EPISODE #11 features Brian Fanzo, a dude I met on a (docked) aircraft carrier in San Diego in early 2014. Brian and I have about a zillion mutual connections (or 50). Brian's passion is CHANGE. Teaching CHANGE. Embracing CHANGE. CHANGE. CHANGE. CHANGE. In case you missed any of the … [Read more...]
The Biggest Time Suck Of All
Want to know what the biggest time suck of all time is? Not Facebook. Not Twitter. Not YouTube. (though all 3 can be huge wastes of time: Rabbit holes!) Nope. The biggest time suck of all is ... wait for it ... the dozens of back and forth emails so many of us send to find a mutual … [Read more...]
Heather Lauer on BACON
BACON! BACON! BACON! I mean, who doesn't like bacon? ... besides folks who don't eat it for religious reasons and those who are vegan/vegetarian - though I bet some vegetarians make an exception for bacon. In today's episode, #10, I chat with Heather Lauer, about her passion: BACON. I read … [Read more...]
Corina Manea on Public Relations, Communication, & Getting in Shape
Episode #9! One episode away from double digits. Crazy, I know. Currently living in Madrid, Spain ... by way of Romania (of course), Corina Manea is my first international guest on Living Your Passion. And, as you can imagine, she set the bar high for future non-US-based guests! Corina has a … [Read more...]
Email Subject Lines Matter
I spent the past decade of my life as an "email marketing dude." If you've been following along, you know those days ended a few months ago. But, well, I still think a lot - a LOT - about email. Less about about email marketing and more about email. Personal email. Email as a communication … [Read more...]
Loren McDonald on All Things Green
8 episodes in and already I have my 2nd "McDonald" on the podcast. Crazy, I know. Today's guest, Loren McDonald, is not related to Tim McDonald (guest #3) but is the VP of Industry Relations at Silverpop and can often be found preaching the benefits of email marketing as well as social media and … [Read more...]
Julie Neumark on Communication
Julie Neumark. Episode #7. Boom. When I first asked Julie to be on the podcast, I thought her passion was going to be music. It turns out, her passion is much broader than just music. In fact, music and songwriting/song performing is just a small part of her passion. Julie's "not-so-sexy" … [Read more...]
Why Most Meetings Suck (and how to make them AWESOME)
Most meetings suck. Am I right or am I right or am I right? Right. Right. Right. <--MUST SEE Groundhog Day clip But they don't have to. Meeting can actually be AWESOME. Before we talk about awesome meetings, let's discuss what makes so many meetings sucky. What Makes Meetings SUCK Off … [Read more...]
Chris Rosati on Making People Smile
I once beat today's guest in a footrace outside of Tyler's Taproom in Durham, NC. Shortly after said race (which I won, of course), I pulled my hamstring. That guy, and today's Episode #6 guest, is Mr. Chris Rosati. Chris's PASSION is simple: Making people smile. However, as you'll hear … [Read more...]
Amber Naslund on Animal Rescue
Amber Naslund, aka Amber Cadabra, and I have been friends for a long time - long in Internet years, of course. As you can imagine, I was thrilled when she agreed to be the 5th guest on Living Your Passion. If you follow Amber on Facebook, it would be hard to miss her PASSION: Dogs, … [Read more...]