It’s been quite a weekend, by any measure of meaningfulness. I know that the following would be a heck of a run-on sentence, so here it is in outline form:

It was a time to

• explore a new city
  • Downtown Chicago
• re-connect with virtual friends who know all about each other
  • Liz Strauss
  • Terry Starbucker
  • Phil Gerbyshak
  • Chris and Lisa Cree
  • Easton Ellsworth
  • Dawud Miracle
  • Wendy Piersall
  • Lorelle VanFossen
  • and the recent Cory Miller
  • and many more
• meet new people whom I’d never heard of
• network with new companies whom I apparently have been remiss in remaining ignorant of their tools
• the best dang presentation on personal success that I’ve ever heard (David Bullock)

After 55 hours of online publishing immersion, what was my takeaway? It happened over the course of two speeches by David Bullock: his presentation on Saturday, and a brief kudos/pep-talk this morning during the cool-down session. [Read more…]