B&M The Power of Outreach. Regardless of whether you are launching a new product, a new business or a new organizational initiative, you need a team around you to be successful. But what do you do in these times, if you or your craft make you a single practitioner or a solo-entrepreneur? Now, more than […]
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The story Behind the Cat Came Back
Today’s Keith Spiro Communicast post in the Manchester Ink Link talks about a pedestrian crosswalk transformed by an artsy repeating image of cats. The stencil was created by the creative team at Orbit Group and David Hedy was my key contact to all the excitement.I remembered the old children’s song THE CAT CAME BACK that […]
The Eyes of March: Blurring the Line between Digital & Print
Who defines breaking news? And what dictates what a newspaper prints to be important enough to present to the reader? Shouldn’t the community take hold of the narrative of what is important to community and what matters to us most? […]
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Boston & Maine Connection: Celebrating Valentine’s Day All Month Long
Boston & Maine Connection: Celebrating Valentine’s Day All Month Long Valentine’s Day has become a day of exchanging positive greetings at every level including family and friends and grade school, children exchanging cards if they are physically in classrooms these days. The origin of Valentine’s Day was a Roman festival celebrating spring which has […]
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My three words for 2021. Guiding words rather than New Year Resolutions.
My three words for 2021. Guiding words rather than New Year Resolutions. My three words for 2021: Directness – Flexibility – Action Guiding words rather than New Year Resolutions. After a year filled with all kinds of surprises, I’ve learned to pace myself, accept that I can’t predict today, let alone anything in the future, […]
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Thank you, Notorious RBG
Thank you, Notorious RBG. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, best known to young folks as Notorious RBG, has left an indelible mark on our country. She was a woman of valor, a woman of strength and compassion. Fierce in the face of injustice, she has been and her legacy will continue to be a role model for […]
The library as a conduit of connection for community.
Times of adversity stretch you. Topsham Public Library’s Executive Director Susan Preece and I explored the question, “How do you get a community together when you are not physically in the building?” […]
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The One Room Schoolhouse Covid19 edition
The Boston & Maine Connection – One Room Schoolhouse Covid19 edition So, how are you? How are you really doing? For many of us, this is no longer just trite throwaway greeting but a rather serious question in a time of a globe-trotting pandemic. I find it heartening to see the number of people and […]
The Baristas Are Coming!
Exploring the synergy between art & business. We all need communication vehicles that share the great things happening in our communities. Some are digital. Some are print. All need to build relationships and trust in the partnership between readers and those who desire to earn the right to reach them. […]
2020 Vision: My Three Words
2020 Vision: My Three Words #My3Words Leadership – Journalism – Community Spend enough time with social media, newspapers, TV news or politics and you’ll quickly see the dearth of leadership. Sure there are people in titled positions of authority but they are managers at best and demagogues at their worst. Despite all the social media […]