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Green Isn't Easy

Written by twitter member Melissa Cowan right here in Valparaiso

Far too long between posts

... here on Northwest Indiana Blogs.

The region has erupted into the social media world in the last year, and I found myself spending a lot more time posting on my small business consulting site and Porter County Politics.

So a rundown of great things going on in Northwest Indiana right now is in order:

• #nwindiana is the new hashtag being used especially by those familiar with twitter. We went from 15-20 twitter users in March 0f 08 to roughly 600 now!
  
• Along those same lines #nwitweetup is being used by a couple groups to announce tweetups, with Evelyn Bay Coffee, Zao Island and now Passtimes in Valparaiso taking the first three stops. The next tweetup is April 23rd at 7 p.m. at Passtimes in Valparaiso.
• There are so many new blogs, I'm having a hard time knowing how to start getting caught up. If you read this post and you're not listed on the sidebar, please enter your blog in the comments. One new site I noticed today was Cartronix
• The Times and the Post-Tribune are both on twitter and putting more effort into engaging online. Times on twitter. Post on twitter.
• So far still no great radio station working on social media, and television as we all know is miserably unavailable. Lakeshore TV doesn't even post clips of their own shows on their site. This is an area that someone ought to jump on and combine news and multi-media with social media.
  

Enough for now, I'll be back more often in the coming weeks with new finds.

Easter Sunday

NWI Blogger makes Visit Indiana

Jonathan

Jonathan Thomas is a blogger based in Northwest Indiana. He’s passionate about the Indiana Dunes and Lake Michigan and wants to share all the fun possible in the area with the rest of the world. When not blogging for Travel Indiana, he hangs his hat at his Anglophile blog - Anglotopia and Niche Blogger Today. If you want to connect with him, you can contact him on Twitter @jonathanwthomas.

From Visit Indiana Blog

#indiana University Bobby Knight Video

Porter Starke to discuss mental health

From The Times
Porter-Starke Services' Lunch & Learn series will feature the lecture "Indiana's Mental Health Transformation" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 17 at the United Way of Porter County, 951 Eastport Centre Drive, Valparaiso. Carmen Arlt, Robert Franko and Todd Willis of Porter-Starke Services will be the speakers.

Arlt, recovery center director; Franko, vice president of marketing and development; and Willis, children's services director at Porter-Starke Services, will discuss how the transformation process is assessing the current community mental health delivery model and how improvements in practice can be implemented.

Lunch & Learn events are monthly educational seminars featuring informative and practical mental health and wellness topics. Seminar sites rotate between Valparaiso, Portage and Knox and are open to the general public as well as clinicians and educators. Mental Health America of Porter County offers 1.5 continuing education credits for $5.

NW Indiana Tweetup Feb 26th

kathy sipple from Valparaiso has announced all over the place that there will be a tweetup on Feb 26th at Evelyn Bay Coffee in Valparaiso.

From Chris Hedges:

Make history as Northwest Indiana’s Twitter users gather to network and plot to take over the world in 140 characters or less in Valparaiso later this month at Evelyn Bay Coffee on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

Twitter user @kathysipple is the organizer of #nwitweetup, so make sure to follow her for updates

I know I'll be there.

Conservative Cafe in Crown Point

clipped from www.inc.com Elevator Pitch: Conservative Café Wants to Take Coffee Back from Liberals LOCATION: Crown Point, Indiana The Pitch: "Coffeehouses have always leaned to the left. We give conservatives a place to feel comfortable and rally around their values. We have got TVs tuned to Fox News. Our four blends are Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, and Radical Right. Conservative is our top seller, but Liberal, a decaf blend, is popular, too. We serve food and sell T-shirts with slogans like 'Peace Through Superior Firepower.' We are looking to raise capital to begin franchising and bring on an experienced partner. We have received more than 50 requests from prospective franchisees. We would like to start with four stores in 2009, then open 10 more in 2010." FUNDING SOUGHT: $1 million

US Airways Hudson River Plane Crash Video

I posted earlier this week, There's a plane in the Hudson

Here's the video found showing the plane landing in the water and then the passengers getting out on the wings, plane comes in at 2 mins