Pricing and Fee Report
Special Report: The One Piece of Advice You Need to Get the Fees You Deserve In this special report, 12 experts on pricing professional services answer the question, “What is the one piece of advice you’d give a professional service provider to
Workshop Opportunity
American Press Institute is looking for a speaker to lead a three-hour session on essential communication skills for new managers in the newspaper industry. The session is part of API’s upcoming seminar, “New Managers’ Survival Guide ,” Nov. 17-20,
Nantucket Journal: August 19, 2008
A lovely dinner last night at Toppers, including a wonderful 1997 Caymus Special Selection, which was their last bottle of that vintage. Accommodating, but not obsequious. (I can speak oeniphile.) We’re on the bay side today, mild threat of rain, but
Nantucket Journal: August 18, 2008
We’re off to our 15th year at the Wauwinet Inn in Nantucket. It’s a 90-minute trip from East Greenwich to Hyannis, where we have our traditional coffee and bagels while awaiting the ferry, The Eagle. This is the first time in
Olympic Thoughts
• The Chinese women deserved to win the gymnastics gold, the Americans simply choked. • Those Chinese gymnasts have not yet seen 16, I don't care what their passports say. • Michael Phelps is impressive because of what he can do under
Low Hanging Fruit and Tough Times
(This is my recent column in RainToday, which I'm reprinting here because of of its universal appeal, and because I like it a lot.) There is a hackneyed and obnoxious phrase in the sales business called "low-hanging fruit." The point, as
Suburban Terror
I think I have finally found The Last Angry Man. He is James Howard Kunstler, a fierce opponent of suburban sprawl. WARNING: This video contains profanity. WARNING: This video contains some terrific anger, great humor, and fascinating insights. I'm pleased
The Good Old Days
Billy Joel sings that "the good old days weren't all that good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems." I had an interesting chat this morning with a very good guy, successful consultant, who asked if I thought that the
The Weak Link
I've found my experiment as Guru of Social Media on Linkedin to be fascinating, but sort of like eating taffy—it's flavorful, but always on the verge of too much trouble. Here are the pros thus far: • People are overwhelmingly polite and