“We’re wired for stories, individually and collectively. Since the time of Odysseus We’ve been told stories. This is how we’ve been conditioned to learn; our morals and values are taught through stories.” Gay Ducey, past president, National Storytelling Network and Oracle Award recipient for Distinguished Nation Service in Storytelling How […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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After a day out of the office, I opened up my email and found a request from a friend to have lunch and talk about how to do a webinar. But, I’m not an expert on webinars – although I’ve been featured on them I haven’t produced one of my […]
Here’s the presentation I’l be making today at National Speakers Association’s Illinois Chapter. Want to see all of my presentations online? Visit Barbara Rozgonyi’s presentations on SlideShare. To book this presentation for your group, call me at 630.207.7530. What would you add or takeaway? Speaking Of Social Media Marketing and […]
Okay, I’ll admit up front that this might sound a bit self serving, and it is because it’s about me. But, I’m only showing you what can happen so that you can see where you might be in 10 months if you start a social media optimization plan today. I […]
On Friday, the first day of spring!, I’ll be presenting this 20 minute social media mashup to the National Speakers Association’s Illinois Chapter. My inspiration comes from a play our family saw called “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged.” On our family trip out west a few years back […]
Here’s the biggest question I get about Facebook: How do I separate my friends and my family from my business? The biggest concern? A clash of the multiple personalities that exist in one’s life. You know who you are: a mom, a sorority sister, an aunt, a book club member, […]
On March 6 and 7, I attended Alex Mandossian’s Teleseminar Secrets Reunion – check out my album on flickr. I didn’t tweet much or live blog at all. Why? Alex is a fantastic speaker and one who deserves complete attention. So, I went back to taking notes the old-fashioned way: […]
Today I did something I’ve never done before: speak to job seekers about writing. Thanks to Carlos Hernandez, a friend from San Francisco I met at BlogWorld in 2007, I was honored to be the speaker at GraceWorks. I didn’t tell the group my own job-seeker stories about . . […]
I am thrilled to be speaking at this event, hosted by the National Speakers Association of Illinois. Wendy Piersall, @emom, and Johnny Campbell, the Transition Man and I will be talking about social media for speakers, coaches and consultants. If you’re in Chicago, I hope you can join us for […]
Almost two years ago, when I read Rohit Bhargava’s social media bio post, I said, “Hey! I’ve got to do that and I’ve got to write about how cool it is to do that.” Time flies . . . and this format came back to me as I was preparing […]
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