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 [...]

One of the events most affecting the people of St. Louis in 2008 was the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by InBev. It’s too early to know exactly what the impact on the region will be, but we can expect it to be somewhere between significant and profound.*
I was a video producer/project manager in a creative subsidiary [...]

Technology and communications go hand in hand, tech provides wonderful tools that allow us to communicate and interact with one another around the world within milliseconds. Because our industries are so closely intertwined, TVG is taking a look at the past and future of the tech industry through some of the industry’s experts. 2008 proved [...]

Recently, the chief executive officers from the nation’s Big 3 automotive companies were in Washington, D.C. to ask Congress for a $25 billion bailout to save the failing auto industry. Their proposal failed, and not necessarily because of the staggering amount of money that was being requested. The executives didn’t have a very effective plan [...]

President- Elect Barack Obama may have the young people of America to thank for his win over Senator John McCain. Over 22 million voters age 18-29 turned out at the polls for this election, which exceeded the 2004 turnout by at least 2.2 million. The youth of this nation not only preferred Obama over McCain [...]

After a long presidential campaign, if you still have the interest and stamina in following the coverage for just one more day here are some great ideas to use online. Also, if for some reason you are still undecided, here are some tools to help make that final decision. As a follow-up to our [...]