Ronny Kerr

Quiet Lightning began as a monthly, submission-based reading series on December 14, 2009, featuring all forms of writing without introductions or author banter. The series moved around to a different venue every month, appearing in bars, art galleries, a music hall and a bookstore in our first year. Since, we’ve been to night clubs, a greenhouse, a ballroom, a theater, a mansion, a sporting goods store, a pirate store, a print shop, a museum, a hotel, and a cave. We’ve produced 132 shows, and… Show more

Quiet Lightning began as a monthly, submission-based reading series on December 14, 2009, featuring all forms of writing without introductions or author banter. The series moved around to a different venue every month, appearing in bars, art galleries, a music hall and a bookstore in our first year. Since, we’ve been to night clubs, a greenhouse, a ballroom, a theater, a mansion, a sporting goods store, a pirate store, a print shop, a museum, a hotel, and a cave. We’ve produced 132 shows, and since the 3rd have published a corresponding issue of sparkle + blink… featuring, now, 1,566 individual performances from 818 different authors, 112 visual artists, and 64 curators! Our books have been read many times all over the world. Show less

We surveyed 1,000 CFOs, finance directors, and other senior executives in North America and the UK to get at the heart of how high-performing finance teams have adapted to doing business in 2018. The report includes the latest benchmarks and insights from finance professionals, covering every size business from fast-growing startups to innovative enterprises.

The report covers:
• How the finance function has evolved in the new services economy
• Actionable insights to help make… Show more

We surveyed 1,000 CFOs, finance directors, and other senior executives in North America and the UK to get at the heart of how high-performing finance teams have adapted to doing business in 2018. The report includes the latest benchmarks and insights from finance professionals, covering every size business from fast-growing startups to innovative enterprises.

The report covers:
• How the finance function has evolved in the new services economy
• Actionable insights to help make finance teams more customer-centric
• Benchmarks for AI adoption and revenue recognition compliance Show less

As part of our ongoing commitment to serve the financial services community, we are excited to announce the launch of the “Hearsay Social On the Air” podcast.

The podcast is designed specifically for the financial professional, bringing together the latest insights and developments of financial social media solutions covering the entire digital experience.

Hosted by yours truly and Ronny Kerr, Corporate Communications Manager at Hearsay Social, the weekly show will feature… Show more

As part of our ongoing commitment to serve the financial services community, we are excited to announce the launch of the “Hearsay Social On the Air” podcast.

The podcast is designed specifically for the financial professional, bringing together the latest insights and developments of financial social media solutions covering the entire digital experience.

Hosted by yours truly and Ronny Kerr, Corporate Communications Manager at Hearsay Social, the weekly show will feature interviews with our team, customers, partners, industry thought leaders, and trailblazers of social adoption. We will specifically focus on how financial professionals are leveraging social media to connect with customers, attract prospects, and grow their business. Show less

From viral videos to professional photos, news articles to blog posts, status updates to tweets: content is the bread and butter of being a social business. This FREE e-book will help you to simplify and amplify your content marketing strategy. Chapters include:

• Why content matters for the social business
• The importance of tapping into outside resources
• Authenticity and etiquette in social media

As the launch partner for the new Facebook Pages and brand timeline, Hearsay Social is in a unique position to discuss how this exciting format will impact your business. This guide provides you with everything you need to know to begin the transition now. Chapters include:

• The Anatomy of the New Facebook Pages Timeline
• The Five Rules of Cover Photos, and How to Keep It Classy
• Best Practices for the New Starring and Pinning Features
• Tips On How to Tell Your Story
•… Show more

As the launch partner for the new Facebook Pages and brand timeline, Hearsay Social is in a unique position to discuss how this exciting format will impact your business. This guide provides you with everything you need to know to begin the transition now. Chapters include:

• The Anatomy of the New Facebook Pages Timeline
• The Five Rules of Cover Photos, and How to Keep It Classy
• Best Practices for the New Starring and Pinning Features
• Tips On How to Tell Your Story
• Insight into Messaging and the Brand Inbox, and much more Show less

This feels like a focal point.

Based on Facebook’s massive announcements from f8, new features coming to everyone’s favorite social network are about to change the way we interact with media online. While the updates are sure to have users freaking out for a few weeks, that’s nothing new.

The real question is this: what will the social media landscape look like when the dust settles?

Happy Independence Day! Continuing an age-old tradition, we patriotic Americans spent the weekend stuffing our faces with hot dogs, staring at firework explosions in the sky and spending a little quality time with family and friends, all to celebrate the day this country declared its independence.

But, over the past week, I’ve been celebrating my own unique brand of independence: independence from Facebook.

Blocking access to Twitter and Facebook just wasn’t enough for the Egyptian government. Around 11 hours ago--or a little after midnight in Egypt--the Internet went completely dark.

Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but, man, social media is really changing the world. In this article, I look at the 10 biggest social media stories from the past year, including skyrocketing startup valuations, the coming rise of location and the ongoing rise of video, and the suffering of social services like Digg, Google Buzz and Myspace at the hands of Facebook. Unsurprisingly, as the clear king of social media with nearly 600 million users, Facebook features prominently in the… Show more

Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but, man, social media is really changing the world. In this article, I look at the 10 biggest social media stories from the past year, including skyrocketing startup valuations, the coming rise of location and the ongoing rise of video, and the suffering of social services like Digg, Google Buzz and Myspace at the hands of Facebook. Unsurprisingly, as the clear king of social media with nearly 600 million users, Facebook features prominently in the majority of the following stories. Show less

How can one possibly write about the sublime? The sublime in nature is that which overwhelms the mind with such an infinity of awe so as to effectively blur or even blind all the senses, rendering one incapable of understanding the sensations being experienced, let alone the possibility of explaining the experience. Therefore, the sublime is essentially ineffable. One should not even be able to semi-accurately portray the sublime, its definition dictates, because the experience of it transcends… Show more

How can one possibly write about the sublime? The sublime in nature is that which overwhelms the mind with such an infinity of awe so as to effectively blur or even blind all the senses, rendering one incapable of understanding the sensations being experienced, let alone the possibility of explaining the experience. Therefore, the sublime is essentially ineffable. One should not even be able to semi-accurately portray the sublime, its definition dictates, because the experience of it transcends the mind’s abilities of comprehension. Without comprehension, one cannot know where to begin to linguistically place the experience.

Even if a person manages to mirror the sublime through language, as I would argue Melville does in so many portions of Moby-Dick, we, as literary critics, still run into the same problem as we have before. How can one possibly write about how another has written the sublime?

Chapters include:

• Simply Sublime
• Whale as Subset of Sea as Subset of Sublime
• Sitting with Ishmael
• Sitting with Ahab Show less