The Blog of Tammy Camp, a Serial Entrepreneur, Lifehacker, Kiteboarder and Adventure Traveler.

Road Trips are Awesome. So is #sxswsf and RoadChallenge.com

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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The day is finally upon us. Early this morning, me and my three new best friends piled into a Chevy Equinox, and embarked on a competition road trip to Austin, TX for the SXSW interactive conference.

This isn’t just about driving, though. We’ll be following clues from location to location, and taking on 50 fun “challenges” along the way. For example, we’ll be stopping by an animal shelter to walk the dogs, getting a group of people to sing a famous song, taking a picture with a police officer, and many more.

As we complete these challenges, we’ll be documenting them on the South Florida SXSW Chevy Road Challenge site at http://roadchallenge.com. The competition between teams (it’s us, South Florida, against 7 others) won’t be decided by who gets to Austin first, but rather, who completes the most challenges, and gets the most buzz created around their posts. Kind of like Amazing Race 2.0.

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Let’s Get Naked: My Take on Transparency Online

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” – Dr. Seuss

Up until recently, the concept of transparency was little more than a buzzword for me. I wasn’t completely comfortable revealing certain things about my life online, and kept my personal life mostly private in favor of the professional.

However, starting this blog, being more active on social networks (like twitter and facebook), working on a posterous lifecasting site and receiving encouraging insight from English entrepreneur, Ben Way (@BenpbWay), I’ve slowly started to become more comfortable with online transparency.

It’s gotten to the point where I’m actually known for my transparency, and have become an advocate for getting naked… um, I mean, sharing about yourself online.

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What is Your Lifeline? How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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How well do you know yourself?

I thought I knew the answer to this question pretty well… but I was quite shocked once I made my lifeline during a training session I attended for the Entrepreneur’s Organization.

What is a lifeline?

A lifeline is a way to map out significant milestones in your life. It’s a way for you to get insight into the events that shape the person you are, and share it with others. Lifelines are a great exercise to get to know other people, and for others to get to know you in a high-paced environment.

I really encourage everyone to do this exercise if they haven’t yet, or haven’t done so within the past 5 years. For me, I know many things were uncovered that I had buried in a time capsule. Time to crack it open.

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One Word Barometers

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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One-word exercises are fun, and often insightful. A person’s answers can tell a lot about them. My favorites are yes, chocolate, and fuck (usually one of the three apply).

It’s also helpful to know how you’re feeling each day — monitoring your experience can help you make better decisions, and be a better leader.

So tell me in one word… “How are you feeling?”

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SXSW 2010 Adventure Road Trip – Now Accepting Applications

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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Tammy Camp (i.e. me) is now accepting team member applications for her SXSW 2010 Adventure road trip, sponsored by Chevy.

The Challenge

A series of clues will guide the South Florida Chevy Adventure team to the SXSW conference/festival, and we will be participating in a number of scavenger hunt style challenges along the way. The road trip will be a competition between the South Florida team and seven others from across the country.

Telling the Story

Chevy will provide our team with FlipCams to document the journey. We’ll create and use a central lifestreaming site – http://chevysxsw.posterous.com – that will capture the content for all the teams. Each team will be required to aggregate proof of their missions on the lifestreaming page via text, video, or photos.