Empowering Communities Here and Abroad
I had only been working at McNary Marketing & Design for a month when the opportunity to travel to South Africa was presented to me. The trip to South Africa encompassed two things I like: giving back and exploring new places. Considering I was new, asking off for a two week vacation seemed like a [...]On the Lookout for Awesome People
Since 2014, McNary Marketing & Design has grown from a one-man show to a team of innovators. We love marketing and technology and are eager to do more in this industry, while helping our clients do less. As we continue growing, bringing on more clients and helping more companies leverage the exploding world of marketing [...]#Flood2016 showed the best of Cedar Rapids
When faced with a flood, Cedar Rapids banded together It’s not often that you get to fight Mother Nature and win. But that’s what happened in Cedar Rapids in the last week of September. As floodwaters approached a near-historic crest, the entire city mobilized to protect homes and businesses. The remote home office It truly [...]How can you use Digital & Social marketing? ∙ my talk at AAF CR-IC Education Day 2015
On April 7,2015 I spoke to student in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as part of AAF: CR-IC EDUCATION DAY. The event paired upcoming area students with Eastern Iowa’s marketing professionals to learn, meet, and share ideas regarding our craft. I was asked to “wake up” the students with the opening talk titled “DIGITAL MARKETING MATTERS”. I […]
Leveraging Google to power your ideas in Iowa
Are you a… Entrepreneur interested in using Google tech to enable your offering? Developer wanting to explore what Google’s ecosystem? Businessperson wanting to leverage Google’s array of products/services? You said yes to any of all of these? Read on… Cedar Rapids Google Developer Group Launch On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 6PM, I’m proud to be hosting Eastern […]
CoderDojo returns — add coding to your kid’s school curriculum
CoderDojo, the international movement of kids coding clubs for kids 5-17 years old, is returning to Cedar Rapids this Saturday, September 6th, just in time for the start of another academic year. The Cedar Rapids rendition began last Spring, when a rag-tag group of tech and developer dads got it off the ground and saw immediate […]
The workplace is changing: Workplace Revolution
I’ve worked in non-profit, corporate, and now self-employment environments in the last 15 or so years and during this time one thing has remained true: change. Aggressive change has been seen in technology, services, client needs, and employee work. Perhaps the largest changes has been in our workplace expectations – including mine. This week in Cedar Rapids an […]
Learning to trust, collaborate, be authentic, believe, & do at EntreFEST
Thanks to Bart Schmitz (@bschmitz14) for snapping this photo of me presenting "Taking Your Email Inbox From Ridiculous To Inbox Zero" on Thursday of EntreFEST. Download the slides of that talk. Last week in Iowa City, EntreFEST 2014 entertained around 500 entrepreneurs, business people, and community members who shared an interest in innovative business ideas [...]Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids “The Movie” from Cycle Studios
A few weeks back, our pals over at Cycle Studios released their short film documenting this Winter’s first ever Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids. I can say from firsthand experience, Will Lenzen Jr. and his team were all over the event, start to finish, recording all elements of the happenings. I have no idea how they […]