Here it is… 1131. This was home for some of us for the past week. I’m thankful for our good location, corners are always good! Silas Partners was across from ADRA and next to Gospel For Asia.
There were so many amazing organizations at NRB this year. A few aisles down were some of our new co-workers. This is Mary and Alexis from Trinet. They were a lot of fun!
Monday evening at about 5:00 PM Silas Man was indeed kidnapped by Mary Calvin, a new co-worker of mine.
As Manager of Partner Relations I find it very exciting here in location 1131! Connecting people and helping people to find what they’re looking for is where I get a lot of energy. This is the prime spot for me to be 
People are everywhere and talking with organizations and ministries that can help one another. There are a lot of people that I’ve talked with today who have a real heart for the gospel, and that encourages me tremendously. This morning Jamey and Pete from Precept stopped by for a while - and they are really excited about the launching of their new site. They both told our staff to push them to keep moving the project along. It’s going to be great! They are good people!
This is Silas Man checking in for the day This morning went well. Unfortunately, the camera crew experienced some technical difficulties, I’m hoping to get a photo or 2 up by the end of today. It was great to interact with such great people at the press conference. There were a lot of questions about my role here at the conference.
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(Saturday Afternoon) I made it back to the hospitality suite after my Creating an Integrated Web Strategy to find Fedor and Silas Man (and everyone else.) We needed to get the booth set up in the few hours I had available before my session prep with the panel for the ‘Is your site a bust or a must; website critiques‘ or something like that. Our booth location is great on the exhibit hall floor (I believe it is 1131 for those of you reading this while at NRB…please stop by and Read more >>
It’s about 1:00 PM now here at NRB. This morning was a good church service with Michael Easley. He spoke on Hebrews 12: . It was good to be in a setting with so many people from different denominations and areas of the country. And, thankfully - there was a Starbucks! Yesterday was pretty busy with meetings for a lot of our staff and the opportunity to see so many of our clients that I’ve only heard on the phone or heard about from my co-workers. Of course, it’s always a blessing to see Bob and Amy from Truth For Life. As I’m typing this in our booth that opened a little over an hour ago, it’s good to see people talking with each other. It’s good to see ADRA directly across from us. Our new co-workers from Trinet are a few rows away from us, and we are excited about this opportunity and the time that we get to share with them here at NRB. It’s time to meet with some new people - and where is Silas Man you may be wondering. He is actually taking a nap for now - and Mary, my new co-worker has said she really wants to take Silas Man home with her. So, I’m on the look out - she may try to kidnap him after his press conference later on today!
We got to the Orlando Convention Center pretty early to get to the hospitality suite, and for me to meet, in person finally, Todd Baker from Masterworks who I was co-presenting with at the first educational session. Like all convention centers, this one is pretty huge and even before we made it to the suite I was tired. Many other conventions going on at the same time. Some Tae Kwon Do thing, a “Magical Classic” (no idea what this is,) some Monster Truck thing, and a few thousand little Goth kids running around in Hall C at MegaCon (I think some online gamer/sci-fi/anime thing.)
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The morning prior to our departure from the Silas Partners office wasn’t the flurry of activity I was told it had been in the past. Only one minor setback; the invitations for the Silas/Trinet Merger Meet and Greet that were to be printed on business cardstock gave the printer some problems. But, that was nothing Katy couldn’t fix with a screwdriver and some patience. I never new a printer could be such a complex piece of machinery with so many teeny tiny springs – it’s like a huge watch that makes color copies.
Duncan and Silas Man had some good times while on the plane. It was cool to hear how Duncan encouraged Silas Man - this was his first NRB Convention. Silas Man did get some rest on the flight and listened to his iPod. I think I heard him singing the “Technology Song” that Kip sang in Napoleon Dynamite. He’s hilarious!
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