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Fearless Fridays – Meet Kristin Andree

Many clients approach me with the decision to write a book. Kristin is the only one in my memory who got the job done within the exact targeted time she had scheduled--copy in hand! This is a remarkable, and I have to add fearless, achievement. There are so many...

“What’s NBC?”

If you grew up in the 50's and 60's like I did, you remember that there were three major networks and then the lesser places on the dial--like Channel 5, 9, 11 and 13. That was it. We knew what the channels were, where they were located on the dial, and what...

I’m Having the Best Time…

...appreciating people on a daily basis. I signed up with SendOutCards a few months ago. I recently heard one of the industry leaders speak and since then have been sending out two cards a day to people I want to acknowledge. Sometimes it's a birthday card, a thank...

The College President as Entrepreneurial Icon

It's not only businesses that need to create branding messages these days. In her opening remarks to the assembled alumnae who gathered to meet and greet Mount Holyoke College's newly inaugurated President, Lynn Pasquerella told us of her current mission to tell...

Second Post of the Day – Ronnie Ann Ryan Rocks!

Ronnie Ann Ryan, aka The Dating Coach, came to my Remarkable Women's Network event last Tuesday night well prepared. (Ronnie is in the light turquoise on the right end of row 2.) She has put together a 5-day virtual expo called Dating for Keeps which she...

Where to Find Martha (Stewart) and Denise DiGrigoli

In response to my blog post on Monday, the brilliant and creative Denise DiGrigoli, owner of Troy Fine Art Services, Inc., came rushing into my Remarkable Women's Network event Tuesday evening exclaiming, "I've got something to show you!" Denise had written me a...

Elevator Pitch Reversal

I've been enjoying listening to podcasts of National Public Radio's (NPR) This American Life via mp3 downloads. On my walk this morning I heard a recent program called Million Dollar Ideas. During one segment there was a discussion about the good old elevator...

The Old Bulky Envelope Trick

It works every time. What's the first piece of mail you open, should you receive any, in your snail mail box? If there's something there that is thick and bulky with a first class stamp and a valued name on the return address, my money says that's what gets ripped...

How To Start A Speaking Career

I received an email this morning from a colleague I admire asking advice about speaking. It triggered my radar noting that this request for information about speaking comes my way weekly. So, I'm going to share with you what I shared with her. Most people who...

Illusion, I Mean Perception, is Everything

Two-hundred and fifty women received a  postcard mailing from me last week announcing my upcoming summer Remarkable Women's Network events. It had the image you see here on the face of it taken at my March 15 event held at Boardroom in Stamford, CT. Only women who...

The Undauntable Heather Habelka

Heather Habelka told me that when she used to play with dolls, she didn't cast them as family members like mother, father, sister and brother. Nor did she pretend that they were students and she the teacher. When she was growing up, she told me recently, her dolls...

Celebrating with Cookie

My dear friend, Cookie (aka Marisabina Russo) turned the big 6-0 last month. At a gala surprise party organized by her devoted husband Whitney, about that many friends gathered including several Artsy Girls pictured here. To personally celebrate Cookie, I invited...

The Amazing Sam Horn

Thank God Sam Horn wrote the book POP because owning it saved me from having to write down every word she spoke at the conference I attended last week in Waltham, MA. I knew that I would be able to look up the gems she shared and spend time mulling them long after...

I’m Encouraged to Air a Beef

I'm just back from a stimulating conference in Waltham, MA put on by the National Speakers Association-New England Chapter. The opening keynote speaker was David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR. His talk emphasized doing things in "real...

Listen to Lindsey

Now that the print edition of Soul Proprietor has been published, I am working to update the audio version as well. Yesterday I was so happy to have my daughter Lindsey come to CT to record the foreword she wrote for me. Foreward_Lindsey.mp3. She's such a pro! As a...