QVIews

The best reward from attending TEDxHouston was generating so many new ideas while listening to the presenters share their ideas. Some of these are direct descendents of a TED Talk, and some are tangents.  Talk to Carrie Schneider about photo walks and maps. Reconnect with NYU alumni I've met. Focus more on connecting existing projects,…

My plan is to stick to my routine today, although I will post my 'ricochet ideas' from TEDxHouston and try to add a bunch of new acquaintances to www.CreativeHouston.org. 

I am so fortunate that I was able to debrief my TED experience with Durwin Sharp this morning. Durwin is an 'idea catalyst' and an expert recording and leveraging ideas as a member of the Virtual Thinking Expedition. He would have like to have attended TEDxHouston, but life got in the way. We strategized on…

Yesterday's TEDxHouston was a big success on many levels. I left with a notebook of ideas to pursue. I met a couple new friends, and reconnected with many others.  They requested no pictures be taken of the presentations. Tomorrow I'll try to write a rundown of the ones I appreciated most.           …

I will report back from the Houston version of TED, curated by CulturePilot. In the meantime here are some shots of the lamp by Gertrude Barnstone.   

It's disheartening how many small businesses want to rely on email programs to stay in contact with their customers, because the flow of irrelevant information actually drives people away from email. And now people want customer service assistance to come through Twitter. As a small business do you really want to deal with complaints in…

Yesterday I made major progress on revising the listing categories for Creative Houston and developing a new business model for the Columbia Club.  At www.CreativeHouston.org, the listing categories are being rearranged so that when you hit the home page, you will see a real inventory of the creative economy in Houston. After entering the first…

For some time, marketing and leadership gurus have been advising professionals to 'tell more stories.' If you're looking to persuade people, they say, stories are more memorable and compelling. (See The Story Factor, among others.)  According to Seth Godin: The story has to be integrated into your product. The iPad, for example, wasn't something that people were…