Lara Kretler’s blog

Review of Bel Lago restaurant on Hoover Reservoir in Columbus, Ohio

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Using social media to affect positive change is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Most of you have probably heard me talk about my dog Jack and his recent health struggles. When Jack was stricken with a rare and hard to diagnose chronic illness late in 2008, I found out everything I [...]

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The Great Twitter Sod Giveaway took place on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Read on for details.

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Using social media to benefit nonprofits, raise funds and impact change.

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Why leave Columbus? Check out this list of the top five social media events coming our way this spring and summer.

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Master list of wired public relations (PR) pros in Columbus, Ohio. I’ve set out to create a list of local PR pros online – and give a little link love to my fellow PR practitioners while I’m at it.

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Today marks the first entry in my new series, the Friday Five – a weekly collection of my favorite new or cool web2.0 tools, tips and tricks. It’s named after one of the best times of the week – 5 p.m. every Friday. It’s bitterly cold outside and the economy is still tanking, but there are [...]

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Central Ohio bloggers, PR pros and Twitter fans, it’s good to be us. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 22, is our next official Columbus Tweetup. This one’s being held at Opera Columbus and the food sounds terrific. We even have out of town VIP guests driving down just for the Tweetup. Have you RSVPd yet? If not, you can do that here. [...]

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Editor’s note: Earlier this week, I blogged over at CONet about a free public tech event called Ohio 2.0 and a subsequent private VIP reception known as 2.Ohio, both put on by the Columbus tech community. I was invited to cover the events via my blog and Twitter. What follows are my live-blogged observations edited only for typos or [...]

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