Reclaiming Real-Life Conversation

Recently I read an opinion piece in the New York Times called, “The Flight From Conversation,” that struck a chord, as I’m sure it does for many of us. It highlighted the current state of our “always on” culture –the seeming need for constant digital connectivity while sacrificing RL conversation for mere connection. And the [...]

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Social Networks Stealing the Punch?

This weekend I made the trek to celebrate my 10-year high school reunion from Homewood High School located in Homewood, AL – my hometown nestled in an area south of Red Mountain, and to locals, lovingly named the suburb community “over the mountain”.  It was an exceptional place to grow up, with all the resources [...]

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Can we move the industry beyond social media lipstick?

Last night I had the pleasure of entertaining one of my favorite folks from the Seattle social media scene – Kevin Urie. Kevin, the president of Seattle Social Media Club (at least for the next month) is one of those rare finds in the marketing industry. He’s  driven by passion, and it’s clear that he [...]

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Site Under Construction

I think you’re all very deserving of an update, which I’ll be giving you in less than 24 hours, but before then I wanted to let you know that I’ve had some challenges with my site as of late (as if that wasn’t obvious).

About six months ago, I had some massive life changes both [...]

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