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When was May? Training and Travel Begin Again…SocMed Style.

Earlier this year, my father died. It was as bad as you can imagine and like other humans, I’m dealing with it. What I miss most about him is actually his presence as a sounding board and as someone with whom to discuss my travels and travails.

It’s been almost four years since a good portion of my professional income started coming in via keynotes, panels and professional training sessions. In that time, I’ve given around 100 presentations and spoken to audiences as varied as bloggers and professional journalists; housewives and university presidents; Fortune 100 CMOs and hobbyist podcasters. And with each audience came a different story.

Now, three months after his death on April 5, I take pause to think about how I might share my upcoming adventures. To rattle it off, I have a Lesbian and Gay Journalist Conference in August, The Social Media Integration event in September, SPJ/RTDNA also in September, Cable Communicators of America in October, Tech Day Camp in October, Journalism Interactive in October, BlogWorld in November and a few ‘camps’ in the middle.

Most recently, I even did an impromptu fill-in role at WordCamp Boston for a speaker who was running a little late.

Ultimately, I think it’s the excitement of teaching others about content, communication, social media and marketing that makes it all fun. It really brings out the kid in me because I valued the teachers I had all through my life. But that brings me full circle to one of the best teachers I ever had and the realization that at a time when I could be teaching him stuff and sharing my adventures, he’s no longer around.

And I’m just a kid who still wants to share a smile and a story.

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Ugliest! Ever.

I have been doing a lot of content work for organizations worldwide and decided that I wanted to add some info to my sites, too. But I got sidetracked and started monkeying with the look and feel and theme of … —yes, there’s more—

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Memorial Day Cookout – Food is Good Content

This week, I spoke at the New England Xpo for Business – or is it Expo for Business? Whatever it was, the turnout was great and the response to my multiple sessions was flattering. My topics were content, blogging and … —yes, there’s more—

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It’s up to you. And three links.

When looking around the social media universe, you’ll find a lot of people spouting off techniques to use to make yourself more prominent and effective. These techniques are usually great – IF. YOU. USE. THEM. But without going forward with … —yes, there’s more—

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Brilliance

Michael Kwan and I didn’t get to spend enough time together at CES last week, but I still am in awe of his work ethic and the amount of content he produces. Since I didn’t get to tell him that … —yes, there’s more—

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Content – Jeff Cutler-style

So, I’m sitting here on Labor Day writing five blog posts at once. I won’t post this right now because the blog has too much recent stuff on it and I might as well leverage the clock in my favor. … —yes, there’s more—

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Is Social Media a Waste of Time?

Talk to a normal human and ask them how much of their day-to-day activity is controlled by Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools. They’ll likely back away from you slowly while offering you a nice tinfoil hat to wear. … —yes, there’s more—

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Content pointers

Yesterday I took part in a Webinar titled “Avoid the Post-Launch Flop” and thought I’d share it here for you as well. Enjoy. Let me know if you thought the info was helpful and if I could use a stylist. … —yes, there’s more—

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Hot Time, Summer in the City – Social Media Madness

My calendar looks like a Sharpie pen collection threw up on it. From personal appointments with friends, physicians and scooter mechanics to a variety of valuable networking and technology events, this week is jammed to the gills. I know my … —yes, there’s more—

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BostonNow no longer

This post is probably about a month late, but it seems that when newspapers gobble up each other or drop off the map, there is very little in the way of fanfare. I only found out today that the free … —yes, there’s more—

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