Monthly Archives: October 2006

From Halloween Ghost to Warren Buffett

Everywhere I look there’s another article about how Halloween costumes aren’t what they used to be. I’d like to suggest that the costume isn’t the important part of Halloween.
The kid inside is. So is the person he or she is becoming.
That’s why Halloween is a prime time for kids to learn about philanthropy. I got the idea of Trick-or-Treaters as philanthropists-in-training [...]

Develop Message, Then Choose Best Format for Communicating It

In my weekend phone call to my daughter in Maryland a few weeks ago I told her about my latest creative project that has been one of my favorite brainstorms I’ve ever had. I was exploding I was so happy about its potential.  
She caught me totally off guard when she said, “It might be good to concentrate on the content [...]