A recent visit to my hometown had me reminiscing about one of my favorite high school jobs. As a teenager, I lucked into a surreal collection of work experiences. My first job, if you don’t count baby-sitting in middle school, was as a clown. I hosted children’s birthday parties, painting kids’ faces, making balloon animals and running a series of loud,…
In my first attempt at video blogging, I tell a personal story to illustrate the soft side of social media’s benefits: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igqBkBClPYI] If you don’t have five minutes to spend — and I know, that’s long and I need to practice tightening up my story telling — here are the high points: I have a saved search in HootSuite for…
This is mainly for your summer Friday entertainment — but there is a bit of a Newvine Growing theme here. Tony-nominated Broadway actor Brian d’Arcy James grew up in my hometown, Saginaw, Mich., and I was wowed by him in our high school’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I love this video because while Brian’s been part…
