The Ultimate Guide to Startup Success
My book, The Ultimate Guide to Startup Success is now available! Book Description: With the advent of the web and new media we’ve been delivered a route to take our ideas to market with speed and ease. In other words, there’s never been a better time to start your own company. New technologies are creating new business opportunities on the Internet, on mobile phones, in consumer products, and in information services. This guide offers both basic steps and advanced tips, providing every possible audience insight for a successful startup business. Testimonials for The Ultimate Guide to...
Read MorePride Leadership – Governance and Management
In the first official workshop session of the Pride Leadership program we heard from Dr. Patricia Larkins Hicks, Ph.D. We learned the meaning and function of (non-profit) board governance, how to relate governance to board roles, how to identify good governance practices and how to assess performance. The conversation got started on the composition (representatives) of a board and what responsibilities a board has to its organization. We also learned the four types of boards and their differences: advisory, strategic, managing and administrative. To read more about my experience with...
Read MoreScoville, Spamsville?
If you’re on twitter and/or foursquare you may have received an invite from something called “Scoville” from every person you have interacted with in the last – well – ever. In the last two days, I’ve encountered more than 30 invites in my email inbox, which made me ask, “WTF is Scoville?” According to their website, Scoville’s mission is to help their user community discover at least one great new place every week. It sounds like something I would be interested in, but with the endless email invites I was perplexed...
Read More5 Ways To Build Your Personal Brand With Social Media
I often lecture locally on personal branding and in the last three to four years that topic has increasingly come to rely on a person’s presence on online social networks. It’s clear that social media is an amazing tool that can be used to gain exposure and a loyal following. Here are my top five tips to use social media to build your brand. 1. Be Friendly & Approachable Far too often people share overly candid remarks and opinions on the web. Perhaps is the anonymity of cyberspace that feeds their bullying tendencies, or maybe they feel untouchable behind their laptop. Whatever the...
Read MorePride Leadership – Beyond the Freeway Tour
Today’s session in Pride Leadership was a multi-agency visit where we learned how poverty, homelessness and hunger effect residents in the City of Columbus and the social service connection to effectively addressing those issues. First we received a presentation from Michael Wilkos who works at the Columbus Foundation. After, we left the UWCO offices and four area organizations: Community Development for All People, Community Kitchen, Luthern Social Services and the Gay Ohio History Initiative. Also included in this session was an excerpt of As It Were, Stories of Old Columbus by...
Read MorePride Leadership – Opening Retreat
Recently I wrote about my acceptance and participation in Pride Leadership. For the last two days I have been at the Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center, about 45 minutes outside of Columbus, for the program’s opening retreat. As part of the program, the participants will complete a community service project and attend workshop sessions where we’ll learn about things like board governance, parliamentary procedures and fiscal management. The opening retreat allowed us to truly get to know each other and break down any barriers before embarking on the rest of the program. The...
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