Yesterday was my Launch Day. On May 2, 2011, I sat down at my laptop computer on my kitchen counter, windows open, coffee at hand, Peroni (that's our dog ... though a beer certainly would have been appropriate) at my ...
With this article series, we’ve been having a conversation about the power of storytelling for food businesses large and small. About how you can stake a unique claim to that power. (After all, how psyched can you get about the ...
Last month, I wrote about how appropriate and powerful storytelling can be in connecting food brands to their customers. I shared the stories from Southwest Ohio farmer Drausin Wulsin of Grassroots Farm & Foods, whose blog forges and intimate connection ...
In the Spring issue of Edible Ohio Valley magazine, we shed light on the challenge of food waste in the U.S. It's a staggering problem: As writer Amy Leibrock notes: According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), up to 40% ...
Globally speaking, I'm beyond ready for 2016 to beat a hasty retreat. Seriously. Professionally, though, I'm still marveling at what a great year it was. Seriously. I was fortunate to collaborate with a number of longstanding and new clients, broadening and deepening ...
I’ve spent the past several months deep in biographies. I’ve read Beryl Markham’s “West With the Night” and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” — but that’s not the kind of biography I’m talking about here. Let’s discuss the Professional Biography, shall ...
Don't you just hate talking about yourself? Earlier this year, I had occasion to give a talk about my career and my work to a group of retirees as part of a senior-learning program sponsored by Miami University. I focused my ...
Are you startled by the fact that it’s December? Scratching your head at how quickly the year’s gone by? Me too. One way that I’m able to make sense of time’s flight is to look back at the year that’s passing, to ...
Do you ever fall asleep on an airplane only to wake up when the wheels hit the tarmac? In a mental fog, you’re thoroughly flummoxed by the realization that you’ve arrived at your destination. I feel the same way as I ...
What’s ON your refrigerator? No, I didn’t ask, “What’s IN your refrigerator?” What’s ON it? Remember when you’d dash home from the bus stop after school clutching an A paper or a favorite drawing from art class? What happened next? That’s right: ...