Pride 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...
Read MoreInspirational Quote – Twain
“Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed in the things you didn’t do than in the ones you did.” - Mark Twain
Read MoreAcceptance into the Pride Leadership Program
I’m excited to announce that I have been accepted into the fourth cycle of Pride Leadership, a program of the United Way of Central Ohio. Initiated in 2008, the Pride Leadership program develops skills to increase volunteer and board service opportunities for people in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender) community. The program is centered around an intense eight-month training curriculum designed to prepare participants for effective service on a not-for-profit board or leadership position. The intent is to give people in the LGBT community a much-needed voice in...
Read MoreInspirational Quote / Hemingway
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” -Ernest Hemingway
Read MoreThe Drunk Tweet.
When I lecture on concepts involving personal branding or social media use, one topic of instruction revolves around the use of twitter under the influence of alcohol. While this talk can encompass other social web platforms or other mind altering influences, for the sake of this blog post I will simply be referring to what is commonly referred to as drunk tweeting. My instruction on this topic has become one of those rare examples in life where I tell people to do as I say not as I do. This week I’m at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. I’ve been coming to...
Read MoreInspirational Quote / Hugo
“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” -Victor Hugo
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