It’s like radio, only louder

February 3, 2010

When I was a kid, and into my early adulthood, there were still many great storytellers on radio in the US. Jean Shepherd, most famous for his “A Christmas Story”, was on the air every night with his stories when I was a teenager. Paul Harvey would tell us “The Rest of The Story” which I [...]

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If I can speak corporate, will you love me?

January 12, 2010

Recently, I sat mesmerized while listening to an executive’s explanation of how he prepares to give a quarterly report to his board of directors. After listing the facts and figures that the board “most definitely wants to hear”, he finished by glancing around the room nervously and becoming silent. Eight other smart executives were there [...]

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Mind Mapping: Finding the Rainbow Connection

December 7, 2009

Kermit the Frog via last.fm This post contains a MindMap summarizing takeaways from Social Media Chat from October 28, 2009. In the song, “The Rainbow Connection,” Kermit the Frog refers to “the lovers, the dreamers, and me”. I think many of us empathize with the “me” the someplace-in-the-middle. There’s often talk about opposites in personality [...]

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London Calling

November 10, 2009

Next Tuesday, I will be speaking at Jeff Pulver‘s #140 Conf: The State of Now , in London. Dean Landsman (@deanland on Twitter) and I will talk about “Digital Presence: Now and Beyond”, and we’re planning on presenting using a combination of  pre-made visuals while I will sketch notes over them, on screen, as we [...]

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How does this wall look on me?

May 13, 2009

Last Thursday evening I had the opportunity to peek into over 20 stranger’s bedrooms and other living spaces. Actually, I was invited to not only peruse, but to purchase the lamps, tables, beds….anything with a price tag on it. There were plenty of nice items to choose from, and it wasn’t just a shabby chic [...]

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I am Susan Boyle. And so are you.

April 18, 2009

20 seconds. It took 20 seconds, from hitting the “play” button on the recording to start the song for Susan Boyle to convince 3 skeptical judges and a doubting audience that she did, in fact, have a voice, and could dream a dream. There are now millions who have watched the clip on television and [...]

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Close your eyes to see

March 31, 2009

Thanks to Howard Greenstein, I was able to get into the the Social Media Club meeting in New York City last week on short notice. The details about the meeting, along with video, is posted here: http://www.socialmediaclub.org/author/howard/ I didn’t want to tweet about it, which I am finding is now a great way of making [...]

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Tell the tale, enrich it with detail

March 31, 2009

Good storytelling sometimes has nothing to do with the story itself, particularly if it’s a story so familiar we can tell it to ourselves. Here’s an example of great storytelling that isn’t about the story, a familiar chestnut of a fairy tale, but the way it’s told: with humor, simplicity, and a surprising amount of [...]

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Curiosity is the glue to a good story

February 9, 2009

“What’s coming next?” That’s the question you want every listener and every viewer to ask. You want edge-of-the-seat, gripping-the-chair attention. You want silence in the room as every eye is on you. If you’re using a whiteboard to make a presentation, you want everyone to get excited as you go to the board to draw [...]

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25 years later: Macintosh, metaphors and the mouse

January 5, 2009

A blog post on http://mac25.org requested stories from those who were around in 1984 for the release of the Macintosh computer. At that time, I was the Sales and Tech Representative for Apple Computer for the Caribbean Region. Most of my job entailed introducing the new technology to both sales people and perspective customers. Although [...]

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