Tag archive for "art of conversation"

Holiday Illiness: One IS the Loneliest Number

Conversation, Relationships

Holiday Illiness: One IS the Loneliest Number

No Comments 29 December 2009

I would like to tell everyone  I had a wonderful holiday catching up with family and friends; however Santa brought me a cold for Christmas so I opted out of re-gifting my germs, stayed home and missing all holiday celebrations.  One truly is the loneliest number at the holidays yet while I watched Disney’s Prep [...]

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Through the Perspective of New Eyes

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Through the Perspective of New Eyes

1 Comment 08 December 2009

Last week I hosted a high school friend and her husband from Michigan on their first trip to California and Los Angeles. Growing up in the Midwest, I know experiencing LA for the first time is a complete culture shock.  It was good for me to see things new again through their eyes. Here is [...]

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Conversations from Thanksgiving

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Conversations from Thanksgiving

No Comments 29 November 2009

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. What were your favorite conversation topics over your big meal? Here were the ones that made me think: Texting – If you are 30 years of age or older, reflect on a high school moment and then try to imagine how that memory would be different with texting [...]

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What is Next for Oprah?

Connecting, Conversation, Relationships

What is Next for Oprah?

No Comments 23 November 2009

On Friday Oprah Winfrey announced she is calling it quits. Next season; season 25 will be the last season of the Oprah Show with the last show scheduled to air in June 2011. In her announcement she talks about her relationship with her viewers and how some people have literally grown up with Oprah. What [...]

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SocialBling Los Angeles Premier Event: It is About Connecting not Networking.

Connecting, Conversation, Relationships, Social Media

SocialBling Los Angeles Premier Event: It is About Connecting not Networking.

No Comments 17 November 2009

It was an unbelievable night!  I was hoping to share some video of the event, however the lights were better suited for ambiance than filming.  Instead I will share what I learned and experienced that evening. Although we may call SocialBling events “networking events”, they are not networking events, they are “connecting” events.  Networking is [...]

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Customer Service: Forget the Top, Aim for the Middle.

Conversation, Relationships

Customer Service: Forget the Top, Aim for the Middle.

No Comments 08 November 2009

If I was to recap three conversations from last week I would probably be inclined to share the less than pleasant ones I had with the post office, an eBay seller, and a retail store clerk. This blog post could turn into a “gripe-fest” if I did, so I have opted out of recapping those [...]

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Halloween, Corporate Culture and Burning Man

Connecting, Conversation, Relationships, Social Media

Halloween, Corporate Culture and Burning Man

1 Comment 03 November 2009

My friend pointed out to me last week that he was “beginning to hear a theme” in our conversations. I am willing to bet if you asked five other people I speak with the most, they would tell you they hear my theme too. Everybody has a theme, it is the stage of theme that [...]

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