Here at TVG, at the end of each week we receive an email from @KellyFerrara called the “Friday 5.”  The Friday 5 emails recap the big news of the week, our successes and what’s coming up in the week ahead for our team.
So why am I telling you this? Well to kick off 2010, the [...]

The unexpected happens most every day in our lives. It could be a nice surprise, like your significant other cooking dinner after a long day at the office. It could be trying something “old,” that is “new” again, like Pepsi Throwback and having that taste bring back memories of when you were younger. [...]

For those of you who still think social media is just a fad that will eventually fade away, don’t try selling that idea to members of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) – St. Louis, or to regulars of Social Media Club – St. Louis (SMCSTL) events. I attended two successful events last week [...]

Last week Google released the buzzed about “Google Wave” communications platform that has been touted as a revolution to the way we communicate.  (I know what you’re thinking- more change? I’m still catching up with all this new social media communications!)
Essentially Wave combines e-mail with all other social media and online communications: chat, blogs, photo/video-sharing [...]

You may have seen stories in the news this week about a typhoon in the Philippines on Saturday that caused devastating flooding, inundated the capital city of Manila, left nearly 2 million people struggling to clean up their homes and displaced at least 300,000 residents. The death toll stands at 246.
Although on [...]

When you think about what areas are driving the trends in social media, you usually think east coast or west coast, but who knew that St. Louis is becoming the rising star of social media hubs, right here in the heart of the Midwest?
Last week I attended two well planned, successful events discussing social media, [...]

You can follow someone on Twitter, request friendships on Facebook, and now you can Glympse™  your friends and family. What is Glympse™ you ask? It’s a new technology that allows you to send “Glympses” to your friends and family letting them know where you are at any time, in any place. It’s a mobile location-sharing [...]

The Vandiver Group is now in its 16th year. Our staff is plugging away to not only keep TVG, but our clients, ahead in these tough economic times.
First, I am excited to announce the launch of our newest Web site, www.vandivergroup.com. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to explore [...]

It’s a concert. It’s a series of commercials. It’s a football game.
And it is a social media experience!
Last night, for the first time in years, I watched the entire Super Bowl. From the opening songs performed by Faith Hill and the amazingly talented Jennifer Hudson through the Boss’ rocking performance to [...]

A crisis is one of the trickiest things that companies, organizations and municipalities can be forced to deal with. That is why the majority has such a hard time doing it right. Why is that?
First and foremost, there is never enough information in a crisis. In this internet-age, 24-hour news [...]