Brand Damage? A Wal-Mart use case
Wal-Mart is a great brand which seems impervious to damage, almost Teflon coated like the skillets you can find in aisle 6 in housewares. Low Prices as a brand promise appears to not only be valid in tough economic times, but also in not so tough. I know their tagline is different, but the [...]
From the Stream: Lost and Found
Oh the holidays are here and I now know exactly what is going on in my hometown thanks to Facebook. Well, maybe not exactly, but a good deal thanks to what I can get from my network via their status, invites, picture uploads and mocku-groups, at least for my home town Gaylord, MI. For my [...]
2008: 100 Things I am thankful for
So after a year since the last Thanksgiving post I have anxiously awaited the 2008 version of my things I am thankful for post. This post is perhaps the most grueling, enjoyable and fun to write. The list clearly will include similar and exact things from the last one, but that makes sense since gratitude [...]
Peace, Love, Justice and Activism: An Interview
I had an opportunity to recently connect with one of the most cool folks in my life, Chris Matthias. Chris is one of those folks who still battles windmills, instills confidence in whomever he meets and ultimately he is out there trying to make a difference. After hanging out and again seeing his passion to [...]
