From Sh*t-show to Life in Seven Hours
The power of human connection 2020: A tale of two norms..."S**t-show, shocking, depressing, confused, numb" - All words used by...
Cobra Kai is Everything I Didn't Know I Needed Right Now
A welcome battle cry for Q4 2020 Last Sunday, I watched the entire first season of Cobra Kai and doing so brought me such surprising joy...
A Secret for Successful Engagement at Virtual Conferences and Workshops
Are you ready for it? .... I know one and I am willing to share with you. So, we are now well into Q3 of 2020. A year for the ages and...
Real Talk About Living in NYC During Covid-19, Parenting and My Outlook on the Events Industry
I was a guest on the Don and Mike Show Podcast I recently had the honor of being a guest on the Don and Mike Show which is a weekly...
Please Stop Fighting the Netflixification of Content Consumption
An open love letter and plea to the events industry Dear event professional and colleague; Please, I’m unclear as to why you keep...
Five Tips for Designing Virtual Events
I have fielded dozens of calls in the past couple of months on how to better design a digital event. Note, I use the word digital and...
The Unexpected Intimacy of Digital Events — When Rectangles = Results
Last week, an event for an organization I volunteer my time for (as a Skillanthropist, more about that later), finally came to fruition...
Shiny Objects Will Be Abundant During Your Virtual Event - Replace with Tomatoes
Lately, along with many others, I have been thinking a lot about engagement tactics that could work for virtual events. However, another...
Community-First is the Key to Successful Virtual Events
For much of my career, I have worked for B2B event organizers and publishers in a variety of industries from spa and beauty to software...
Tone-Deaf Marketing in Covid-19 Times (Plus Super Star Cos Getting it Right)
As I've settled into my new normal, I have made it one of my Shut-In goals to reduce the clutter in my inbox and unfollow people and...
Weekend #1 Reading List of Coronavirus Social-Distancing and the Importance of Books and Escape
Well... seems like we all need to look for the silver lining in staying in. My son (10) and I are both avid readers and I figured I might...
The Time is Now to Deploy a Rapid Response AI Chatbot for Coronavirus Info on Your Event Website
Rapid Response AI Chatbot to deploy on event websites
Building Your Dream T.E.A.M.
trust /trəst/ - noun firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. "relations have to be built on...
Cool Sh*t You Didn't Realize You Could do on Your iPhone
So... one of the workshops I most love to give is Tech Tools to Crush Productivity. It's a talk filled with nuggets and great apps and...
Over Communicate and Do it Now
Covid-19 has sure wrecked havoc with the event and trade-show industry. It seems every day, another major event has announced...

















