Thoughts on Community

I'm hoping to loosely partipate in an open course called Collaborative Community: Designing Community Engaged Research through VCU this trimester. One of the first things we're asked to

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On Kindness & Conferences

The 2014 conference of the American Herbalists Guild is starting today. I’m at Callaway Gardens, GA, and will probably be in the middle of presenting a 4.5 hour

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Goodbye, Mark! Lessons from a UPS driver

Our UPS delivery guy Mark is retiring today. People in the neighborhood are taking up collections and planning to put balloons on their mailboxes to wish him farewell.

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Why asking for help may bring you business

Just a few days after launching my new business, I received one of my first requests for mentoring.  A recent grad contacted me for help working with a

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