I'm almost finished reading Alan Zweibel's entertaining, honest and revealing memoir Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier*. I love to laugh out loud, especially when engrossed in a book, and he accomplished that for this reader. From his days before...
Raymond Carver's short story, A Small Good Thing, has given special meaning to that phrase. In his narrative, a tragedy occurs for a young family. But, in the midst of their sadness, a moment of caring soothes their spirits. During this quarantine, many small good...
Before we went on break for the holidays, I asked each of the remarkable women in my Mastermind Intensive to share her best marketing tip. They were all exceptional, but when everyone got out of their seats to inspect the packaging and note card that Diane Ripstein...
I had the good fortune to not only see Move on the Cha Cha's Sunday night with a group of close friends, but also to know the creator and star of the show--Diane Ripstein. Diane had shared her dream with me many years ago of one day performing at the Fringe...
I've known Diane Ripstein since I joined the National Speakers Association in 1997. I knew that she was a communications expert par excellence. I'd seen her present to audiences and demonstrate her vast skills as a business leader and authority on the subject of...