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20th

Thanks Mitch!

Posted in Business, Indianapolis, Politics by User ImageDouglas Karr at 8:18 pm

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Last week when I attended the technology summit here in Indianapolis, Techpoint, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels opened up the event with a great speech on the positive outlook here in Indiana.

As the Governor was getting interviewed, I stood to the side with Pat Coyle and chatted. This sounds really goofy, but I think there’s an awesome opportunity for social networking and blogging technologies to bring more transparency to our local and regional governments.

I’m sure this might scare the you-know-what out of many people holding esteemed positions, but having a medium that connects tax-payers with tax-spenders would be a phenomenal step forward for government. Rather than confront Mitch with a statement like that, I invited him to send some of his staff to the regional Strategic Online Marketing conference here in Indianapolis - Get Your MBO.

I believe, after hearing the stats and thought leaders speaking about leveraging Online technologies, Mitch and his team may take a closer look at what this could provide them and save the local tax base.

I left Mitch Daniels with my business card and a card advertising GetYourMBO - and today I received this in the mail:Mitch Daniels

That Governor Daniels (I have a hard time calling him Mitch) and his staff took the time to mail me a nice note like this was a nice surprise. I hope it’s not the last time I see the Governor… and I really hope his team sees this and joins us.

Note to the Daniels Team:

If you are planning on attending on December 7th, please contact me directly through my contact form. I promise I’ll save the taxpayers some additional money when you sign up for GetYourMBO!

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