Can We Achieve a “United” State?

I’ve heard people comment that technology is making the world “smaller” but really, it makes it possible for me to connect to more of the world and when I do it makes my world bigger. Whether or not it makes it better is up to me. It is up to me how I interpret my story – do I tell it with love or with hate, with acceptance and tolerance or with vengeance and resentment? It is up to me to connect to the stories of others and to listen long enough to find the ties that bind us together as human beings.

Jan 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

The Raging Holiday Debate

As we again approach the end of the year we enter into the notorious “holiday season.” This year it seems, more than any year I remember, the debate over the appropriate holiday well wishes is front and center everywhere I look. Now maybe it has to do with where I look – Facebook groups, twitter [...]

Dec 16, 2009 | 31 comments | View Post

Believing in Greatness

  Last week I got to do something I had only dreamed of doing; I delivered a keynote for Build Your Own Brand, an event that showcased three of my greatest heroes, two as the featured speakers and one as the Master of Ceremonies. It was in my own city so I got to deliver [...]

Nov 15, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post

Entrepreneurship for “Tech Geeks”

Technically, I’m not a “tech geek.” But recently I got to hang out with some of the best in St. Louis at the St. Louis Innovation Camp. This two-day conference was designed to offer information on every stage of tech start-up and launch, from conception to budgeting, from incorporation to marketing, funding to management and [...]

Oct 30, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

50 in 52 Journey features St. Louisans

What started as a twitter post to help a friend I’d never met help a person I never expected to meet turned into a face-to-face meeting and amazing friendship. In a tribute to the power of online networking in building community, I had the opportunity to host 50 in 52 Journeywoman and founder, Dafna Michaelson [...]

Oct 29, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

The Go-Giver Five Laws – It takes the entire spectrum

Never say never – it finally happened! Everyone who knows me knows I dread getting in front of a camera. It wasn’t quite a phobia but a close approximation. Then I got inspired by the words of a 19 year old entrepreneur whose entry for the Go-Giver tour contest was so authentic, so natural and [...]

Apr 19, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

Networking In My PJs

How social media is drawing like minds together at all hours of the day or night Tonight I got to hear a friend’s voice for the first time! I couldn’t hold back a delighted chuckle when I heard a voice say “This is Heather O in North Carolina.” I knew her face, and I can [...]

Mar 31, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post