A few weeks ago, my husband and I went to hear Tony speak.    It was one of those watch him spill his guts and hope he doesn’t barf from the saki speeches.  Really, it was entertaining, engaging and a delightful change from the typical Saturday night routine which involves a bath, some Fancy...

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...

Last Tuesday at TEDxColumbus, Reade Harpham, one of our most inspirational speakers asked us the question: What are you going to do about it?  As the organizer, I didn’t give it much thought until this morning, when I had time to actually do so, when I looked in my daughter’s trash can and...

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...

We should all be so lucky to work or volunteer (or both!) on a project that is as deeply meaningful as Flying Horse Farms.  I was a part of the team that planned  today’s groundbreaking for this $20 million, 200 acre camp for children with serious illnesses outside of Mt. Gilead. Let me say,...

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...

While social media is still all the buzz, studies continue to show (despite what social media talking heads might want you to think) that email is still a trusted, proven way to communicate.  And it is critical to promote web sites and sustain loyalty to your opted-in communities of interest. But recently...

Rules are meant to be broken (this is not my original content).   But really worth sharing.  The message is:  openness wins, pay lots of attention and those old habits (ie press releases) die hard. From a report from the SXSW 2009 (South by Southwest Interactive show, unfortunately I don’t...