership and development of SMCKC and the cool information and social activities members are involved in. Lisa and Joe explained how businesses are reaching out and using social media and how this club is a place for business professionals to reach out and learn from each other. “None of us are social ninjas”, Cox said. “We’re all eager to learn from each other” (KCBJ).
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Fresh ID Out and About in KC
It’s been a busy, exciting and educational past few weeks at the Fresh ID offices. Our team has been in full force around KC, and working around the clock. At Fresh ID, we believe in sharing what we know and actively learning at all times. Recently, our very own CEO Lisa Qualls was featured in the Kansas City Business Journal talking about “Social Media Club of Kansas City”, and then Lisa and our CTO, Tom Jenkins both knocked it out of the park with their presentations at “WordCamp KC”.
Lisa (@lqualls4444) and our friend Joe Cox (@joenormal) were featured in the Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) for their involvement with Social Media Club Kansas City (@SMCKC). Joe, the current President, and Lisa, Chairwoman of the Board, talked about the growing membership and development of SMCKC and the cool information and social activities members are involved in. Lisa and Joe explained how businesses are reaching out and using social media and how this club is a place for business professionals to reach out and learn from each other. “None of us are social ninjas”, Cox said. “We’re all eager to learn from each other” (KCBJ).
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Lisa (@lqualls4444) and our friend Joe Cox (@joenormal) were featured in the Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) for their involvement with Social Media Club Kansas City (@SMCKC). Joe, the current President, and Lisa, Chairwoman of the Board, talked about the growing membership and development of SMCKC and the cool information and social activities members are involved in. Lisa and Joe explained how businesses are reaching out and using social media and how this club is a place for business professionals to reach out and learn from each other. “None of us are social ninjas”, Cox said. “We’re all eager to learn from each other” (KCBJ).
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Social Media Analytics & Surveys
I had the pleasure of speaking at two events last week and they both required a bit of research as part of my preparation. I found some great articles and recent surveys that I thought may be beneficial for others so what a better way to share than to write a quick post!
My first event was facilitating a very smart group of people from Social Media Club of Kansas City discussing social media analytics. The audience gathered at the Enterprise Center of Johnson County and included educators, business professionals and social media enthusiasts. This discussion circled around the significance of social media metrics, measurement and how businesses can engage through social media. If you are interested in learning more about social media analytics, metrics and measurement I would encourage you to take advantage of a pretty cool offer the panelists made at the end of the session. For only a $25 donation to March of Dimes you can have access to a total of three white papers published by Spiral 16, Nicholson Kovac and Why Status Quo. Pretty cool to think that you can help babies while helping your professional development!
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1st Event – Social Media Analytics
My first event was facilitating a very smart group of people from Social Media Club of Kansas City discussing social media analytics. The audience gathered at the Enterprise Center of Johnson County and included educators, business professionals and social media enthusiasts. This discussion circled around the significance of social media metrics, measurement and how businesses can engage through social media. If you are interested in learning more about social media analytics, metrics and measurement I would encourage you to take advantage of a pretty cool offer the panelists made at the end of the session. For only a $25 donation to March of Dimes you can have access to a total of three white papers published by Spiral 16, Nicholson Kovac and Why Status Quo. Pretty cool to think that you can help babies while helping your professional development!
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Fresh ID’s "Intefy" To Sponsor Event Technology Conference
Fresh ID CEO to speak at event focused on the latest in meeting technology
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (September 7, 2010) – Intefy, an integrated, real-time media tool designed for online live events, has been named as a sponsor of Event Camp Twin Cities. The event is focused on helping event professionals find innovative ways to connect and engage with attendees. Lisa Qualls, CEO of Fresh ID, creators of Intefy, will be speaking at the event, which will be held on September 8-9, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN.
“I’m very excited to attend and present at this event,” states Qualls. “The face of conference and meeting technology has completely changed over the past few years. I look forward to sharing what we have learned by working with event professionals all over the world and am eager to hear from the other industry thought leaders on what they predict will be the experience for future trade shows, conferences and seminars.”
Qualls will be speaking during the “Pecha Kucha” session on Thursday afternoon. Her presentation will highlight how to build an event brand, grow the event community and create an ongoing attendee experience that lasts once the event ends. The session is designed to deliver fast paced, focused presentations that share many ideas and content quickly.
Event Camp Twin Cities is the second live event to be created from the Twitter chat, #eventsprofs. The first event was held last year in New York City, NY.
When asked about this year’s event, co-founder Samuel J. Smith stated, “We have designed this year’s event around four key words; Social, innovation, collaboration and experimentation. For each element that we added to the event, we examined it against those four key words. We wanted to make sure that we held true to our promise.”
Highlights in this year’s program include; Trying new collaboration formats such as Pecha Kucha, business games and digital scavenger hunts, an opportunity to see the latest meeting technology such as Livestreaming and social media tools firsthand and discussions on the social and digital future of events led by executives from BizBash and INXPO.
In addition to the event in Minneapolis, there will be remote sites in Basel, Switzerland and Dallas, Texas. The event will be streamed online for free, and online attendees will be able to view presentations and participate with other event attendees through Intefy by visiting http://intefy.com/eventcamptc.
More information about the event can be found at http://eventcamptwincities.com and http://meetingsreview.com/news/2010/09/01/Tomorrow_s_events_technology_today.
About:
Fresh ID helps businesses around the world expand their business and reach their goals. By understanding companies from the inside out, Fresh ID designs intelligent solutions and products specific to what clients need in order to do business and engage with prospects and customers. Brand identity and monitoring, social media consultation and campaigns, web design, site socialization, interactive design, application development and user experience strategy are a few of the services offered by Fresh ID. More information about the company is available at http://freshid.com and http://intefy.com.
Event Camp was born out of an online Twitter group of event professionals called #eventprofs. This passionate group of planners and suppliers started meeting online and participating in Twitter chats every Tuesday and Thursday. Over time the community grew and eventually, one year later, Event Camp was born on February 6, 2010 in New York City. More information about the group and this year’s event can be found at http://eventcamptwincities.com.
“I’m very excited to attend and present at this event,” states Qualls. “The face of conference and meeting technology has completely changed over the past few years. I look forward to sharing what we have learned by working with event professionals all over the world and am eager to hear from the other industry thought leaders on what they predict will be the experience for future trade shows, conferences and seminars.”
Qualls will be speaking during the “Pecha Kucha” session on Thursday afternoon. Her presentation will highlight how to build an event brand, grow the event community and create an ongoing attendee experience that lasts once the event ends. The session is designed to deliver fast paced, focused presentations that share many ideas and content quickly.
Event Camp Twin Cities is the second live event to be created from the Twitter chat, #eventsprofs. The first event was held last year in New York City, NY.
When asked about this year’s event, co-founder Samuel J. Smith stated, “We have designed this year’s event around four key words; Social, innovation, collaboration and experimentation. For each element that we added to the event, we examined it against those four key words. We wanted to make sure that we held true to our promise.”
Highlights in this year’s program include; Trying new collaboration formats such as Pecha Kucha, business games and digital scavenger hunts, an opportunity to see the latest meeting technology such as Livestreaming and social media tools firsthand and discussions on the social and digital future of events led by executives from BizBash and INXPO.
In addition to the event in Minneapolis, there will be remote sites in Basel, Switzerland and Dallas, Texas. The event will be streamed online for free, and online attendees will be able to view presentations and participate with other event attendees through Intefy by visiting http://intefy.com/eventcamptc.
More information about the event can be found at http://eventcamptwincities.com and http://meetingsreview.com/news/2010/09/01/Tomorrow_s_events_technology_today.
About:
Fresh ID helps businesses around the world expand their business and reach their goals. By understanding companies from the inside out, Fresh ID designs intelligent solutions and products specific to what clients need in order to do business and engage with prospects and customers. Brand identity and monitoring, social media consultation and campaigns, web design, site socialization, interactive design, application development and user experience strategy are a few of the services offered by Fresh ID. More information about the company is available at http://freshid.com and http://intefy.com.
Event Camp was born out of an online Twitter group of event professionals called #eventprofs. This passionate group of planners and suppliers started meeting online and participating in Twitter chats every Tuesday and Thursday. Over time the community grew and eventually, one year later, Event Camp was born on February 6, 2010 in New York City. More information about the group and this year’s event can be found at http://eventcamptwincities.com.
Social Media Panel Discussion for Healthcare Professionals
We are very excited that Fresh ID’s CEO, Lisa Qualls, has been given an awesome opportunity to participate in a social media panel discussion hosted by Meers Advertising at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO on Thursday, June 24. The panel will discuss topics relating to social media strategy as it relates to not only healthcare, but business in general.
Meers Advertising has put together a great panel of local industry leaders for the event including:
- Ben Dillon (@benatgeo), eHealth Evangelist and Co-Owner at Geonetric, a web software solutions company out of Cedar Rapids, IA that focuses on healthcare
- Lisa Qualls (@lqualls4444), CEO for Fresh ID, a Kansas City, MO company focused on experience design and helping businesses integrate technology to expand their brand and improve operational processes and customer communications
- Mike Lundgren (@mglundgren), Partner and Director of Innovation Strategy at VML, a full-service digital marketing agency out of Kansas City, MO
- Mike McCamon (@mccamon), Chief Community Officer at Water.org, a Kansas City, MO based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to safe water and sanitation for communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
Lisa Qualls Named New Fresh ID CEO
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (February 10, 2010) – Lisa Qualls, an 18-year technology and business management veteran, joins Fresh ID, LLC, based in Kansas City, as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Qualls will assume 50% ownership of the company while building upon the solid foundation and momentum achieved by ownership partner and Chief Creative Officer Kristi Colvin. Fresh ID will continue to focus on experience design and helping businesses integrate technology to improve operational processes and customer communications. The appointment is effective immediately.
“I’m very excited about this new position,” explains Qualls. “Fresh ID has a long history of success in creating positive user experience and brand images for companies all over the country. This is a great opportunity for me to add my skills and experiences to an already fantastic leadership and team.”Qualls was previously co-founder and Chief Development Officer for the successful start-up company LightThread, LLC. Responsible for business development, Qualls was instrumental in helping the company achieve profitability within their first year. Prior to LightThread, she held a variety of leadership positions in sales, program management, product development, business integration and executive management. She has successfully built, managed, and consulted on teams with global companies such as Cisco, Sprint, General Electric and John Deere. In addition to her new role at Fresh ID, she is the current President for the Social Media Club of Kansas City and serves as an at-large member on the Blue Springs Officials Association executive board. Qualls joins founder and current Chief Creative Officer, Kristi Colvin, at Fresh ID, who has run the company as a sole proprietor since leaving PentaSafe Security Technologies in 2002.
“Many experienced business consultants reach a crossroads of deciding between remaining independent, or changing and growing into a larger company in order to achieve more. After working with Lisa Qualls at LightThread on various projects the past year, the synergy and complementing skills between us were too obvious to ignore. I knew she was the right person to take the helm and help Fresh ID grow into the future, so asking her to join me as a partner and take the CEO position made perfect sense. I have seen firsthand how dedicated Lisa is to our clients success and growth… she continually goes the extra mile for our customers, partners, staff and contractors.”Colvin has created business communications since 1995 for leading software organizations and small-to-medium size start-up companies and worked for many Fortune 500 organizations as a consultant in addition to leading teams at PentaSafe and SigmFlow Software as User Experience Manager. From a foundation in print design and retail visual merchandising, she added web site design, user interface design and human factors research to her creative skill set. She specializes in applying design thinking and intuitive insight to branded online and offline experiences and emerging technologies. Fresh ID also announces a change of location. The company’s new offices will be located in the Meers Advertising building at 1815 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64108. Fresh ID will officially move to the location on Monday, February 15. Fresh ID helps businesses around the world expand their business and reach their goals. By understanding companies from the inside out, Fresh ID designs intelligent solutions and products specific to what clients need in order to do business and engage with prospects and customers. Brand identity and monitoring, social media consultation and campaigns, web design, site socialization, interactive design, application development and user experience strategy are a few of the services offered by Fresh ID. More information about the company is available at http://freshid.com. Contact: Matt Bartlett Phone: 877-785-3737 E-mail matt@freshid.com
