Nick Armstrong

Blogger, Business adviser, Business leader, Business mentor, Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Idea generator, Marketer, Parent, Producer, Project manager, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, Web guru, Writer/Editor

I'm a dad, author, speaker, audio drama enthusiast, and serial entrepreneur. My day job is to make marketing fun for small business owners through WTF Marketing. I've advised mom-and-pop shops as well as Fortune 100's on marketing and technology, including several multi-million dollar businesses right here in Fort Collins. I introduced Northern Colorado and Fort Collins to TEDx, establishing TEDxFoCo on June 25th, 2011. I hosted 3 separate TEDxFoCos since then placing 26 of Fort Collins' best minds on a global stage. Together with my buddy Kevin Buecher, I brought LaidOffCamp (later CareerCamp) to Fort Collins 9 times, helping hundreds of job seekers find hope in the recession economy between 2009 and 2011. I also introduced PodCamp to Fort Collins in 2010. I've also served as an advisor to the boards of TEDxCSU and TEDxFrontRange and spoke at TEDxFrontRange in Summer 2015.

My work for the Poudre River Public Library District helped to increase Library-card-using households in Fort Collins to 58% in 2014, up from 46% in 2013 - a 12% increase. Our work also helped to increase digital circulation (ebooks, audio books, downloads) by 30% and database usage by 37%. Alongside my buddy Nathan, I'm building Fort Collins Comic Con to benefit the Poudre River Public Library District in an effort to raise over $15,000 for the Library and encourage youth literacy. I also love to give people a soapbox and a forum to share new ideas. That's why I'm the co-organizer and curator of Ignite Fort Collins, a speedy presentation event of awesome topics featuring folks from the Fort Collins community. We've had 232 talks from the community over the last 6 years, several of which have gone viral.

Changing the language you use around failure creates much better possibilities for success and incremental progress.

Audio Drama, Failure, Innovation, Marketing Strategy, Storytelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COsiqMJuf7Y (my TEDxFrontRange talk!)

Painting!