tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168703322012-01-15T23:29:37.026-05:00Welcome to my Personal and Professional Weblog for Missy Schmidt (formerly Melissa Grubbs Blankenship) sharing the best of Hampton Roads and Marketing/CommunicationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger380125http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifMissyBlankenshipsHomepagehttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870332.post-1128196913030886172011-07-01T19:44:00.001-05:002011-07-13T21:53:12.665-05:002011-07-13T21:53:12.665-05:00

MELISSA G. SCHMIDT, “MISSY”Subject Matter Specialist, CommunicationWith over 30 years of experience in marketing, communication and business development, my expertise and talents best accommodate long-term needs, especially with strategic planning and execution, focused on the building of open-ended community-centric win-win relationships.QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:• Public Participation | Community

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Travel notes, in no particular order:Chinese Safety: Brochure

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day Eight (the end, almost)Ah, the early morning bus-ride to the

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day SevenOur last full day in China, so we decided to stay with the

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day SixWe checked out of our Hangzhou hotel and enjoyed the usual

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day Five (I think?)Waking early again for a VERY full day in Suzhou (

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day Four (Saturday in China)Today brought us a very early morning

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day Three (um, really? who knows at this point)Another rainy day and

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day Two (first full day in China)Under a still overcast sky, we

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Day One (and ½)At 4am, we met the rest of our group at the Norfolk

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Bus #3, Passenger #68By Missy Schmidt (Chinese name: “Sweet Lioness” Mandarin naming 蜜狮 Pronounced mee-shee)Traveling to China is a lot like “Amazing Race” with a little “Survivor” thrown in for good measure. The following is a recount of our adventures, a once in a lifetime experience with the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.Prologue: When my former classmate, Meg Pier, and I recently

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During James Madison's first presidential term, the United States conducted its third census in 1810. The population totaled 7.2 million, including 1.4 million African Americans, of whom 1.2 million were enslaved.The population west of the Appalachian Mountains was only 1 million. Can't wait to find out how things have changed in 200 years when the 2010 Census results are published.From James

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The Virginia General Assembly will vote on the governor’s amendments during the scheduled re-convene session on Wednesday, April 21.WHRO needs your help. The need is critical, and it’s urgent. I’m referring to Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposed budget amendments to phase out all state funding for public television and radio over the next four years, beginning July 1, 2010.Under these amendments,

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The world-wide economic crisis, or Great Recession, had no effect on Internet growth. On the contrary, we see growth in all parts of the world during year 2009.The following table shows the estimated population for each geographic region, the number of Internet users, and the penetration rate (this term means the percentage of the population that uses the Internet) in each region. From this table

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Make valuable connections at Regional Day on Thursday, May 6 from 8:00-10:30a.m. at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, Virginia.This inaugural event brings business and civic leaders, government and citizens together to learn more about the region, build relationships, share ideas and celebrate “living regionally” and the comprehensive “Vision” for our region’s economic future.

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My blog post covering the Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transit's Public Hearing on high-speed rail in January was picked up by the Port of Virginia and published in their March-April 2010 issue of Virginia Maritimer. Click on the magazine cover graphic above to download the PDF (36 pages, 2.7MB).Visit the blog to see the original post on SmartRegion.org.

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Public Comment PeriodJanuary 5 - February 5, 2010The Vision Hampton Roads document (draft) was released on January 5, 2010.This is a 30-day public comment period required by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). You can view/download the document, i.e., our regional roadmap, at http://VisionHamptonRoads.com. We encourage you to take the Public Comment Survey and pass this link along to

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"Climate change is a really abstract thing in most of the world. Whether or not you believe in it is based on your sense of whether, for example, it is raining more or it is raining less, on whether it is getting hotter or colder. Or on what the computer models say about this, that and the other measurement? All of that, strip it away. In the world of the arctic and alpine environments, where the

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Looking for signs of life in 2010?√v^√v^√♥(that's an EKG, btw)You can find/follow me over at:Facebook.com/Missy.SchmidtTwitter.com/Missy_SchmidtLinkedIn.com/in/missyschmidtYouTube.com/MissySchmidt08Follow my work at:SmartRegion.orgHRP.orgAnd, if you're a fan of fancy emoticons, symbols and art shapes, check out: http://facebook-emoticons-symbols.blogspot.com/I haven't given up blogging here...

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Yes, Hartford Insurance, I'm coming for you! No, not because of any health care issue, but a customer service issue. And, not even MY customer service issue. It's an issue with literally hundreds of your customers and your customer's customers.Confusing, you say? Explain, you say? Here goes...I moved to Hampton Roads, the 757 area code, in May 2007. I did not want to give up my one and only

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I finally had the opportunity to listen to the 8/31 Hearsay with Cathy Lewis radio show on WHRV via iTunes.Someone called in and blasted the region for the moniker “Hampton Roads” again. It prompted me to share this with Cathy and her staff via her Facebook page and her new blog and now here:Your caller re: "Hampton Roads" prompts me to suggest a future show on Regional Awareness. The

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Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics ...

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by Felix Dennishear the author read the poemI was the better at getting and keeping,You were the better at spend and spend;I was the better at grubbing and heaping,But who was the better man in the end?Yes, who was the better man, my friend?Who was the better man?You were the better with lords and ladies,I was the better at pillaging Troy;You were the better at kissing the babies,I was the better

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I'm missing my family's reunion this weekend... an all day steamed crab eating and cold beer drinking extravaganza. Anyone know where I can pick some great steamed Chesapeake Bay blue crab around Hampton Roads?While I like Dungeness, Snow, King, etc. crab, there's just nothing like Old Bay all over some succulent steamed blue crab.Help!?!?

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Bertel under "DeVine," a human-grapevine hybrid gyrating around Town Point Park!Parade of Sail from atop Norfolk's World Trade Center:The new Town Point Park and tall ships from the Half Moone Cruise Terminal:Bertel and his Independence Day cupcake... his words, not mine...and the pièce de résistance.... an outrageous dual fireworks show!

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