People Making Waves: Happiness and Unearthing Experts with #One4One

July 9, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, the conversation | Comments (0)

This week’s episode of my podcast (which is Tues. at 10A Pacific) has some amazing women on it, and as the topics are really invigorating ones for me, I figured a blog post was in order. So here goes…

There’s a secret to happiness. Well, not...

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The SXSW 2012 Cattle Call: Panel Picker Voting Enters Its Final Week

August 31, 2011 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (2)

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What? What’s that you say? It’s only August 2011, so what on earth am I doing talking about an event that doesn’t take place until March of 2012?

Simple. It’s SXSW – the annual rodeo of all things...

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Rebooting A Presentation … Two Days Before Going On Stage

June 17, 2011 in Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (1)

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It had been in my mind for a while, scurrying around the back corners of my brain peeping out occasionally then darting back into shadow. This idea, to tackle my next stage presentation about storytelling and the importance of one’s personal narrative as...

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Alone in a Crowded Room: Turning Isolation to Power Through Stories

September 23, 2010 in It is what it is - opinion column, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (1)

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In the shadow of this week’s loss on DADT in Washington, D.C., an email arrived in my inbox from someone whom I first met when I took my first baby steps of activism at Equality Camp in January 2009. As I moved my way quickly through...

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A new kind of hybrid

June 12, 2009 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

There are dog people. And there are cat people. Generally you’re one or the other.

But sometimes I come across folks who exist quite comfortably at the crossroad where those species can – and often do – coexist peacefully.

And sometimes, people surprise you.

For example – when...

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