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The Hunger Games: A Real World Life and Death Battle
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Back in May, I had the absolute pleasure of spending time and having some deep conversations with some amazing people from a variety of walks of life. The conversations were incredible, focused on sustainability and the difference people can make in the lives of others, and these men and women…
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Lending My Voice…
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One of the coolest things I get to do from time to time is lend my voice to help promote some amazing work done by some amazing people. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTMiXDWPX08]
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Who Controls Your Company’s Reputation?
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So, who controls your company’s reputation? Is it your sales guys? Your public relations department? Your government relations team? Your CEO? The answer is yes to all of these of course. But who is the most influential person, on an ongoing, daily basis? I would suggest your CEO is the…
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Tweeting the #GlobalAg Summit in Washington DC
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Some days life moves at 300mph. Some days you feel good about what you spent your day doing. May 18, 2012, was both of those days for me, when, on Monsanto’s behalf, I live tweeted the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security hosted by the Chicago Council on Global…
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As Olympic Fever Winds Down, Now What?
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The year was 1984 and I was in Britain watching the Los Angeles Olympic Games and enjoying every moment. Back then, all us kids, inspired by the likes of Carl Lewis and Sebastian Coe, held our own Olympics down at the local track. Now, 28 years later, I’m in America…
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E-Book Popularity Continues to See Huge Increases; Readers Win
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Yesterday, Reuters ran a story about the ongoing changes in the book publishing industry, which I discovered thanks to the Drudge Report. As a small publisher, I can echo the radical changes we are all seeing. The report covered a survey that showed e-books doubled in popularity in 2011. Using…
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I’m Farming and I Grow It
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Earlier this week, one of my co-workers, Glynn, ran across an incredibly creative music video created by three farming brothers in Kansas. At that point the video had been viewed about 400 times, so we decided to share this fun, creative promotion of the importance of agriculture via our social media…
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I really don’t like Dolores Umbridge…
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I’m reading the Harry Potter series. Yes, I know, I’m late to the party. I actually started with the movies when the final book came out and rather enjoyed them. And in the last few weeks, both my wife and I have embarked on our journey through the imaginative pages…