This episodes very special guests are the Board members of vCommunity Trust Incorporated. The board consists of Paul Valentina (twitter: @sysxperts) whom is the author of sysxperts.wordpress.com Chris Cicotte (Twitter: @Chris_Cicotte) author of Randomelectrons.com Caroline Orloff (Twitter: @corloff) and Tim Oudin (Twitter: @toudin) whom is the author of timoudin.com. Please tune into this special podcast and listen as the vCommunitytrust Board members gives great insight and perspective into:*Creation of vCommunity Trust*vCommunity leveraging social media influence*How to become a Board member*vCommunity Education Trust Fund*How the vCommunity is helping todays youth become IT specialist*Why Paul is a Friend to angry SysAdmins*Caroline's new blog name (exclusive)*How Chris helped Ford Motor Company*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guests and host of this podcast are their personal opinions and not those of their employer.

This episodes very special guest is Jay Livens (Twitter Id: @SEPATONJay). Jay is the Director of Product Marketing at SEPATON. Jay is the author of aboutrestore.com and livens.org. Please tune in to this special podcast and listen as Jay gives great insight and a unique perspective on:*Randy Moss*SEPATON*Dispelling the rumors of the demise of tape backup*New ways of perceiving tape backup*Social Media vs. Marketing slicks*Trade show marketing for value add customer references*Home Backup solutions*Droid Pro*BlackBerry Playbook*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guests and host of this podcast are their personal opinions and not the opinions of their employer.

This weeks very special guest is Reggie Levine (Twitter ID: @LeReg). Reggies is the author of reggielevine.net. Reggie also has a video tech blog on youtube called LeReg's Channel. Reggie was a contributing speaker at Show Me The Blog, St Louis. Please tune in and listen to this very special podcast as Reggie give great insight and perspective into:*Personal Tech Blogging vice company blogging*Why he chose his his speech for the Show Me the Blog Conference, St Louis*Social media lessons learned along the way*Personal Influence*Rewarding experience coaching future stars*Looxcie*Paper.li*and much muchDisclaimer: The opinions of the guests and host of this podcast are their personal opinions and not the opinions of their employers.

This weeks very special guest is Stephen Foskett (@SFoskett). Stephen is the founder of Gestalt IT, CEO of Foskett Services and author of fosketts.net. Please tune in to this very special podcast as Stephen gives great insight and show philosophical depth into:*His unique blogging style*THE most important aspect of social media*Why Companies should tolerate personal branding*Blogger Transparency*Effective corporate blogging*Toastmasters influence*Personal Legacy*Gestalt IT*Tech Field Day*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guests and host of this podcasts are their personal opinions and not those of their employers.

This weeks special guest is Shawn Cannon (@rolltidega). Shawn is the author of shawncannon.com. Tune in and listen to this special podcast as Shawn gives us great insight into:*The origin of his twitter handle*Peer networking*Social Media Influence*Lessons learned for his blog site*Phone Wars*We play Siskel and Ebert*Paranormal Investigation for North Georgia Paranormal Society*and much much more

This weeks special guest is Stu Miniman (@Stu). Stu is the author of blogstu.com and contributor to the Wikibon Blog. Stu is the Principal Research Contributor for Wikibon. Tune in and listen to this special podcast as Stu give us great insight and perspective into:*Program Management for EMC's E-Lab*Product Management for EMC's Support Matrix*VMware's vChassis Vision*OEM Stack Wars *Strained OEM Partnerships*How to effectively translate business value*SeeClickFix App (Really Cool)*and much much more

This week I had the rare opportunity to do something that many tech bloggers haven't had the opportunity to do. I had the opportunity to chat with my favorite Jazz Band, 5th and York. 5th and york, is a premiere Jazz band coming out of the south east. These young men are down to earth and very personable. The members of the band are:George Mason on KeyboardsDerwin Friday on SaxophoneDewarren Tate on BassJohnny Gilliard on DrumsDerrick Friday on Lead GutarTune in and listen to this VERY special podcast as 5th and York gives insight into:*How they got the name 5th and York*How Social Media has changed exposure*Changing views of Smooth Jazz*Each members introduction to music*How they balance work and band life*The follow up album to the chart topping Nascentum (Exclusive)*and much much moreCheck out 5th and York on their homepage 5thandyork.com and Reverbnation.

This weeks special guests are Jamie Pappas (@JamiePappas), Len Devanna (@LenDevanna) and Thom Lytle (@ThomLytle). Jamie is the author of Social Media & Enterprise 2.0 Musings. Len is the author of Confessions of an eBiz Junkie. All three are the maestros of social media integration at EMC. Tune in and listen to this special podcast as Jamie, Len and Thom give us insight into:*How EMCONE is the catalyst to blogging *How social media ties into peoples sense of belonging*How to make social media a value add for you*Social Networking and Your Personal Brand*Jamie's role in social media adoption among women*EXCLUSIVE EMC World 2011 Bloggers Lounge Update*Similarity between Jamie's childhood and mine*Thom's new blog site*and much much more

This weeks special guest is Mark Twomey (@storagezilla). Mark is the undisputed Champ of EMEA for EMC and author of Storagezilla.typepad.com. Tune in and listen to this VERY special podcast as Mark shows great philosophical depth and insight into:*How he and Godzilla merged*Customer interaction*Correlation to Yoda*Etiquette for working from home *THE reason he started blogging*Effective communication skills*EMC Encryption w/Emulex*EMC/Cisco/VMware/Emulex Vblock Coolness*Love of Video Games*and much much moreYou can subscribe/listen to Coffee With Thomas via iTunes.

This weeks special guest is Louis Gray (@louisgray). Louis is the VP of Marketing at My6sense and author of LouisGray.com. Tune in and listen to this two part series as Louis gives great insight and unique perspecitives into:Part 1*Preparation for Paladin Advisors Group role*Social Media missteps by individuals/companies*Best Type of Blogger*My6sense phenomenon*Tweetdeck domination*Why Droid in-spite of Jailbreaking iPhone capability