The B-word, what do a 10-year-old need to know?

My older daughter came home the other day and asked me “What’s the B-word? I am the only one in the class know nothing about it”, needless to say she got laughed at.  A little background here, she WILL turn 10 in March 2012 (Yay for two digits!  Big milestone!!) and is the second youngest in her class, everyone else is 10 years old at this … [Continue reading…]

What I Really Want When I am 45?

It's my birthday today, and OMG! I am turning 45!! Normally I won't make it a big deal nor we celebrate with big feast (is the husband reading??), but half way into my life journey -- yes I plan to live to 90 years old so I can see and be entertained by my grandchildren, what do I want for this special day? Funny enough that sometime last week I … [Continue reading…]

Once In A Life Time Experience

You know our trip back to Taiwan in the summer, and my some "serious thinking" takeaways here. Why I say this is a once-in-a-life-time experience is easy to understand with the video below, not only the amazing exhibition was in Taipei just so happened when we were there, we also were able to score some sought after tickets and actually went to … [Continue reading…]

Social Intelligence — Search or Research ?

This was in my inbox today, and sure it’s a sign to tell me "do it now". When it comes to research, a topic close to my heart; it seems these days the majority of us focus on “the activity of getting information about a subject”, where it really should be “careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about … [Continue reading…]

How To Get High On Klout

If you were at ShesConnected Conference (#SCCTO, which you should if you want to work with brands) last week but too busy to read the program guide; OR if you weren't at the conference at all, OR if you are not getting Marketing magazine (the program guide is an insert), any reason you have not seen/read the article I wrote about Klout, here it … [Continue reading…]