Who Are You Giving Your Foul Ball To?
Last night I read a discussion on Facebook that had to do with a rant about giving free consulting time. People are always asking consultants to pick their brain for a few minutes.…
Operation: Network – Take Our Survey
We spend a lot of time thinking and talking about networking. On special days, we obsess about it. Networking is a large part of the Seven Degrees Communications DNA. So after many years…
Tools for Email Management
If you are like me, you send A LOT of emails every week. It can get difficult to manage follow-up and tracking. The good news is that over the last few months we…
Inspirity: Easy Mobile-Friendly Websites in Minutes.
I have a lot of clients who are waiting for the perfect time to make their websites mobile-friendly. As much as they know that they need to do it, they just aren’t ready…
Overcoming the Obstacle of Opinions: A look at Claudia Chan’s SHE Summit
This post was written by Stacy Hanas, Marketing Assistant at Seven Degrees Communications. If you can be anything in a world where stereotypes were non-existent, what would you be? An astronaut? A firefighter?…
Anticipatory Marketing
In my Communications 2064 presentation, I have been talking a lot about what I call, Anticipatory Marketing. This is the concept, that marketers and product developers have been using to meet the needs…
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question I often ask to my clients. Sometimes I ask an individuals who is trying to figure out their role in…
“How Can I Help You” Is a Mind Set.
I’m lucky. I had the chance, early in my career, to witness the concept of “pay it forward” in action. My mentors demonstrated how to be a resource; how to be the person…
Asana: Our Favorite Project Management Tool.
Project management software. There are many. Over the last few years we have experimented using a variety of these tools that are designed to keep track of our tasks and keep our projects…
Review of Eat That Frog!
Procrastination, it’s something I struggle with. Actually , more accurately I embrace it. I love to wait until the last minute. I don’t actually love it, but it has become a bad habit. After…
You Don’t Have to Be A Techie to Buy Tech.
Yesterday I was giving a presentation on the concept of Social-Mobile-Local, fondly known as SoMoLo. During the session a woman in the back of room said “I’m not techie so I don’t know…
On the Topic of Guest Blogging
I recently shared a post that links to the Cvent Event Planning Blog, where I am a regular guest blogger. That got me thinking – am I a guest if it’s regular??? More…
A Few Mobile Technology Posts You May Have Missed.
I’ve been honored to be a guest blogger over at the Cvent‘s Event Planning blog for the last year. I primarily write about mobile technology and event technology over there. If you haven’t had…
Are You Ready to Meet in the Mile “High” City?
Cocktails and food have been a staple of meetings and conferences since the beginning of time. Event organizers have even planned special wine, tequila and bourbon tasting events. Personally, I’ve developed much more…