Archive | March, 2008
What’s In A Name?

What’s In A Name?

By on March 28, 2008 in LIFE

I am named after both of my Grand­fa­thers — My father’s father David and Edwin, my mother’s father. I am very proud of my her­itage. My father’s father, who actu­ally went by his mid­dle name Carl, owned Bow­man Hard­ware in Mar­shall, North Car­olina. I knew him as Papa Carl, and loved going to Mar­shall a […]

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What’s Next in Marketing?

What’s Next in Marketing?

By on March 27, 2008 in MARKETING

Check out this great slide show from Paul Isak­son on the Future of Mar­ket­ing and Adver­tis­ing. In this series of slides, Paul cap­tures the essence of where I believe mar­ket­ing is headed. It is about lis­ten­ing, using insight to solve prob­lems, and find­ing ways to cre­ate the remark­able. The hard part is not in identifying […]

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The March Madness Myth

By on March 27, 2008 in LIFE

I recently read in the Day­ton Busi­ness Jour­nal that accord­ing to a recent study con­ducted by a Chicago based con­sult­ing firm, March Mad­ness costs companies$1.7 Bil­lion. Really? Does any­one really believe this to be the case. I don’t. I sup­pose if we all still worked on assem­bly lines, and then spent the day mind­lessly consuming […]

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Are You Aware? Take the Test

Are You Aware? Take the Test

By on March 26, 2008 in FUN

I always thought that I had a decent sense of aware­ness. That is, until I got this aware­ness test video from my brother in law, Geoff — an avid cyclist. If you have not seen this, please watch this short video clip where you are asked to count the num­ber of passes made by the […]

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PancakesPancakes, SuccessSuccess, ThanksThanks

PancakesPancakes, SuccessSuccess, ThanksThanks

By on March 25, 2008 in LIFE

Last Sat­ur­day, March 22nd, the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion of West­ern Ohio put on a pan­cake break­fast fund rais­ing event. It was a huge suc­cess. I was very moved by the out­pour­ing of sup­port I received from fam­ily, friends, and col­leagues who attended, donated, and sup­ported this. Over 170 peo­ple sac­ri­ficed their free time and hard earned […]

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