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Last October I attended a student presentation at the University of Dayton entitled Speed Marketing. The event featured several groups of students delivering 5 minute presentations on the latest and greatest trends in the world of marketing. The event was wonderful. The students did a great job of presenting the information in a highly impactful …read more
My brother-in-law Geoff is one of the smartest and funniest people I know. The guy is a freaking nuclear engineer, a cycling enthusiast, a master of trivia, and one of the best story tellers I have ever met. Good news. Geoff just launched a blog titled It’s The Best I Could Do ‚ where he will …read more
Sharing is a good thing, and I think I need to do more of it. So, once every week or so I am going to put up a quick post sharing some of my favorite findings from across the web. Look What I Found… I hope you enjoy. An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth — Thanks to …read more
Alright so I am not a big “New Year’s Resolution” guy, but I thought I might take a moment to write about my thoughts for 2009. In 2009 I plan to do more: Goofing Around With My Family — This is really important to me. I have the most awesome family in the world. It is easy …read more
Seth Godin has done it again — written an amazing, fresh, relevant, and useful book I love. This time it is Tribes — a book about the importance of leadership. The book is probably the least “marketing” oriented book Seth has written, focusing instead on addressing the much broader topic of leading other human beings. …read more
Ohio’s Speaker of the House, Jon Husted, has launched a blog (using WordPress of course.) I think this is great, and I hope that other public officials take note. I have met Representative Husted a few times, and he seems to be a great person. Jon is a young man, but carries himself with a …read more
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 …read more
Yesterday, I was given the distinct privilege of speaking to the Dayton Rotary on the topic of blogging. I was joined by emcee Alan Pippenger, who put the program together, and bloggers David Esrati, and Bill Pote. As a member of the organization, I was particularly thrilled to be able to address my fellow Rotarians …read more