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Local gardening blogger Susan Harris contacted me to say she – and other DC area bloggers – are up in arms over the decision of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to hire a Florida garden blogger to write the…

DC Week Sweets and Tweets Draws Packed Crowd + Most Influential Women in Tech

A crowd of well over 100 packed into the very cool Hamiltonian Gallery on U Street on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 to hear a provocative panel discussion about women in technology and to devour 120 deliciously dense cupcakes (at left)…

Sweets and Tweets: Debbie Weil’s Cupcake and Social Media Salon in Washington DC

F2F With Social CEO Michael Hyatt

I decided to hop down to Nashville for the day to do an old-fashioned F2F (face to face) interview with Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing and a nonstop blogger and Twitterer. Mike is what I (and others, including…

Tom Peters Wows an Intimate Group at DC’s Sweets and Tweets

A small group of DC digerati had the rare opportunity yesterday to hear bestselling business author and provocateur Tom Peters talk in an intimate setting. Tom was the featured speaker at my Sweets and Tweets event, a cupcake…

The Real-time Web vs. Real-time Living

The real-time Web is all the rage right now, as you’ve probably heard. But I was reminded recently that real-time living gets short shrift these days.

I experienced it recently when I spent four days with my daughter after her baby girl…

Sweets and Tweets: Bestselling Author and Business Provocateur Tom Peters

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Quick Thoughts on Social Media by Chinese Prof. Qin Lu

Had the pleasure of a brief chat with Chinese media and Internet professor Qin Lu about the state of social media in both the U.S. and China. We met for a quick coffee at Baked and Wired yesterday after her trip to…

What’s the Call to Action on Your Blog?

You’ve got anecdotes, case studies, Top Ten Lists, provocative insights and more on your corporate or organizational blog. Hat’s off to you. That’s a huge achievement, particularly if you’ve been publishing a blog for a year or more. But what is your CTA…

Q & A With Author Anna Bernasek on The Economics of Integrity

Anna Bernasek found she had a “craving” to move forward after the financial crisis of 2008. The result is her provocative book, The Economics of Integrity. On one level, it means that companies can do well by doing good. But she…