Greetings, Social Media Enthusiasts!

Leave a message here to find and network with peer club members who live or work in the Southeast Region, including these states:

AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN

You’ll find me in both the SE Region and International Region Forums, having lived in both Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Republic of Georgia (former Soviet Union), but made these seven regional forums so we could all network with those who work or live close by.

The seven forums include the International Region and six for the USA: NE, SE, MIDWEST, SW, MTN, WEST. Please help your neighbors find these regional forums so we can all help each other find each other! Thanks for your help.

Happy Networking!

Robin Carlisle

@atlantarobin Great. Robin, Two-timing GA girl! WePay.com has a contribution part to their website that also has 3 other parts: store, send invoices, collect bills. You could set up an account to raise money for the school.

@atlantarobin I did, and don’t know what happened to it…here goes again: 

@deairby
I just knew it! You are sooo my kinda gal! So glad to meet you on here. If you’re ready for another exchange student, I’ve been a Community Coordinator since 2006 for PAX Academic Exchange. This year, I went through all kind of training to qualify as a FLEX Cluster Leader (Future Leaders Exchange). This is the program sponsored by the U.S. State Department (yeah, Hillary’s my ultimate boss) where students from former Soviet Union countries (including the other Georgia) compete in a year long competition for leadership scholarships paid for by our US government for them to attend a year of high school here.

President Daddy Bush set this up after the Soviet Union crashed to insure we’d always be friends in the future. Having taught in former Soviet Georgia, I know what a HUGE deal this is for students to compete for these scholarships. I had a few of my Georgia students get on the alternate list and became good friends with a former FLEX student and her teacher mom there. After they return to their own country, the FLEX program keeps going on and on, and these students are truly well-respected leaders in their communities. It’s an amazing program… if you or someone you know might be interested, let me know. Since FLEX is a leadership training program, too, we have to place these students in clusters of three, living and going to schools reasonably near to each other so Cluster Leaders can meet with them together once a month. They don’t have to go to the same school, just be where it’s convenient to meet in the middle once a month. On the other hand, PAX handles not only the FLEX students, but students from countries all over the world as well.

But then again, I bet you’re a cluster or community coordinator for a nonprofit exchange yourself! Small world, huh?

So glad we were able to find and network with each other here.

If you see others in the Clubs from our region, please ask them to stop by here and add their name, links, and information.

This is also a great place to return and add links for local and regional events, groups, associations and anything else that may be helpful to those in our area. I’ll go grab the link for the social media association in Atlanta and see if there are any more in our area.
 
Happy Networking yall!

awesome! can’t wait @atlantarobin

Had a request today from a member who wanted to find others in their Region, so posting this to bump it back up. Please leave your info here so others can find you. Happy Networking!

I think this regional thread is a great idea!  I am the online marketing specialist for a pest & termite control company in Atlanta, GA.  Our corporate office is located in Marietta, GA but we have 17 service centers across Georgia and Tennessee which service GA, TN, SC, and AL.  We have a very strong and loyal customer base but have difficulty building our following online.  Our biggest obstacle is that pest control isn’t a glamorous topic; people don’t want to hear or think about it until they need our services.  As marketers, our job is to give the customers interesting information and keep them engaged so that when they do need us they will remember to “call Northwest”.  I’m looking forward to being a part of this group!

Hi Everyone!  I grew up in Columbus Ohio and was transferred to Brunswick GA in 1986.  I had managed offices, worked for a court appointed receiver, worked for a petroleum company, worked for Coca-Cola, sold real estate and applied for a job as an Innkeeper with Knights Inn a Division of Cardinal Industries.  I opened new Inns in Pittsburgh and Washington PA before being transferred to the South.  Major culture shock!  I managed the Knights Inn in Brunswick and opened one in Savannah and another in Pooler.  I went to Jacksonville, thought I had the perfect job…ever been there?  Within 6 months I was unemployed.  Came back to Brunswick to what is now the Embassy Suites as the Director of Sales & Marketing and Assistant Manager.  I did what I was supposed to do fill the hotel and they decided to cut staffing.  I had been planning tours for tour buses staying at the hotel and decided that I could do that on my own.  20 years later I’m still at it.  I am what is called a Receptive Operator – planning tours including hotels, dinners, sightseeing and attractions.  I have approximately 16 Tour Directors who work for me in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.  I also plan tours in other parts of the country, wherever my clients want to go.  I have really gotten into the social networking and spend roughly 2-3 hours daily on it.  I read everything I can get my hands on relating to it and am starting to put into play some of the things I have read.  I have become quite the student and love it!  Something new and different is always a challenge to me.       After reading all that everyone does I think I can learn allot from all of you and am willing to share the things I know.  This group sounds wonderful!   Love the prospects of people with the same interest besides “work”.  Look forward to talking with all of you.  I’m in the Atlanta area frequently when I have groups – perhaps those of us there could meet for coffee.  Til later….

Bumping up all the regional forums again… so new members can see them and sign in, too. Happy networking!

I am originally from Eufaula, Al.  The historical town with tree-lined streets & a large lake that you go through if you are traveling from Atlanta to Panama City.  Our historical district was filmed for the movie, “Sweet Home Alabama.”  I have been living in Phenix City, AL for 9 years.  Phenix City is across the river from Columbus GA, the 3rd largest city in the state of GA & home to Aflac Ins.  I am President & owner of Fort Benning Area Guide, LLC, a community support system for the families of Fort Benning.  Military families & civilians ask questions on my facebook page & others respond.

**Soon, we will have Whitewater Rafting available on the Chattahoochee River between Phenix City & Columbus. 
**Callaway Gardens is a great place to visit (between Atlanta & Columbus).

Please check out this lip dub video from an area HS.  I got to help the teacher recruit “local celebrities.”  It was a great way to give back. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4knk93sYEM