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- Last spring, I learned that I'm a distant cousin of Mississippi civil rights and education pioneer James On Monday, I returned from attending the dedication of a statue and monument honoring him on the campus of Ole , which finally admitted him as its first black student in 1962 after ... more
- I just returned from a week-long road trip to Illinois and Michigan. Lines at the airports were better than expected, service on the airlines worse, and shopping experiences a mixture of How can one walk into a cafe and be ignored for 10 minutes while the cashier stares blankly into ... more
- The wraps are off 's latest incarnation of Sesame Street's superstar with the preschool The new Elmo T.M.X. plush character has been packaged in a "Top Secret" attaché case-like box due to months of unprecedented secrecy and buzz in the toy biz that this year's hottest holiday toy was in ... more
- Surely, like most Americans you fear public speaking. Sorry to disappoint, but this particular post won't offer any constructive advice on how to overcome nervousness, trembling hands, or itchy I have, however, taken the liberty of producing working titles and summaries for the top 10 worst marketing speeches that you ... more
- If it didn't yet seem official enough for you, the findings of the US Census Bureau "2005 American Community " make it Unmarried people lead 50.3 percent of U.S. households, while married couples lead 49.7 Sure, the definition of single may be a gray area (some are co-habiting or partnered ... more
- "Listen to the music," they sang. And why should direct marketers listen to the Because the great composers are masters at creating tension to bring you along into the piece and then putting you at ease within specific movements. It is this dueling dialectic that creates great direct mail as ... more
- The Happiness Quotient is defined and measured based on meeting people's wants, needs and desires, which may or may not tickle their emotional sides Those who question the thesis in earlier comments are We cannot, nor should we try to, control people's emotions. That is not what The Happiness Quotient ... more
- How many business cards have you collected in your inventory? Hundreds? Maybe If you haven't discarded them (after scanning them into business card software), try this Take out 10 random business cards from your collection and for each one, score two points for each of the criteria below. If a ... more
- As several recent books, most notably Joseph Badaracco's lovely Questions of , have pointed out, managers can draw meaningful lessons from great literature and apply them to the practice of I fully agree, and find the mention this week of three great works of art confirmation of this A recent ... more
- New technologies are enabling a subtle shift that marketers have yet to recognize and adapt to .... I call it "dissociative identity Marketers have recognized the need for a fundamental re-design of marketing practices linked to the technology-driven explosion of media vehicles, from the Internet, to cable TV, blogging or ... more
- A crowd of motorcycles, from Triumphs to Harleys to Hondas, cool quietly in front of in one of Connecticut's most upscale, suburban town West Hartford is not for the weak of wallet, and neither is Starbucks. But inside the cafe sit bearded, braided and bold men, proud of their colors ... more
- Verizon Wireless and LG Wireless's much-anticipated new chocolate phone was recently unveiled to lots of oohs and Now that the phone has come off the fashion runway, and cell phone connoisseurs have had a chance to handle the new beauty, the comments are coming in. And they seem to be ... more
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