My cousins and my aunt, (who is also my godmother) live in Germany. I had not heard any news about our German relatives since my Dad died in 2004…until I connected with one of my cousins last year on Facebook. Jutta and I have been able to share vacation photos and occasional family updates. This past [...]
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Thank you Thursday
February 24, 2011Categories: Thank-You Thursday
Tags: Communication, Family, Gratitude, Social Media
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Thank you Thursday
February 17, 2011One of the books written by Seth Godin is Tribes. As noted in the book jacket, a tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader and an idea. The book delves into the notion of new tribes for a new age – the internet has broken down [...]
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Tags: Communication, Community, Gratitude, Possibilities, Social Media
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Thank You Thursday – Thank Veterans Today!
November 11, 2010Veterans Day is an important day in our family. My son proudly served as a member of the 82nd Airborne division of the U.S. Army. When the 09/11 attacks happened, Matthew was in basic training. The next four years were far different than I imagined when he enlisted as a senior in high school. My son bravely served [...]
Categories: Current Events, Service, Thank-You Thursday
Tags: Charity, Culture, Gratitude, Holidays, Peace, Social Media
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Thank-You Thursday
November 4, 2010Yesterday, the Leadership and Influence Summit went live. Registration was free and provided access to about 30 speakers, numerous white papers and articles written about leadership. If you haven’t yet, hurry and register today; access lasts until Nov. 15, 2010. The summit tagline is, “Leading experts share strategies on how to maximize leadership and influence effectiveness.” Right up my [...]
Categories: Books, Leadership, Thank-You Thursday
Tags: Books, Communication, Education, Giving, Leadership, Social Media
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Waving the white flag!
August 4, 2010If you read my last post, you know that I was participating in an attempt to “hijack” Fast Company’s ”The Influence Project.” The goal was to try and turn something that was, frankly, annoying, and turn it into a force for good. The hope was that Fast Company would see an opportunity to get some positive publicity out of [...]
Categories: Leadership, Possibility, Service, Technology
Tags: Charity, Community, Compassion, Giving, Positivity, Possibilities, Social Media
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Influencing The Influence Project
August 3, 2010My July 17 post shared a link to an article about Fast Company‘s “The Influence Project.” In my introduction, I shared that I felt “sucked in” by the influence project tweets. The standard message was a link to a Fast Company article, along with the text “You are more influential than you think.” I clicked the link the [...]
Categories: Leadership In The News, Possibility, Technology
Tags: Communication, Integrity, Possibilities, Social Media
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Newslink: Leadership
July 17, 2010Welcome To The Influence Project At its most basic level, leadership is influence. Sometimes, the influence can lead us to a place we don’t want to go. Have you been sucked in by “The Influence Project” tweets? I admit, I was curious the first time I saw a tweet that stated “You are more influential than you [...]
Categories: Leadership In The News, Technology
Tags: Culture, Leadership, Social Media
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Newslink: Leadership
May 3, 2010Great Leadership: May 2010 Leadership Development Carnival Today’s newslink is a little different. Instead of providing a link to a current news article about leadership, HERE is a link to Dan McCarthy’s blog, Great Leadership and his May 2 post which includes links to 42 posts written about leadership. Take the time to not only read [...]
Categories: Leadership In The News
Tags: Community, Leadership, Social Media
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Sunday Service: CaringBridge
December 6, 2009To launch her new business, Geben Communication, my socially aware, brilliant and generous daughter, Heather Whaling, introduced Geben Gives. She acccepted nominations of non-profit organizations, used various social media outlets to publicize and to solicit votes, and the winner would get to choose a PR, Marketing, or Social Media package with Heather’s time and expertise donated. I felt very strongly [...]
Categories: Health, Service, Technology
Tags: Charity, Communication, Family, Health, Social Media
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Meet Alice and Damares for Tweetsgiving
November 26, 2009As introduced in Sunday’s post, Tweetsgiving has a two-fold mission: to share gratitude and raise funds for a school in Tanzania. I am filled with gratitude that my daughter has the same rights, privileges and opportunities as my son. Alice and Damares want the same thing. They are 5 year old students at Shepherds Junior in Arusha, Tanzania. [...]
Categories: Leadership, Possibility, Service
Tags: Charity, Community, Compassion, Possibilities, Social Media, Tweetsgiving
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