SharingHope.TV shares patient stories

As many of you know we launched SharingHope.TV last week to the Tech Community at SXSW. While our site is geektastic I also wanted to remind everyone what the site is really about. Helping people tell their stories. Check out the decision making that blogger Susan Reynolds went through once she talked to her Doctor. Some powerful stuff……

What color is the sky?

Do you ever work so hard, for such a long period, that life seems to freeze in it’s tracks? For awhile now it seems that I get to work before the sun gets up and get out after it’s down. I seem to have forgotten what the daytime looks like, and in the process I stopped Blogging for FISpace. I mean it’s not a chore, in fact, if I remember correctly, Blogging can actually be fun. So I have decided to make time for FISpace and make it part of who I am again. A Blogger…..

unNotified Bodies – Stubborn Resistance to Change

Via Seth Godin’s blog, I linked to this very good post on resistance to change. Just in case you’re wondering, yes, I will take a Powerbook.-)

It Pays To DECREASE Your Wordpower

Ever been the only person in a group of people who were speaking a foreign language you didn’t understand? How did that make you feel?

Monica Bay guest posts in The Business Development/Networking Blog about the dangers inherent in using jargon when your prospects don’t know what those words mean. While she writes about sales people selling to attorneys, she could just as easily be writing about any organization selling to any prospect.

One of the worst pieces of jargon I’ve seen is "value proposition." Count the letters and syllables. Now, count the letters and syllables in "benefit."  Plus, I don’t risk sounding pedantic when I use "benefit." (Aside: Am I pedantic when I use the word "pedantic?")

I also link to this blog because Thom, the author, uses a guest author every Friday. Kinda reminds me of the story of Tom Sawyer getting his friends to whitewash the fence.-) I like that idea.