Great, who let Rocky out to play on the internet?

Since the members of The Central Ohio Network are heart broken about losing its great contacts. We e setting this up as a sort of “lost and found.” Please post a link to your twitter ID and hopefully your friends will find you!

@rockson

P.S. Dont forget to retweet this link!

What a day today, Tweetups, training, reading, family…

Ok, first things first… I just can not keep up with blogging about my Bible reading. I am not sure why… I mis a day and then it goes down hill from there. It also helps when I wake up before 6 am. Maybe someday I can get consistant about Bible Blogging w/reading.

So whats up on the other fronts? What a week, I have started doing some live web training on using social media to build community and passive leads. It has gone well and I have some great clients. The venture can be found here at www.startengagingothers.com.

I have also been working with a partner to bring the Eclipse Opening Roof system to market here in Ohio. This is one awesome roof system. It has louvers that can rotate 180 degrees. If its raining, you are dry, if it is too hot, provide shade, or you can let the sun shine in. This can be found at www.eclipseohio.com.

Yes still working on REO real estate. I have a listing I need to get rid of at www.centralohioreo.com. It is a 4 unit efficency apartment. For some reason it will not move.

Well that is some of what I have been up too business wise. I am looking forward to fathers day and spending it with Dominc and Amanda.

Going to work on posting more in the next few days. Just do not know how I want to use The Rocks On.

We will see!

I need 2 people with entrepreneurial tendency who will work as independent contractors to help with marketing and promotion for live training event I have developed. This is a 2 week project.

The right candidate will have a large established sphere of influence and will be ready to go with little training and motivation. .

This project is commissioned based and pays 20% of gross sales with earning potential up to $300. There will be a GENEROUS bonus for meeting and exceeding registration goals at end of 2 weeks.

Work can be done full or part time. Perfect for someone who is self employed looking to make some extra cash, someone in between jobs, or marketing professional.

Marketing firms will be considered.

Please send resume with references to rocky@vanbrimmer.com.

It only took 2 days and then I became off  kilter for my reading.  I am picking up where I left off.

Reading is in the book of Ezra 8-10 today as following along at www.doinggood.org B.R.E.A.D program for 6.3.08. Questions from readings are also from www.doinggood.org

Chap 8

1.      What did Ezra proclaim at the river of Ahava? (21)

2.      Why was Ezra ashamed to ask for an escort of soldiers? (22)

3.      How did Ezra handle the accounting of the silver and gold brought to Jerusalem? (24-34)

Chap 9

1.      From what had the people of Israel not separated themselves? (1-2) From the people of the lands.

2.      What was Ezra’s reaction when he heard this report? (3-5) Tore his garments and plucked out hair from his head and beard.

3.      To what extent did Ezra say was the guilt and iniquities of Israel? (6-7) They are higher then their head.

4.      How did Ezra consider the punishment of God? (13) Less then Deserved.

Chap 10

1.      Who gathered to Ezra as he was praying and confessing? (1) A large assembly.

2.      What did the Israelites make a covenant to do? (2-44)

 Reading is in the book of Ezra 1-3 today as following along at www.doinggood.org B.R.E.A.D program for 6.2.08. Questions from readings are also from www.doinggood.org.

Questions for Ezra Chapter 1.

1.  Whose prophecy did Cyrus king of Persia fulfill in issuing a proclamation to rebuild the temple? (1-4)
2.  What did Cyrus bring forth that Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Jerusalem? (7-11)

Questions for Ezra Chapter 2. 

1. Who was the first person named as one who went out of captivity? (2)
2. What was the size of the congregation that went out of captivity? (64-65)

 Questions for Ezra Chapter 3: 

1. what did Jeshua and Zerubbabel first build? (1-6)
2. After this what did Jeshua and Zerubbabel begin to build? (8)
3. For what did the people sing, praise and give thanks unto God? (11)
4. What did the old men do who had seen the first temple? (12)

 Thoughts on today’s reading and devotion from The John C. Maxwell Leadership Bible.

 In Ezra 1:1-7 The law of connection applies: The Persian King Cyrus was able to rule people by relating to them.

  I am not saying that anyone is out to rule, however to influence and be an effective leader, you need to be able to identify with the values and hearts of the people you with to influence.

  Per Maxwell, the following factors allowed King Cyrus to connect with the people.

1. Humility: He realized his power cam from God and should honor God (v.2).
2. Responsibility: He felt strongly he should build a place of worship for the Jews (v.3)
3. Empowerment: He allowed those who had a heart to build to fulfill their call (v.3)
4. Resources: He issued a decree to support the builders (v.4)
5. Stewardship: He managed people’s gifts, enabling them to play to their strengths. (v.5)
6. Priorities: He valued what was most important to the people (v.7).

Humility is one thing people find hard to practice, myself included. So often in today’s world we are told to “look in to ourselves” to find the answer. Too many times when I look into myself, I find failure, lack of desire, and self loathing. These attitudes ensnared in the trap of compliancy and out right laziness on my part.

 This morning I have been awake for 1 hour 3 minutes. Already from the conscious choice I made to connect to the Lord through my short prayer time, Bible reading, devotional, and reflections, I feel refreshed and ready to take on the world. 

God is not asking me to do great and powerful things, that’ His Job. Today it is O.K. to realize I am just 1 person who is fragile and of flesh who has a God who can do ALL things.

Have a blessed day!

I admit, I have fallen off the Bible reading wagon for 2008. I think I bit off more then I could chew with trying to read the entire book in 90 days or less.

Over the last few days I have been revisiting and rewriting some goals for the 2nd half of 2008. One of them is to be consistent again with my daily reading and devotionals. This mornings service Pastor Wilson reconfirmed that when we fall, God does not ask us to get up and be twice as good, He just wants us to pick up where we left off.

So, that is where I am starting. I am going to read through using the Bible Reading Enriches Any Day (B.R.E.A.D) prgram found on Brother Arlo Moehlenpah’s website.

I will see you all bright and early in the morning! God Bless and take care.

Futures

Welcome to Friday and the start of the Memorial Day weekend. 

While this is a nice long weekend, I ask you to take time this weekend to fly the American Flag in memory of those who gave their lives in defense of this great country. Also, find a local ceremony that honors those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. 

I know that I will be cooking on the grill this weekend and enjoying time with family and friends.  Also, I will be remembering my wifes cousin PFC Christian D Gurtner, USMC. The first Ohioian to give his life in the Iraq war. It is people like him that make it possible for people like me to enjoy the begining of summer.

 Be good, be safe and come back to see us on Tuesday.    

A Pin Drop

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by
the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example
of empire building’ by George Bush.
He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the United States has sent many
of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return.

Then there was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have
you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended
to do, bomb them?’ A Boeing engineer stood up and re plied quietly: ‘Our
carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred
people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical
power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity
to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several
thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry
half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to
and from t heir flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have? ‘

You could have heard a pin drop.

 What Is A Veteran?

A ‘Veteran’ — whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve –
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made
payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an amount of ‘up to, and
including his life.’

That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today,
who no longer understand that fact.

First and foremost I LOVE LINKEDIN!

Linkedinhas allowed me to connect with many Central Ohioans over the last few months through The Central Ohio Network. Linkedin is also the first place I go when I need a service provider, or looking for someone to partner up with. For example, last month I used my local contacts to help push the “City Vote” on Startup Weekend. Because of those connections, this wonderful event is coming to frutrition in Columbus, Ohio.

Twitter. If you are not on Twitter, then you are missing some of the great topics of Central Ohio. Twitter ask the simple question, “What are you doing?” From what I see, Columbus is doing a lot. So much so that www.zappos.comhas created a page ro4 tracking Columbus Twitter Traffic. http://twitter.zappos.com/Columbus. I do not think it is any accident that I am the #4 “Tweeter” in Columbus. Now I just have to knock that pesky @wyliemac off of his # 2 spot. (Of course @wyliemac being #2 makes for a lot of great jokes!)

 Facebook and Myspace. I have about an equal love for them. They have brought me in to contact with a lot of friends from my youth. As well as old friends from my Drum & Bugle Corp days. I do plan on tweeking both these pages in the next few days to to keep it fresh looking.

ooVoo. This little nifty unknown piece of technology is awesome. It allows you to video conference with up to 3 people for free. I have used this to conduct a webinar, chit chat, and discuss possible business arrangements. Now, if I just get mom on there it would be great.

With all of these pieces of Web 2.0 and more, I am working on building me a media juggernaut to catapult my business and networking in to a whole new level.  Watch out world… The Rocks On Something!

By the way, @kimwood I HATE VISTA!

So there you have it, my places to play in the WEB 2.0 world.

Now, where can I find you?