Apparently, you can earn a degree in social media now. This is absurd. Whenever people talk about the mystery of social media, I remember the concise (and wise) words of Internet friend (and real neighbor) Kelly Goodman of Travellious: “Get on Twitter. Say something funny. You’re done.” Kelly was right, though you can swap out …
As a founder of Passports with Purpose, the annual travelbloggers fundraiser, I don’t get to participate the prize sweepstakes. This bums me out. Every year there are amazing things up for grabs and every year I think, “Oh, if I wasn’t involved I would so want to bid on…” But I can dream, right? If …
-1- Things I like better than the ukulele. Um. Yeah. I mean, besides, you know, obvious stuff like loved ones and quality baked goods and the adventure of travel…Uh. Um. Oh, you know what’s about as good as the ukulele? Seeing how happy you are, hooked on your own ukulele. And this one, this ukulele, …
We launched our 2012 fundraising initiative at TBEX 12, The Travelblog Exchange. Here’s the video that was part of our presentation. Want to know more? It’s all on Passports with Purpose. Can’t see it? Go here.
I could write a lot posts entitled “I’m not going to [fill in the blank]” but this one has bigger significance. You see, my partners in good, Beth Whitman, Michelle Duffy, and Debbie Dubrow ARE going to Zambia. They’re going to do a ribbon cutting at one of the libraries our fundraiser — no, your …
I’m not a team player. This is not the same as being a bad worker, I’m really good at the work I do. I deliver, and yeah, you don’t have to take my word for it. What I’m bad at is the other stuff around teamwork. The meetings, the politics, the artificial niceties. As a …