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How Inspiring is Your Story? I Challange You to Share it!
Do you have the wherewithal to inspire one person to do business with you and/or become an advocate for your mission? Most of us underestimate the real power we have in our story. We have been taught from birth to be modest in our approach to others. Be seen and...
The Birth of an Idea
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about new products, services and web sites. Last night, I grabbed my laptop and sat in front of the fire with Seth Godin’s Tribes playing in the background and just brainstormed. I have seven ideas and I like them all. I...
Why bother blogging?
There are millions of pages online, why should anyone bother reading yours? You have opinions, you have had experiences, and you have thoughts and passions… but honestly who cares? Why should you waste your precious time sharing any of that with anyone? Let’s think...
In Defense of Raising Money: a Manifesto for NonProfit CEOs
A must read post by Seth Godin for all of my not-for-profit clients I’m sick of apologizing for being in charge of raising money. I work at a great nonprofit organization (1) that is doing great things in the world, one that’s attacking daunting problems in a...
Did You Know?
This still blows me away!
What is Crowdsourcing?
According to Wikipedia: Crowdsourcing is a neologism (a word not yet accepted by the mainstream) for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an...
Networking that Matters
In the words of Seth Godin: Honestly, I can't say it any better then this 🙂 Check out Seth's new book: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Blog Action Day – Just one more hand can….
In honor of blog action day, I thought I'd share a story with you. If nothing else, it will help to debunk the mind set that one person can not have an impact on our world. Several years ago I had the privilege of participating in a mission to rebuild a school in...
A Day in the Life of a Social Networker
The past few days have been interesting at best. I learned a lot about the social networking world and more importantly, about myself. The details: A few days ago Mari Smith posted a note on twitter about the Profile HTML box on Facebook. I loved the application and...