Ever wondered how people make money blogging? Ever just wondered what a blog is?? Check out this presentation to have all of your questions answered by an experienced, successful blogger: Cheri of TheWateringMouth.com

Cheri Parrag is the owner of fun, food blog and restaurant review site called The Watering Mouth. She has been blogging for 4 years and has just recently created this new creative venue to talk about food non-stop and check out some local eats! Your one-stop site for food talk, restaurant reviews, recipes, videos, tips and tricks!

Online video is hot! This session will be demonstrating tips and techniques of using the free tools of Audacity and Jing to create digital audio and screencasting video content ready for your website, YouTube, embedding in emails, or online storage. Narration and Video abilities in PowerPoint 2012 will also be demonstrated along with the new version of SnagIt.  A free copy of SnagIt will be given away.

Videos can be used for student feedback; helping your mother remember what to click next when you aren’t with her; digital memory keeping; demonstrations; training; marketing of ideas, self, products/businesses; and for just plain fun.

Marcia Berkey is a full-time online professor of the Management of Information Systems for South University Online. She has also taught full-time in the technology field for Keiser College, University of Sarasota (now Argosy University) and Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida and she was a corporate trainer for FCCI Insurance Company in Sarasota. She is a geek wanna-be and loves life and learning and all the people (family, friends, and  caring people) all along the way.

David Adkins, the Herald-Tribune’s director of digital technology and development, will discuss the dynamic expansion of the HT’s digital footprint and the traction that development has gained for the 87-year-old company, even in one of America’s oldest cities.

Cool Mobility = Mobile productivity. Mobile applications enable us to have instant access to information anywhere, anytime. But, what about confidential data?  How do we secure and audit mobile devices? This presentation will provide a streamlined approach to understanding and auditing endpoint security on mobile devices.

James Tarala is a principal consultant with Enclave Security and is based out of Venice, Florida. He is a regular speaker and senior instructor with the SANS Institute as well as a courseware author and editor for many SANS auditing and security courses. As a consultant, he has spent the past few years architecting large enterprise IT security and infrastructure architectures, specifically working with many Microsoft-based directory services, e-mail, terminal services, and wireless technologies.

He has also spent a large amount of time consulting with organizations to assist them in their security management, operational practices, and regulatory compliance issues, and he often times performs independent security audits and assists internal audit groups to develop their internal audit programs. James completed his undergraduate studies at Philadelphia Biblical University and his graduate work at the University of Maryland. He holds numerous professional certifications.

Dan Sherman, author of Maximum Success with LinkedIn, will be covering how to grow your business with LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking site. Dan will cover growing your network, contacting partners, clients and investors, leveraging LinkedIn groups, and establishing a worldwide brand. He will show you how to get business to come to you by being seen as the expert in your field. Dan is president of Linked Success; his site is at http://www.linkedsuccess.com.

Lean Startup is more than a cliché, it’s a mind set and strategic approach that comes with both pros and cons.  Chris will discuss his approach and how he applies it to the startups he is involved in.  He will provide current examples within his first fund, a $200,000 fund that has spent $70K to date and has 5 companies that are active, revenues and growing in under 5 months.  You will learn the good and the bad, how it saves capital, where he found failure and how he made changes to ensure success.

Mr. Abbott has created the foundation for numerous entrepreneurs’ to deploy their technology and business in the digital landscape. He has become a well known as a speaker and an expert on using lean startup techniques to evaluate, launch and grow an idea efficiently while reducing risk and exposure. With his diverse background as an inventor, investor and entrepreneur, Mr. Abbott is able to leverage his startup abilities to help other entrepreneurs reach their goals.

Currently, he is Managing Partner of the Abbeton Accelerator Fund, LLC. AAFI provides technical expertise and funding for business ideas that seek to merge software with brick and mortar business to create disruptive technology and change a market.

Prior to starting AAFI, Mr. Abbott developed a model called the Business Enterprise Community which allowed entrepreneurs to function as an entity independent of each other while focusing on providing the resources of a national brand. This concept was developed over several years and is now being deployed under the name Soho Seed.

Mr. Abbott graduated with an electrical engineering degree from the Virginia Military Institute. He is currently completing his MBA at the University of South Florida.  He serves on the Boards of Abbeton Accelerator Fund and Ryntal.

Chris lives in Sarasota Florida. He has been has been a frequent speaker and lecturer on business at area universities. He competes in regional distance and endurance races.

Dan McGaw has worked with digital crowds for over 10 years and has helped influence millions of decisions. His experience working with social media dates back to when there was no such thing. With experience working with large and small firms, Dan has a well-rounded marketing background.  Dan enjoys sitting on the couch and watching House with a nice glass of soda water. Dan’s company is Tabbed.co, and you can reach Dan via email: Dan@tabbed.co.

Writer, video blogger, co-creator of a Trademarked cartoon sports personality and publisher of a best selling series of children’s books and music, Maura Sweeney embodies a woman who’s developing her influence in middle age.

A former corporate businesswoman and home schooling mom, Maura has embraced her second chapter of life by creating and promoting entertainment properties that positively impact culture. And, she’s doing it through both traditional and new media platforms.

The self-avowed law school escapee has traveled the globe. In addition, Maura has addressed audiences from mothers of preschoolers and Spanish speaking school children to business professionals, political action groups and incarcerated teens. Her broad perspective and sharp insight make Maura an engaging and entertaining public speaker as well as voice for anyone seeking more out of life.

Maura’s passion for inspiring others to live their best life at any age is reflected in her soon-to-be released book, Mastering the Art of Happiness by Maura4u.

Maura and her husband Jim, who are now working for the third time together, have been married for over 30 years. They have one daughter who is a graduate student at Harvard.

Do you have unfulfilled dreams? Is there a desire buried deep in your heart that is slowly dying? Has life beaten your dreams out of you? Has discouragement, distraction, mediocrity, procrastination, laziness, busy-ness or just downright disappointment caused you to give up?

Think back to your childhood… back to the time when life hadn’t yet beat you up, before you’d been told what is and isn’t possible, before your relationships, career path or other choices caused you to end up where you are today.

Remember when you believed in your dream? Remember thinking you could do it?

David Johnson believes you still can. And he believes now is the time for you to: • Write that book
• Start that business
• Create that new product
• Bring that invention to life
• Proceed with that new service

David will show you how to dig up your buried dreams, dust them off and propel them to reality. He’ll show you why there’s never been a better time in history or in your lifetime to start and pursue the fulfillment of your deepest dreams and desires.

If you’re not living out your passions… if you feel like there’s more… if your career or business is stagnating, you won’t want to miss this session!

David G. Johnson is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first business at 18 and has been passionately focused on serving the needs of business owners & entrepreneurs ever since. In 1998, he launched Epiphany Marketing, which has produced millions of dollars in revenue for its clients through coaching, consulting, training and an array of strategic marketing services. Most recently, David founded Nourish The Dream, a strategic platform for developing, equipping and training entrepreneurs. David is a sought-after speaker who stirs people up to identify and realize their dreams!

Doug’s talk will cover three topic areas:
A. The global demographic – Elongated life
B. What will they need? – The Boomers
C. Aging in Place with Dignity and Independence

Doug’s current business activities include being an Ambassador for Young Entrepreneurs of Sarasota (YES), a founding member of Launchpad55+ – an incubator for creative entrepreneurs, and I facilitate an organization called Continuing the Conversation (CtC). CtC is a large group of citizens in Sarasota County who are preparing for the advent of The Institute for the Ages, a “think and do tank” to study the most advantageous way for individuals and communities to support vital aging. We have seven active citizen based Work Groups as follows: Healthcare, Brain Health, Caregivers Groups, Housing, “Work matters! Money matters!” , Creative Art Vitality, and Internet/Technology Uses.