Do you remember the inevitable back-to-school writing ritual: “What I did during summer vacation”?  I hated those assignments as a kid.  Our family never went anywhere interesting on summer vacation.  With seven kids, the best my parents could afford was to pile all seven of us into the station wagon for a week of tent camping on state camping grounds.  Nothing glamorous:  no exotic locales, no historical sites, no wondrous natural sanctuaries.  My essays paled in comparison to my classmates’ stories of beach houses, European jaunts, or adventure camps.

I’ve been thinking a lot about those essays recently.  What stories will … Read more

I love Twitter, the social networking, short messaging utility founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams in 2006.

Since joining in 2008, I have learned so much by “following” smart marketing, technology and philanthropic people.  In 140 characters or less, people have shared business insights, events, and contacts, broadening my knowledge and my network.  My favorite Twitter story though involves @christiandimare whose personal passion, guitar playing, led to several business contacts and sales.  He met those leads through Twitter not because they were tweeting about business but because they tweeting about guitar playing.
So how does … Read more