Collaborate and Conquer

October 17, 2009

Social media is a powerful communications channel it’s opens doors, starts dialogs, creates relationships and often inspires, motivates….and much much more.  It’s the much much more that I’m writing about today.  I’m a little concerned that people are forgetting that authenticity paired with social media is not a license to be divisive, or tear someone [...]

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I’m really glad our paths crossed

October 4, 2009

The last couple of weeks have been exciting and tough for me. On the exciting side, the company I work for,Cliqset, launched our private beta, I truly believe we are redefining online community, and as I wrote about last week, I had the opportunity to meet Chris Brogan and have a real conversation with him, .  And [...]

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People really do matter to Chris Brogan

September 27, 2009

Project Authenticity is really important to me and I have a deep desire to connect you to people and brands that are uniquely and genuinely authentic. The kind of people, that when you meet them your interaction is like a drink of water. I was asked recently where did you get the idea  for this [...]

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In the name of honor

September 17, 2009

In the fall of 2003,  I became acquainted with the story of Mukhtar Mai, a peasant girl from Meerwala Jatoi, Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Her story in 2003 was tragic and yet hopeful at the same time.  After days of not being able to get her image,in the black shalwar qameez and veil, out of my [...]

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A day for reflection, rembrance and recognition

September 11, 2009

As we wake up today, we are especially mindful about what happened on this day eight years ago. For many of us, it’s a day that’s full of tough memories, like scrambling desperately to connect with loved ones to make sure they were okay, being locked down in offices in NY until things were settled, [...]

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Kenya Dig It: Mobilizing a community with one calf

September 9, 2009

As many of you know, I had the opportunity to visit Kenya last summer. I was there to work on a water project and in the preschools. It was an intense experience yet somehow I long to return early next year. I opened up my google reader this morning and here’s the first article that [...]

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Kenya Dig it: Who needs help?

September 2, 2009

Today’s a big day for me… (drumroll please) I have officially moved my wordpress blog to my own domain. I’ve been theatening to go live for about a week now. Everytime I am about to pull the trigger, something happens. One of the things that’s been keeping me from going live is figuring out how [...]

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So glad I made it

August 17, 2009

I’m interrupting my regularly scheduled topic to share an experience I think you’ll enjoy. So without any further ado… Saturday, I had the privilege of attending the Pam Slim Workshop and it was incredible.  For me, just  getting there was quite a challenge as I had to fight unbelievable traffic and road construction, making my [...]

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Project Authenticity…the journey starts here

August 11, 2009

Several weeks ago, I was inspired by Chris Brogan’s book, Trust Agents, to seek out and highlight authentic trustworthy people and brands. After lots of thought and encouragement I’ve decided to launch a project for the next 365 days: Project Authenticity. I have no idea where this will lead but I am excited to embark [...]

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Community lessons for a first grader

August 4, 2009

I was sharing with a friend yesterday that it was a big day for my 6 year old nephew because it was his first day of school. My friend quickly responded:  ”That’s great! I’m curious as someone who is fully immersed in personal  branding and social media – what advice would you give him?” In thinking [...]

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