Recently, I have had the great pleasure of talking to two great people, and both conversations were recorded. The first conversation was with Jayme Soulati and it was actually recorded live at Social Slam. Jayme is awesome and I was so excited to meet her. Little did I know I would be interviewed! We ended… Continue reading Grab some Coffee. We’ll Tawk.
Month: May 2012
When someone saves your life
I often like to think of life as divided into four units. You spend four years in high school. Four years in college (at least). I spent four years in grad school. Four seems to be a good benchmark for me. Almost exactly 8 years ago, I left the Ivory Tower. That’s two units of… Continue reading When someone saves your life
The problem with armor
Back in the early Middle Ages (kind of like the eastern part of the Midwest, right?) guys figured out that if they riveted tons and tons of tiny steel rings together, they could make something called chainmail. Some of my friends in college took up the hobby of making their own chainmail, and I must… Continue reading The problem with armor
Do we pay too much homage online, or too little?
The Middle Ages are quite an interesting era in human history. Probably what comes to your mind is knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, and Monty Python. Well, that last one is probably just me. At any rate, the knights and damsels are only a very small part of the story. Society was rather… Continue reading Do we pay too much homage online, or too little?
Myth: Quit advertising because it just doesn’t work
A lot of people enmeshed in the online world like to refer gruffly to other types of marketing as “interruption marketing.” Predominantly, they are talking about advertising. Advertising “interrupts” your reading experience. It can certain interrupt your television watching or your radio listening (do people still listen to the radio?). On social media platforms, advertising… Continue reading Myth: Quit advertising because it just doesn’t work
Let’s Play: How to Pull Off a Nationwide Giving Event
This post is by the admirable, kind, and awesome Ifdy Perez. Ifdy Perez is the community manager at Razoo, an online fundraising platform, to help create a community for nonprofits and individuals wanting to make a difference in the world. A believer in the power of social media to produce change, she helps nonprofits do the important good… Continue reading Let’s Play: How to Pull Off a Nationwide Giving Event