Thank You For My Freedom

God Bless the fallen and our troops defending our freedom as I write this. Please take a moment to remember and honor all we have to be thankful for. There’s always a contribution to be made. As you know, I am a passionate returned Peace Corps volunteer and...

PAH Nation's PAH-FEST Hollywood '09: Democracy In Action

I had the honor of being asked by the gracious and giving Christopher Coppola – who just lost his father, August, this week – to be one of the judges for PAH-FEST Hollywood 2009. If you don’t know what PAH (Project Accessible Hollywood) is, take a...

Though the Looking-Glass: What This Social Media Consultant Does

“What do you do,” asks an unknowing family, one-by-one. I oblige and explain, and yet am asked again, “what do you do?” I guess the better question might be is, what does it mean to have a job on the cutting-edge, where business decisions are...

Pressure To Make An 'Under 40' List

I don’t know if  it’s the Ivy League over-achiever in me or if I’m simply more competitive by nature than I realize, but I feel strangely panicky about having not made a 40 under 40 as yet. It’s not as though I’ve achieved nothing; I...