I was visiting with my friend Mandy Shoemaker and her sister-in-law and business partner, Michala Gibson, at their recent startup launch party. They have a terrific new venture, Prairie Elder Care, whereby they offer residential memory care and elder transition consulting services to seniors and their families. In a conversation with Mandy’s brother, Jim Gibson, […]
Month: June 2014
I’m Writing a Book: Take Two
On April 29, 2012, I posted a blog entitled, “I’m Writing a Book.” Many responses to that piece made it into Coffee Lunch Coffee: A Practical Field Guide for Master Networking. Well, I’m at it again. My plan is to spend a significant portion of this summer working on a second book. As ever, your […]
Brush Off or Brush Up
PJ is an artist with dreams of gaining notoriety on a grand scale. Though his work is outstanding, his skill level stellar, he wasn’t finding the prestige he believed he deserved. Remembering he had connected at a gallery opening with the editor of a major print publication, he reached out to the woman seeking a […]