I wish I had come up with this myself, but I cannot claim credit for it. The team over at the Social Media Marketing World came up with a great resource to send to potential attendees. It is just a sample letter and instructions that folks can pass on to their employers asking permission to …
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Welcome to a new series for conference planning, conference vendors, and all things related! I bet some of you get all weird with conferences, with post it notes and mindmaps all over your living room wall. That’s okay, though, because I do that working on my keynotes. In the biz we just call it storyboarding …
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I recently came across an article about a janitor at a U.S. border crossing processing and detention facility. The article made me both incredibly sad and angry at the same time on so many different levels. The janitor, who was also a photographer, starting taking and photographing the seized and trashed belongings of migrants coming …
There are 10 things I want you to have in life. It doesn’t matter if it’s from your spouse, your boss, or the person who checks you out at Wal Mart, you should have these things, and your experiences should all lead toward these things. This list is actually derived from one I did for …
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women hits theaters tomorrow. It’s a movie that hasn’t generated a lot of buzz among typical moviegoers, but has generated a tremendous amount of interest among a few select groups, including several I belong to… Nerds. I’m a nerd at heart. As a matter of fact, I sold my first …
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My wife and I love watching The Profit with Marcus Lemonis. I just moved locations to be closer to a big new client that made it financially worthwhile to switch geographical spots for a bit. We traded the mountains for the ocean and are now back in Myrtle Beach SC. As I get started with …
I’m a huge fan of the Jack Reacher series of books by Lee Child. The movies are so-so, but the books are a superb look into the mind of a professional military man turned drifter. For those of you in my age bracket, it’s like The Equalizer meets David Carradine’s Kung Fu. I recently read The …
I coach people in high risk/high stress occupations and help them find enjoyable second careers after spending time in uniform. Because of that, I enjoy coming across success stories of folks who hit the ground running after their time downrange. This is another in a series of profiles I’ll be presenting. I hope it encourages …
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It doesn’t matter if you’re a cop, EMT, firefighter, or a soldier. There may come a time when an injury, a boss, or the bureaucracy try to force you out. They may very well do it, too. Disability hearing goes the wrong way. All of a sudden you’re not promotable. The new chief wants a …
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