Yesterday, my TEDxEast (New York) colleague and I hosted the first ever webinar in the TEDx Learning Series (that we coined) for TEDx organizers literally around the world.  Of course I was ambitious to take on my first webinar with such a broad audience, but our evaluations were off the charts, so...

I’m not quite done reflecting on the amazing experience that was TEDxColumbus.  I tried to categorize the talks we curated and came up with this quirky tree analogy.  It made me think about the larger way we organize the stories we tell.  Which one would you be? 1.  Trunk:  The speaker sticks...

We were in a plane between Lincoln and Omaha Nebraska during another week-long tour of some remote part of the US during the presidential campaign in 1996.  That year, we did 74 cities in 28 states in 10 weeks.  And we did it without data-enabled cell phones.   Really, how did we survive? On that...

I am very very impressed with the effort and success of Pelotonia this weekend.  Huge kudos to the entire effort.  As a cancer survivor and also active biker (not nearly as active as my 2 wheeling commuting husband), I hope to do it in future years as a tribute to those loved ones we’ve lost...

(After a sabbatical of sorts, I’m back to work.  Coming off of the busy summer, a vacation and a child starting school demanded a break in most things routine like my blog entries here.) I noted in an earlier post that I had an idea around TED, the conference that blasts out ideas worth spreading. ...

In reading one of my favorite industry, insider blogs from Brian Solis, who writes on “PR 2.0,” he summarized what I’ve been preaching for the last two years.  While the press release has not gone away, the way in which we distribute news in them has changed dramatically.  Moreover,...

I tried to be one recently.  I signed up and went to the Wordcamp (seminar? workshop? geek fest?) this last weekend. I even recruited about 8 other people to go too. Wordcamp is the official ‘brand’ for a gathering of Wordpress geeks.   But I’m just a huge fan.  Just an end- user...

I’m working on an idea that involves TED, and needless to say, I’m energized by it.  TED is a terrific web site (and may I say culture?) where they claim “ideas worth spreading” through 18 minute talks, videotaped and posted.  By the way, do you still videotape in the digital...

I realized in the last month that I have been a part of phasing out three different industry newsletters - meaning written, designed, printed, mailed via the USPS.    The reason?  Almost all entirely budget related.  Revenues aren’t supporting the traditional delivery of news within key interest...

I was inspired recently again by the spirit of Hemmingway’s 6 word novels.  One of them was “For sale baby shoes never worn.” Okay, maybe a little heavy.  But yesterday an email came across my desk from a co-consultant of mine on a project, asking me to “ban any language regarding...