I recently had the pleasure to speak on behalf of the Chamber newest project called Jax Boldest. I was on the best-of-class show, First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross. You can hear the show here, click the Tuesday button, my segment starts at 23:00, its worth listening to as there are numerous call ins and anecdotes.

Jax Boldest is an interesting look at amazing things that are happening here on the first coast. What has blown me away is the rapid adoption of this contest. Typically video contests and user submitted content projects are slow to gain steam. I thought this might be true of the Chamber’s demographic (formed 1885). Lets face it, many businesses and non-profits are trying to hang in there and probably don’t have a lot of time for self promoting video initiatives. But something different is happening here. There are already dozens of submissions. This is very encouraging. As a firm who is always looking to help innovators tell their story, we have found, at times, Jacksonville can be very comfortable, maybe even reserved about exciting things happening in our area.

We love that the Chamber has dusted off its shoulders (a bit) and is aggressively looking to promote all levels of entrepreneurship and invention and is using an avante-garde approach to illustrating what is so great about who we are and where we call home.

Tonight is the Chamber’s 127th Annual meeting. I’m going as a guest of my great friends over at Content Design Group. I can’t wait to discuss this project with folks and with any luck meet Mr. Kahn!

(TA)