One of the prevailing reasons we felt that we could manage this trip over the summer was that this time of year is typically pretty slow for business. If the economy was lagging in April…it sure as heck wasn’t going to pick up too much steam in July when the universe is on holiday anyway. [...]
It’s my birthday. I am half way to 70. And I’m waiting on the celebration until we land in Colorado.
Today marks the day that we start turning our sights back westward. Having explored the great Northeast for the past couple of weeks (minus the four-day hiccup return flight to Seattle) we all feel it’s time [...]
This is the first day that was spent entirely on fun. And it would never have happened if not for an early birthday present from my Aunt and Uncle: Tickets to Dorney Park.
We woke up early yesterday, piled in the Adventure Jeep, and spent nearly eight hours at the combination amusement/water park.
It…was…amazing.
I can’t [...]
The guy in the red jersey holding his football helmet in his hand is Donovan McNabb, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. This is a photo from the first day of training camp in Lehigh Valley. McNabb is my son’s second-favorite football player, after Brian Westbrook.
This trip to training camp was a highlight of our entire [...]
There needs to be a bit of a disclaimer with any story I do on Janzen PR. And not just because Scott Janzen, principal and owner, bought my much yearned-for fish n’ chips and accompanying Hefeweizen during our meeting.
I have had the privilege of being one of the many PR people that Janzen has mentored [...]
I’ve always believed that the most important skill for any PR pro is the ability to write well. The rest can be taught. And as writers, the most important piece might be the process of finding the right voice. In the case of artist/blogger Ray Basile, he’s found all eight of his. At least that’s [...]
There aren’t too many agencies out there who derive daily inspiration from astrophysicists, electrochemists and engineers. But at Waggener Edstrom (WagEd), these disciplines are held in high esteem because of the innovators behind them.
They’ve even gone so far as to name their conference rooms after famous leaders in innovation. People like Virginia Apgar (the “Apgar [...]
I’m actually in a plane today. And not one in a museum bolted to the floor. An actual plane..in the actual air. Flying back to Seattle for the week for some marathon meetings. There should be a good number of posts that come out of this trip…and possibly some sense of where this journey might [...]
I’m not the only entrepreneurial Happonen. (Just the one with cat-like reflexes to nab “happonen” for both Twitter and Facebook. HA!).
My sister-in-law, Debbie Happonen, launched her own business a year and two days ago. BH Axis is a project management firm that helps “Owners” with their design and construction projects. They handle everything from renovations [...]
We went to church today.
It’s our first stop in church since we left. We had always planned to go in every town we could because what better way to take a snapshot of a community than by attending its weekly religious meeting. Somehow, it was always too hard to find the time, the place, [...]
