Will There Be An Indy 500 Social Media Command Center
One of the biggest months of the year is coming up in Indianapolis. It’s time for the Indy 500 which is going to have events throughout May happening in the city. I’m wondering if anyone with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or IndyCar is going to step up to the plate and have a social media command center like that which was available for Super Bowl XLVI.
I think it was pretty well proven how effective and useful a resource like that can be for a large event with lots of attendees.
I believe setting up a permanent command center that could be used for a variety of events would be a good move for the city. Perhaps it could be run by a not-for-profit organization that would be in charge of organizing the staffing, obtaining the resources and managing the space for future events.
What if, as part of any large convention that came to town, the city had this offering of setting up a command center to monitor the social media airwaves and Internet to handle questions, disseminate information and promote the event and the city?
Sounds to me like a great plan! Who’s in?
Race for the Cure Indianapolis
Today the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure took place in Indianapolis. This hit a little closer to home this year for us in that we had a dear friend that was diagnosed and successfully treated and is now cancer free. You can see our friend, her name is Amy, at 2:15 in the video below.
What’s your story? Have you been impacted by breast cancer? Share your story here.
Check out Brain Extravaganza on a Day Trip to Bloomington
As its name implies, this blog is dedicated to the great features of Indianapolis. Usually we talk about the great things going on around here and the latest Indy news. Today, though, I wanted to dedicate a bit of space to our southern neighbor, Bloomington, because frankly, the city has earned a bit of attention with its new plans for the spring. The month of May will mark the beginning of Brain Extravaganza, which artistic brains on display in Bloomington. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is the creator and organizer of the project, whose goal is to raise awareness of the human brain. Brain Extravaganza is likely to entice more people to spend time enjoying Bloomington’s outdoors during the beautiful spring and summer months.
Mastermind Behind Brain Extravaganza
Dr. Jill Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, or brain scientist, and motivational speaker. In 1996, she suffered an unusual kind of stroke, called an arteriovenous malformation. Full recovery took eight years of intense therapy to gain her brain function back. She published her memoirs about her experience in a book called “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
