Engagement

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

Some say that marketing is like sex, everyone is good at it. If only that were true! Reality, however, is often quite different. To be good at marketing, or sex, you need to truly connect with your target. This isn’t new. Therefore, I was somewhat surprised by the amount of

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

Are you engaging your audiences? If you don’t know, you probably aren’t. If you aren’t you’re probably operating in an echo chamber of your own construction. Stephen R. Covey noted that our strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Only by finding out how others think, what they value, how

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

I don’t care for chicken fried steak. I prefer hamburgers. Normally this isn’t an issue, but in high school it became a concern of mine. Back in the day I was a cheerleader. This involved a whole lot of fun, quote a bit of practice and some very long road

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

What if you threw a party and no one came? A month or so ago, I began putting together my Thanksgiving party. Figuring that I didn’t need to worry about the date, I delved into the guest list and menu. Somewhere along the way my son pointed out that he

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

Henry Sell knew that details matter. The publisher and editor of Town and Country Magazine was a well-known figure in the New York literary scene years ago. He loved books and the West. After reading an article that my dad wrote about the West for the Rocky Mountain News, Sell

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

He walked in late, looked around, and took a seat. I didn’t recognize him, but the late-comer seemed quite at home. I continued facilitating the group, but wondered why the stranger wasn’t participating. Finally I sent a question his way. “What do you think?” “I really don’t know what you

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

Why didn’t I know that. That was the question that kept running through my mind as I recently sat through a memorial service for a dear friend. Why didn’t I know that? Why didn’t I know about all of the hobbies he enjoyed, the different lives he touched, the profound

Originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Longmont Daily Times-Call.

“What’s a little boy have to do to get something to eat around here?” The question came from somewhere below the crowd. I looked down into the big brown eyes of my adorable son and instantly felt remorse. My son and I had not communicated effectively. It was years ago