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Give Away Your Music And You Get To Keep It Forever
April 18th, 2010 by David VanAmburgHave you felt frustration this week? Get inspired. Watch the video of Andy Mackey. Now get out there and follow your own passion.Jumping house for sale
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Redefining your personal economyApril 17th, 2010 by David VanAmburgDan Robles nails it again. 4 Square,commercial inflatable slides for sale redefining currency, revaluing knowledge. What’s your personal economy going to look like in 10 years? Thinking about soft infrastructureApril 15th, 2010 by David VanAmburgOur national attention finally turned to our aging transportation infrastructure this past decade, although we’ve just begun to restructure and fund these priorities. But we may be even father behind in communications technology, Bounce house despite private and public efforts. Most people’s eyes glaze over when you mention ” broadband”. Here’s a good article that presents a different meme, “soft infrastructure”. While it will never overcome the focus on Dancing with the Stars, maybe this can better capture our group consciousness and attention, so we can really do something about it. Tracking the Relationship EconomyApril 15th, 2010 by David VanAmburgIf you don’t yet subscribe to the daily blog posts at relationship-commercial obstacle course economy.com, please check it out. This us one of my favourite blogs. Multiple Video Feeds on FirefoxApril 14th, 2010 by David VanAmburghttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20002554-248.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20Buy commercial bounce house Twitter Chirp Developer Conference LiveApril 14th, 2010 by David VanAmburgToday and tomorrow, Twitter hosts their first developer Inflatable Wedding conference, TwitterChirp in Finding the relationship economyApril 10th, 2010 by David VanAmburghttp://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=9747Buy commercial bounce house The Better Mousetrap?July 12th, 2009 by Greg Pashke
Is there an alternate solution? strategic planning: innovation: management:success THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO KILL A MOUSE When stuck looking for a new solution to a persistent problem, look for a novel approach. Here’s an example of collegiate ingenuity. BEER INDUCED CREATIVITY The fraternity poker game participants were locked in mortal combat as Tom staggered into the dining room (a.k.a. the poker emporium). Tom was fresh from his self-described part-time job (6 hours of sitting at a nearby tavern letting patrons buy him drinks while he scooped loose change off the bar). He made a few boisterous comments and then disappeared as quickly as he came in. The poker game renewed its heated intensity. Everyone assumed Boston Tom was in dreamland hitting home runs over the Green Monster at his beloved Fenway Park. Read the rest of this entry » The Sweet Sounds of BluegrassJune 27th, 2009 by Nick Corsi
Music & Arts:Take A Listen at the Mayville Bluegrass Festival
Sierra Hull at the Mayville Bluegrass Festival ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR Nothing much in the world is more soothing then sitting in a field and listening to acoustic guitars, fiddles, mandolins, stand up basses, sweet vocals and all the other sounds come along with Bluegrass. Extra ChunkyJune 6th, 2009 by Alex Gergar
TED.COM – MALCOLM GLADWELL ON BEING EXTRA CHUNKY Farmers MarketsMay 30th, 2009 by Alex Gergar
Click to see Emmaus Farmer’s Market’s website Food & Design: Buying Local We are all feeling the pinch of the recession. Times like these makes everyone look at their spending and see where the can cut back and conserve. One noticeable changes individuals can do to save money is to cut back on their weekly grocery bill. Clipping coupons, choosing wisely on their meal plan or just being aware of what you buy could save people hundreds of dollars in a year. However, being aware doesn’t mean cutting corners. BUY LOCAL Read the rest of this entry » First Summer Festival Done RightMay 17th, 2009 by Nick Corsi
Music & Arts: Edinboro takes us somewhere else…
Click to see the Event Page By Nick Corsi DOWNTOWN EDINBORO ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL We kicked off the summer season at Raven with the Edinboro Art and Music Festival. This small but packed venue really gives us a chance to get back into the swing of things. I remember someone saying if you like what you do, then you never work a day in your life, when you are working at this festival…”work” is the last thing on your mind. DONNA THE BUFFALO Vino VoloMay 16th, 2009 by Alex Gergar
Click to find if a Vino Volo is in your local airport Food & Design: Vino Volo A few weeks ago, I was traveling back to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, when I was stopped in my tracks. Heading out of the newly renovated security terminal in the Philadelphia International Airport, I was greeted by Vino Volo. Derived from Italian for “wine flight”, Vino Volo is a retail store mixes its fresh boutique style with the elegance of a wine bar. Featuring wines from around the globe, locally grown cheese and a imported meats to suit their clients taste buds, this bar currently does more than give Vino Volo is not so much as creating the concept of the wine bar in airports, they are just RECREATING it. ATMOSPHERE AND LOCATION OF AN AIRPORT WINE BAR Read the rest of this entry » Taking the Planning PlungeMay 13th, 2009 by Greg Pashke
Do’s & Dont’s strategic planning: innovation: management:success SOME DO’S AND DONT’S OF THE PROCESS You’re finally going to do it. You are a born again believer in the benefits of business and strategic planning. To prepare you for the plunge here’s some rules of the road to guide you through the process. The planning process can be exhilarating, frustrating, enlightening, demanding and a host of other descriptive adjectives. Hopefully you’ll find a nugget or two in these do’s and don’ts that will keep the emphasis on the positives of your unique organizational growth experience. Carpe Diem!
Wonder BreadMay 9th, 2009 by Alex Gergar
Click to go to Wonder Bread’s corporate site Food & Design: Redesigning the Beloved Wonder Bread is the American favorite, even if you have never tried a slice of the company’s bread. As “America’s first sliced bread” it inspired the phrase the next “best thing since sliced bread”. In a way, Wonderbread changed not only the bread and baking world forever, they created a revolution for the field itself. FROM BALLOONS CAME A LEGEND Read the rest of this entry » “Sound” Social NetworkingMay 3rd, 2009 by Nick Corsi
Music & Arts:Raven Sound Utilizes Twitter
FOLLOW @RAVENSOUND I recently began utilizing Twitter to promote Erie, PA based sound reinforcement company Raven Sound. I knew that I wanted to include at least one social networking site into Raven’s marketing mix, and the fast and easy updating potential of Twitter while on the road and on stage doing gigs was the deciding factor in incorporating the ever growing Twitter. THE TWITTER PLAN Read the rest of this entry » Billboards are nice, but …April 29th, 2009 by Bob Martin
Consciousness: true selfishness By Bob Martin
BILLBOARDS ARE NICE, BUT … Ever drive past a billboard and get frustrated because you can’t figure out what it says? I do. Billboards can be an extremely effective method of advertising when done right. When not done right, they can be an enormous waste of time and money. You have a very short amount of time to get your message across on a billboard. You have anywhere from 3-6 seconds, if you’re lucky and traffic is reasonably slow. That’s not a lot of time. I constantly see businesses trying to cram in all their information on billboards. Address, phone number, a picture of the owner with his dog, the product, a customer testimonial, the product logo … it goes on and on. The message gets lost and nothing is remembered as the driver tries to drive and read through the jumble. MY RULE OF THUMB HAS ALWAYS BEEN … Criteria For Your Management InformationApril 29th, 2009 by Greg Pashke
Look Carefully strategic planning: innovation: management:success HOW TO EVALUATE WHAT YOU NEED We all need good information to monitor and manage our organizations. We need timely, efficient and effective management information to drive the decision-making process. To meet these needs, managers should be aware of the available criteria for a proper evaluation.
The following 14 evaluative criteria are offered as a frame of reference for the planning, developing and monitoring of organizational information needs. It is important to note that proper use of the criteria will involve the assessment of qualitative as well as quantifiable attributes and will require dealing in the unfamiliar and uncomfortable qualitative arena. Also, since the criteria will not generally carry equal weight, management will need an adequate grasp of the critical criteria of its own organization. Use of the evaluative criteria should, however, provide a framework for “relative ranking” of competing data requests and thus allow for a rational allocation of available organizational resources. The evaluation job will still be difficult, but a systematic approach should increase the likelihood that all the “bases” will be covered. WHAT CRITERIA TO LOOK FOR: 14 TO BENCHMARK AGAINST Read the rest of this entry » Designing for NewApril 25th, 2009 by Alex Gergar
Food & Design: The Art of Design TED.COM – MILTON GLASER: HOW GREAT DESIGN MAKES IDEAS NEW
What’s Your USP?April 22nd, 2009 by Bob Martin
Consciousness: true selfishness By Bob Martin
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Food & Design: Beyond the Survey, 1 of 2
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything
