Category Archives: Influence

The Big Deal about Words

The next time I get frus­trated in a meet­ing, because every­body else is wrong, and nobody will lis­ten to me even though I know I’m right, I’ll try to remem­ber Con­tinue read­ing

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THE POWER OF ONE TWEET | Conan’s Presenation at Google

Thought this was a fun pre­sen­ta­tion. The first 10 min­utes are the least engag­ing, so feel free to skip ahead a lit­tle. Great exam­ples of the power of social media, espe­cially when Conan talks about sell­ing out his entire tour … Con­tinue read­ing

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BRING YOUR DAUGHTERS TO WORK | a look at the results

Yes­ter­day, I ranted a lit­tle bit about the dilu­tion of a good idea when we expanded Bring your Daugh­ters to Work Day to include male off­spring and changed it to Bring OUR Daugh­ters and Sons to Work Day. I thought … Con­tinue read­ing

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BRING YOUR DAUGHTERS (and your sons, too) TO WORK DAY

I’m the proud father of two boys and two girls. I’ve always had the ide­al­ized notion that my wife and I would raise them all gen­der neu­tral. You know, boys could play with dolls, and the girls could play with … Con­tinue read­ing

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What Adults Can Learn from Kids

I learned about this TED pre­sen­ta­tion from my friend Paul Simbeck-Hampson and just had to share. Adora Svi­tak is very inspir­ing at only 12-years-old. This video is well worth the eight min­utes it runs. Enjoy! Shar­ing is cool:ShareStumbleUponDiggPrintEmailReddit

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5 Must Reads for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

From the White House Blog > Mar­tin Luther King and the Chal­lenges of a New Age From the Huff­in­g­ton Post > “Hope” Has Been a Bust: It’s Time for Hope 2.0 and Mar­tin Luther King, Jr: A True Ser­vant Leader From … Con­tinue read­ing

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A Man Said to the Universe…

One of my favorite poems is this one from Stephen Crane: A man said to the uni­verse: “Sir I exist!” “How­ever,” replied the uni­verse, “The fact has not cre­ated in me A sense of oblig­a­tion.” Today, I read a rather explicit ver­sion … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Impact of Speed

Okay, one more quote from John Freeeman’s Not So Fast: Con­tin­u­ing in this strobe-lit techno-rave com­mu­ni­ca­tion envi­ron­ment as it stands will be destruc­tive for busi­nesses. Employ­ees com­mu­ni­cat­ing at break­neck speed make mis­takes. They for­get, cross bound­aries that exist for a … Con­tinue read­ing

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That’s Progress

Here’s a quote from John Freeman’s arti­cle, Not So Fast, in the Wall Street Jour­nal this week­end that I just had to share: Our soci­ety does not often tell us this. Progress, since the dawn of the Indus­trial Age, is … Con­tinue read­ing

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EMOTIONAL SELLING | Part 3

Okay just one more exam­ple of emo­tional sell­ing. Shar­ing is cool:ShareStumbleUponDiggPrintEmailReddit

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