The season is upon us and invitations to parties, gatherings and events will soon arrive. I’m often asked if attending a holiday party is necessary and, if, you do go, what to do and say and what to avoid. You can call it what you will : “Best Practices”, Strategic event management or common sense […]
Archives for 2016
Knock Off the KNOCK-OFFS, Plagiarism & Infringements
Posted on October 18, 2016 //
Knock-offs, Plagiarism and Infringement Are Stealing Sadly, the problem of plagiarism has only increased with our copy, cut and paste possibilities. Some people have explained away the issue with that old, untrue cliche: Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery. Folks: IMITATION is NOT the sincerest form of flattery. Here’s what is: “Susan, you […]
A Database Does Not A Viable Network Make
Posted on October 6, 2016 //
There’s no dancing around the issue. There seems to be some confusion between a data-base and a network. Although they may be interrelated, they are NOT the same thing! You may have collected 200,000 names for your database but you don’t have a viable network of 200,000 people. And you certainly don’t have 200.000 friends. […]
How I Turned a Layoff Lemons Into Lemon… Souffle
Posted on August 12, 2016 //
People have often asked me how I went from being a public school educator to an internationally-recognized expert, speaker and (legitimate) best-selling author. Here’s the long tale of what happened and what I did about it. The Postman Only Rang Once When USPS rang our doorbell to deliver the layoff notices from […]
