The Ohio House of Representatives is considering changing the way that science is taught in school, as is evidenced in the pending legislation H.B. 597. As currently written, instead of focusing on providing the children of The Buckeye State with a foundational understanding of the scientific method, legislators are currently proposing that our schools focus […]
MKTFYI – The Pilot Episode
Posted on October 26, 2010 //
About two years ago Kevin Dugan and I were talking over a cup of coffee in Mt. Adams in Cincinnati. We were chatting about all things nerdy, marketing happenings, community events, and sharing other miscellaneous tidbits of knowledge. We had so much fun just talking and riffing that day, and at the end of our […]
Bye Bye Big Butter
Posted on June 15, 2010 //
Today I have learned a lesson about missed opportunity. You see for years I have been telling friends and family members that I wanted to write a coffee table book about the wonderful oddities located in the immediate vicinity of the Monroe, Ohio exit on I-75. I thought it would be fun to tell the […]
Marketing 4Me
Posted on March 30, 2010 //
A couple weeks back I wrote a blog post about something I called the Me3 model for marketing. This model was built around the idea that marketing involves 3 broad area of concern – message, medium, and measurement. In the time since, I have found it to be a very useful way to approach marketing, […]
Opt In Funding
Posted on November 20, 2009 //
School funding is a big problem in Ohio. For as long as I can remember there has been a system that relied on the passage of levies district by district every year or two. Those districts that regularly pass levies have money, and those that don’t pass levies struggle. One problem with this system is […]
Summing Up SummitUp
Posted on October 21, 2009 //
Yesterday I got to celebrate my birthday by having my very own social media conference – SummitUp. I highly recommend this as a way to celebrate your next birthday. (actually this was purely coincidence, but a nice one none the less.) The day was simply amazing. To give you an idea of how well things […]
Orville Wright Did Not Have A Pilot’s License
Posted on July 7, 2009 //
I recently read Gordon MacKenzie’s Orbiting The Giant Hairball, an excellent book about cultivating personal creativity – particularly how to do so in the workplace. It is a brilliant book, chronicling the author’s experiences as an employee at Hallmark. The book is filled with doodles, sketches, stories, and anecdotes chronicling ways in which Gordon managed to […]
Ladies and Gentlemen… Tim Westergren
Posted on February 3, 2009 //
In January of 2006, I discovered Pandora.com. Almost immediately, I began telling people about the site. A few days later, I even posted a thank you note on my blog to Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora. Yesterday, I had the very distinct honor of introducing Tim at the Cincinnati Social Media Breakfast. My […]
More Information on 2009 Dayton MLK Celebration
Posted on January 14, 2009 //
I was recently given the following information about the festivities surrounding Martin Luther King Day in Dayton, Ohio, and I wanted to pass it along to anyone who might be interested in participating. I plan to be there on Monday for the march. I hope to see you there. 2009 MLK CELEBRATION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS […]
Rockin The Vote on My Day Off
Posted on October 14, 2008 //
This is my favorite time of the year in Ohio, as the leaves change, jeans and sweatshirts get unpacked, football and baseball are getting interesting, the nights are cool, and autumn is in its full glory. Yesterday was a beautiful, and unseasonably warm day for October in Ohio, and I took the day off […]