MY BIGGEST FEAR – Public Speaking

MY BIGGEST FEAR – Public Speaking

If you are not defining the perception you want everyone to have, then everyone defines you based on their own perceptions.  And even if those perceptions are wrong, then they are still right as far as the audience is concerned. Here are a few tips to think about before you speak publicly. 

Are you listening? Why monitoring social media chatter can make or break your reputation.

Are you listening? Why monitoring social media chatter can make or break your reputation.

If you or your company is not on social media, you should.  After all, just because you or your company is not Tweeting or otherwise posting pictures or updates, does not prevent others from talking about you. It is important for you to listen to the chatter, know the influencers or where the discussion got started in the first place. 

What is news?

What is news?

The world around us is changing. Not necessarily because of an election, but how to use and interact with technology. We need to be smarter, wiser and more connected to the world around us to know fact from fiction. We need to be vigilant and question where our news and information is coming from and who is telling it. Believe what you want but know for every issue there is always more to the story being told or the pictures and video being shared.

Special Kids Deserve A Special Santa

Special Kids Deserve A Special Santa

For children and families living with autism, there will be a Special Needs Santa at Laurel Park Mall (37700 West Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152) on December 4 and for those in Michigan's Upper Penninsula, , there will be a Sensitive Santa at Lincoln Elementary School (810 5th Ave E, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783), on December 4, from 1-5 PM. 

Explaining The Trump Victory To My Children & Your CEO

Explaining The Trump Victory To My Children & Your CEO

This is our time to volunteer and get engaged in the communities to show people they are appreciated. It is our chance to show the world we care by becoming  more involved as a global citizen, read more about what is going on in the world around us and become involved in public diplomacy.

Responding to a recall under the Food Safety Modernization Act

Responding to a recall under the Food Safety Modernization Act

From Monsanto to Costco and DuPont to Starbuck’s, not only is the farm at risk, but so too is the table.  The Food industry is a $1.5 trillion industry that grows, rears, slaughters, processes, imports, packages and retails most of the food Americans eat, and Congress is set to change how to governs under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

Defending the Accused in a Sex Crime

Defending the Accused in a Sex Crime

Accused of a sex crime? Deal with it yourself or loose out in the court of public opinion.

It’s time to end the political porn and for Hillary to unite America

It’s time to end the political porn and for Hillary to unite America

Politics can be dirty, but what we have seen over the past year is simply political porn. Warnings have to be issued before newscasts. I have to stand over my children trying to get to Nikelodeon, DisneyXD or ESPN to make sure I don’t have to explain anything later, or often times I do if they heard something from a friend at school.

Forgotten Siblings Find Support -- Sib Shops provide an outlet for siblings of special needs children

Forgotten Siblings Find Support -- Sib Shops provide an outlet for siblings of special needs children

I want to tell you about a program coming back to New Mexico this Friday that will help siblings of people living with autism understand that they are just as important as their brother and sister living with Special Needs. Centria Health Care along with the Autism Society of New Mexico are bringing back a successful program that provides an outlet for siblings of special needs children, that lets them know that they too are special, needed and wanted.

Swedish Artist At Center Of Detroit's Comeback

Swedish Artist At Center Of Detroit's Comeback

The THMuller Galleri, the lofts and Detroit Denim, together tell a great story about Detroit.  Refurbishing a vacant building in an untapped section of Detroit, relocating an office from the suburbs, securing Detroit Denim as a tenant that represents the grit of Detroit and the future of manufacturing in the Motor City and building lofts to build a community — Complemented by an art gallery and Swedish-artist to weave arts and culture into a city’s renaissance. 

Disrupting Retail: America’s obsession with subscription boxes comes to Detroit

Disrupting Retail: America’s obsession with subscription boxes comes to Detroit

Hundreds of entrepreneurs are expected to converge in Detroit for the first ever subscription box summit, scheduled for September 21-22, at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit. 

Subscription Box companies are disrupting traditional retail by leveraging existing technology to bypass traditional marketing channels, reaching consumers with more convenient ways to shop and try new products. Hundreds will gather in Detroit for the first Subscription Box Summit starting September 21, 2016.