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I just remembered something about our trip to the Second Life Future Salon earlier today that I forgot to mention. While the presentation by Jerry Pfaffendorf was going on, a streaker charged on the stage, pushed Jerry off and ran the length of the platform. This avatar had nothing on but black socks. I haven’t seen that in about three ...

I’ve just been in Second Life with ACS colleagues. We were at a Future Salon meeting and then got together at the Relay For Life site. I understand we’ll have another Relay event there this summer. The last Relay there netted $6,000. Hey, that’s pretty good for a start. Hopefully we’ll have a permanent presence there, a "virtual" unit. I’ve ...

Today I stumbled across the WOMBAT (Word of Mouth Basic Training) podcasts. I’ve not had much time to explore them, but they promise to be interesting. Some of the interviewees include: Ed Keller, who co-wrote the book The Influentials with Jon Berry Greg Stielstra, author of PyroMarketing: The Four Step Strategy to Ignite Customer Evangelists and Keep Them For Life. ...

MERRILL LYNCH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY COMPANIES.  I was looking at my point total for Merrill rewards the other day and on that web site,Merrill, I found "Make giving to charity even more rewarding".  I clicked on it and was taken to a Merrill Lynch site that had 9 charities listed.   One was The ...