Is It Time to Try Social?

I was listening to NPR this morning, and someone from an Ad Agency in Virginia was saying that because of the election, there’s been little opportunity for local businesses to get their own ads for the holidays and more on TV, and the inventory of open time...

What Can We Learn from Disasters? 6 thoughts

The recent Hurricane and the reactions of people brought many things to mind, including the following: 1. How long can NY go without outside help?  In The Starfish and The Spider-The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman, a book about...

Emergency Aid

After the hurricane, many people are in need.  Locally, we’re banding together and people who have had power restored are actually lending out their generators to other neighbors who are not so lucky, taking folks into to their houses, and generally acting like...

The Impact Equation

The Impact Equation is a new book by two of my friends, Julien Smith and Chris Brogan.  I’ve purchased 10 copies myself to give away here, so if you are interested in a copy, please read on for details. Chris and Julien have spent a lot of time meeting people...

Can You “Flip” the Office?

I’m exploring new ways of learning and teaching, and one way to do this, is to create your own virtual conference, using shared videos, tools and more off the web. Currently, I’m creating a professional development session for a school down in North...