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I couldn’t believe I was crying. It was 11 PM and I was standing on the sidewalk on Boylston St. in Boston as people were filing past me on both sides and here I was with tears streaming down my face. I had been glued to my phone all night. The Lake Travis Youth Association […] Read Full Post
Welcome to the 2019 Harvard Medical School Writing, Publishing and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals Conference – we are so excited you are here. This is my 15th(!) year speaking at this event, which is directed by Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and […] Read Full Post
I am so excited to announce some very big news today – Zilker Media is promoting brand strategy director Paige Velasquez to chief executive officer, effective July 1. This is a promotion that has been in the works for some time, beginning with a conversation she and I had last summer about my belief that […] Read Full Post
The holiday season serves as a wonderful time of faith, fun and family but it can also be a great time to step back and reflect. For me, that process always starts with tough questions. How am I doing? Am I serving and leading my family at the level they deserve? Am I doing everything […] Read Full Post
How many domino moments have you had in your career? A domino moment is something that starts with a seemingly insignificant happening but in the rear view mirror becomes the starting point for an exponential amount of awesomeness. I’ve been fortunate enough to stumble into several domino moments in my career but the two that […] Read Full Post
I am so excited to share some big news today – I have a new book coming out next week titled Authority Marketing: How to Leverage 7 Pillars of Thought Leadership to Make Competition Irrelevant (ForbesBooks, 2018). I’m honored to have written the book alongside my friend Adam Witty, Founder & CEO of Advantage Media Group|ForbesBooks, […] Read Full Post
Happy New Year! I had to do a double-take typing in “2018” in the title of this blog post. It feels more like the dateline of a sci-fi movie I rented at Blockbuster back in middle school than the year we currently find ourselves in. But here we are and I hope your 2018 is […] Read Full Post
I have some big news to share today on the blog! It is my true pleasure to announce that I have come to an agreement with my colleagues at Advantage Media Group, who acquired Shelton Interactive early in 2016, that provides an open door for me to do two things I really want to do […] Read Full Post
Welcome to the 2017 Harvard Medical School Writing, Publishing and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals Conference – we are so excited you are here. This is my 13th(!) year speaking at this event, which is directed by Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Physical […] Read Full Post
Have you ever had an experience with a client where you were dead wrong? Not just a little wrong – I mean the world is flat kind of wrong. I still remember the first time I reviewed the draft quiz that Claire Shipman and Katty Kay sent me for review. We were preparing to launch […] Read Full Post