Love was in the air that the last Pechakucha (say: pah-shaw-kah-shaw). At least that was what the theme was, in celebration of it being near Valentine's Day. @David_Alecock talked about the importance of being present for love. Susan Rienzo talked about her love of color and making whimsical quilts. Emily Empel, a futurist, talked about her… Continue reading Love at PechaKucha
Author: Patti Combs Brownsord
Kung Hei Fat Choy and Community/Brand Involvement
Today was the third annual Lunar New Year Festival in Orlando, FL. It was a great time with a parade, exhibitions, and companies/organizations supporting the Asian culture in the Mills50 District. Some companies/organizations make total sense. Others seemed, not like a stretch, but like an interesting way for them to support niche communities and build… Continue reading Kung Hei Fat Choy and Community/Brand Involvement
Advertising that helps and advertising that made me “SMH”
Random post. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I volunteered with the United Way to pass out door tags to lower income apartment communities in south Orlando. All in all, the organization passed out 10,000 of these tags which will hopefully help put money back in families pockets. I'm really glad we did it that… Continue reading Advertising that helps and advertising that made me “SMH”
More On Reading Between The Wines
Hi You! As you may know, I’m on the host committee for the Adult Literacy League’s Reading Between the Wines event to be held on April 16. As a part of the host committee, I am charged with looking for people and companies that would want to help sponsor the event or buy tickets/tabletop. In… Continue reading More On Reading Between The Wines
Advice on getting people to text something to something
Last night I went to the Orlando Philharmonic's Michael Cavanaugh performance and it was a really great time. I love hearing rock backed by a full orchestra and this didn't disappoint. One fun thing that they asked the audience to do was to text the word "songs" to CLUBS. But the they asked people right… Continue reading Advice on getting people to text something to something
Playing with Pinterest
So I got my first "how to" request from a fan! She didn't know it, but yup, I'm considering it a blog post request. 🙂 And so here we go! (Hint: If you can't see the picture because it's too small, click on it and it should open up in another window much bigger for… Continue reading Playing with Pinterest
Beware The Urban Legend Warranty
So I dropped my iPhone 4s again. For the third time. The first time I dropped it while getting out of a car and it cracked the screen. Three weeks after I had gotten it. I forewent getting it fixed because the apple people said it couldn't be done and I'd just have to buy… Continue reading Beware The Urban Legend Warranty
Who’s excited about the arts in Orlando? This Media Nerd.
After attending the Red Chair Affair this year, I wound up on the "friends of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts" email list. They have been sending updates about the construction and news on performances being scheduled there. They sent an email a couple of weeks ago saying they were offering hard hat… Continue reading Who’s excited about the arts in Orlando? This Media Nerd.
Creativity and Leadership
I attended the Visit Orlando 2013 Annual Meeting where they had the guest speaker, Josh Linkner, founder of e-prize and author of The New York Times bestseller Disciplined Dreaming. He talked about creativity and leadership in the workplace in order to help Orlando stay on top of the tourism food-chain, but everything he said was… Continue reading Creativity and Leadership
Reading Between the Wines – Yes, I’m on another committee
So you probably realize now that I'm a busy gal. But I'm very happy to say that everything I choose to be a part of is because I feel it is important for either my personal growth, or to help in the development of our community. Being a part of the Adult Literacy League's Reading… Continue reading Reading Between the Wines – Yes, I’m on another committee
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