The Pragmatic Strategist

Qualities of a Great Speaker – Educational Value of Content

As noted in my previous blog post on this topic, the first quality I believe is necessary in a great speaker is for them to be educational in some way. In my recent bout of conferences, I have seen speakers who fall all over the quality spectrum, but the ones that were truly good ensured [...]

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Lessons from Conference Season Coverage

I’ve been very fortunate recently: in my role as Managing Editor of Social Computing Journal (formerly Social Computing Magazine), I’ve been able to attend a number of conferences that I would not have previously been able to find the time or money to attend. In quick succession, I have attended PubCon South, SXSWi and Web [...]

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Book Review: Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money

This book review was written for Joyful Jubilant Learning‘s March book reviews. I am posting it here for my own personal timeline. Barbara Stanny‘s “Prince Charming Isn’t Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money” is a great story with a problematic title. Unfortunately, it is also billed as a How To book, which is where [...]

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Two Things I Hate About "Sex and the City"

I recently put my “Sex and the City” DVDs on while doing some work around the house, and was reminded of the two things about the show that — no matter how much else about it I loved (and there were plenty of things in that category) — that bother the daylights out of me [...]

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Attitudes About Money

In my recent quest to collect as much information as possible to educate myself about finances and investing (and area in which I am negligently ignorant) I came across a book that has proven to be highly valuable, if not a bit unsettling. It’s “Prince Charming Isn’t Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money” by [...]

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