Interning Mid-Career
The saying goes “you need experience to get experience.” This catch-22 approach to job hunting has plagued just about everyone. Many of us worked for little or no pay in high school or…
Being a Friend.
If you read my blog on a regular basis then you know that I often write about relationships. I usually talk about them in the context of business and helping others for mutual…
A New Season.
Summer is my favorite season. I love warm weather, BBQs, lazy days at the pool and flip flops. In the high-strung, fast-paced northeast, things seems to slow down just a little bit. While…
Making My Vacation Valuable To You
This weekend I went on a trip to Miami Beach with girlfriends, Frannie, Melissa and Melanie. I met Frannie and Melissa in cardio-boxing and this was our first trip together. Melanie, who will…
The Innovation Roller Coaster…Enjoy the Ride.
It’s no surprise that Midori and I, along with our community of colleagues love to push the limits of creativity, try to things and help people, associations, events and companies embrace technology. However,…
Continuing the Conversation: Keeping Conferences Alive.
The first time that I heard about Japanese presentation format, Pecha Kucha was two years ago when I spoke at the Experient E4 event. All of the E4 presenters were asked to participate…
Helping Tim: A B2B Story
Last week at EventCamp Twin Cities, I delivered a 6 minute Pecha Kucha session on the topic of Using Social Media for B2B Marketing. In the short presentation, I told a story about…
The Business of Hugs
I am not usually a hugger. If you ever see me and my sister hug you would laugh. It’s sort of a tap that looks so ridiculous that we have made into a…
SERIOUSLY? “Social Optimization”? Like, really seriously?
Soooo, a few weeks ago, while spending a quiet evening with my WordPress dashboard, I almost choked on my lovely IPA when I came across the section on Social Optimization. In the infinite…
Being Intentional.
I’m here this week in Minneapolis for EventCamp Twin Cities. I’m very excited to be here and so impressed with the amazing work that the team here is doing to make this an…
Flattery My Tuchus: It’s Stealing.
Charles Caleb Colton, an eccentric English writer once said that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Well let me tell you, I have seen a ton of flattery going on in the…
Creative Cocktails, QR Codes and Conferences.
Let’s face it, events often include and count on adult beverages to add to some of the “wow factor” that attendees seek and planners hope to achieve. While it may not always be…
The fiction of a good conference.
Caught in my usual post-conference blues (here’s my fun little post about how to cope) after a joyful, fulfilling and invigorating four days at the annual World Education Congress of Meeting Professionals International,…
Not All Marketing is Created Equal.
I think that I have finally figured out the secret to marketing. Ready? OK, here it is: Not all marketing is created equal. Yes, that’s right, the way that you market tires is…