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I have many more posts coming about building communities and how to culture hyperlocal projects. Creating and fostering community is not only a cornerstone of an effective web strategy for business, it’s a vehicle for revolutionizing media and building social connections. More on these thoughts later, but for now I want to share a couple videos discussing community building.

First up is my semi-drunken babbling at Ignite Des Moines where I discuss building hyperlocal communities online… Slides will be posted at a later date…

video courtesy Chris Punke and Andrew Roger (View HD Quality)

Our second video is from Ben Huh, who built thriving communities in I Can Has Cheesburger and a favorite of mine - The Fail Blog. This is Ben’s talk from the Future of Web Apps Expo 2008.

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This week’s Friday Video is Nathan Wright’s presentation from last week’s Ignite Des Moines.

courtesy Andrew Roger with RockIowa

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Our good friends at CreateWowMedia put together this excellent video of the Ignite Des Moines event we had last week…

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Last night Impromptu Studio hosted the first Ignite Des Moines in their coworking space. It was a HUGE success at around 70 people. There was free beer provided by Olde Main Brewery. There was an Egg Catapault contest and in the end “150 second” mock presentations.

If you are unfamiliar with the Ignite platform it is meant to be a fun gathering of tech/entrepreneur community. These events are held all over the country so you should look into attending one. The premise is to have a group of presenters perform what I call “shotgun” presentations. Basically you get 20 slides that are rotated automatically every 15 seconds. It’s a lot more difficult than it sounds.

Here I am presenting on building hyperlocal communities… And, yes - I am drinking a beer while presenting… So what?

photo courtesy Justin Carlson

There were presentations about a broad range of topics, including…

• 20 Things Des Moines Needs Now!, Nathan T. Wright
• Hyperlocal Localization, Andy Brudtkuhl
• 10 Legal Issues That May Shut Down Your Website, Brett Trout
• Networking for Nerds, Justin Brady
• Nerd Herding, Tony Bibbs
• Homelessness in Des Moines: Why You Should Care, Claire Celsi
• How to Keep Your Business Out of Court, Rush Nigut
• Position Yourself for Success, Brant Ausenhus

More media coming soon… Pictures and videos are being uploaded as I type… Tune back into this post or this bookmark feed for more coverage on this kick ass event.

I also want to let everyone know if you are in Des Moines, Impromptu Studio is offering *FREE* coworking for the entire month of November.

Pictures
- Juice Coverage
- Justin Carlson Flickr Set
- Impromptu Studio Flickr Set

Video
- Ignite Des Moines Video Experience - CreateWowMedia

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October 29th will be a special day here in the midwest as the Highlight Midwest Conference debuts. This FREE event will highlight some of the greatest entrepreneurial, new media, and web gurus from some of the finest cities in all the land - Des Moines, Omaha, and Kansas City (aka the next Silicon Valley, err Silicon Prairie :-) )

This day long event in our “flyover states” will be segmented in two parts. The first part of the day will be “focused highlights” which include demos and presentations from of the great companies that you’ve never heard of (but definitely need to). The second part of the day is a formal reception at the Kauffman Center featuring reps from each of these great cities to explain what the web means to their cities and how it is creating change.

If you are in the midwest and are into the web, social media, or are an entrepreneur YOU NEED TO COME.

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Twitter @highlightmw
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Rob Jensen - Highlight Midwest: Oct 29 in Kansas City
Jeff Slobotski - Highlight Midwest - October 29th

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