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Jory Des Jardins and Cincy Social Media

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I gotta say that Thursday was a great day. And, believe it or not, Empower Media Marketing (@EmpowerMM) had a huge roll to play in this. First, I serve as director for a local chapter of HOPE worldwide here in Cincinnati. The great folks at Empower held a fund raiser and food drive to help [...]

Econ Lessons for My Kids

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

My oldest daughter is 13 years old. Walking into the bathroom after her is like walking into a data center as they’re pulling cable. Wires everywhere. Terminating in flat irons, curling irons, curlers, and myriad other energy sucking devices. Only 5 more years to go. Hopefully. But then two other sisters wait to follow in [...]

It’s Been A Great Year

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Well, I have about 3 weeks left in my tenure as a CINNUG director. For the last year I’veĀ  been the defacto marketing director with the group, communicating with sponsors, conducting market surveys, gathering content and writing and distributing newsletters. I’d like to think that my contributions have contributed to the 20% increase in attendance [...]

The Innovation Process

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Wow. I’ve had some conversations with Brett Bonner, Kroger Sr. Director of Research and Development over the last few weeks. Process for process sake is generally a bad practice because of the removal of critical thought. Brett backed up my thinking as he talked to students in the Center of Innovation at the University of [...]

Finding Ways for Families to Serve the Poor

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Pete McCreary, Rich Rayburn, Steve Jordan, Andy Graham and I met last night to discuss how the families in our home school co-op can get out in the community to serve the needy families. As we looked at our nice, orderly suburban lives it seemed that most of our activities revolved around ourselves and our [...]

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