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Overcoming people's past perceptions of you isn't easy. When I launched my consulting business seven years ago, I was astonished to find - years later - that acquaintances and even friends hadn't kept up with my career transition. They'd ask about my past work in politics or nonprofit advocacy, oblivious to the changes that had been consuming my life.

As I was testing Google Glass, my two-year-old wanted to know what I was doing (almost as much as he wanted some juice). So, I indulged him. The result was really pretty cute, so here we are, fetching apple juice and looking at toys.

During a recent appearance on BBC's Question Time, Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education, extolled the importance of encouraging creativity in schools. He's right. Creativity is essential to the success and fulfilment of young people, to the vitality of our communities and to the long-term health of the economy.

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And just like that the #BusinessJazz podcast became a live Hangout On Air show too. That's right - +Roger Overall and I are shaking things up even...

There is nothing like persistence, focus and repetition to crack a hard problem. Oddly sometimes we even crack the problem and forget to celebrate our achievements. It's too easy to pass GO and not bank the $200. I can always recall my boss and mentor from French Connection telling me stories about lasers and the power of focus.

Part of running a business and being an entrepreneur is trying new things. We're all about connecting with our community on this podcast. We think the most successful businesses are the ones that engage well with their target market. They build communities.

May 21, 2013 By California tech company Citrix has launched its latest video conferencing tool for businesses, GoToWebcast, which allows professionals to efficiently broadcast large scale events. The webcasting tool is available on subscription and gives the user access to unlimited live audio and video presentations as well as making the content available on demand.

Part of running a business and being an entrepreneur is trying new things. We're all about connecting with our community on this podcast. We think the most successful businesses are the ones that engage well with their target market. They build communities.

I began travelling with Legoman as a way to build a virtual bridge between my son Adam and I. Sometimes when I left home to attend various work related events Adam seemed to feel a little sad. One day I suggested that I bring a Legoman along and soon a great adventure began to unfold.

May 30, 2013 rosemary published this at 1:59 pm Earlier this month, many of you had the opportunity to attend the tenth SOBCon event in Chicago. It was a fantastic weekend, and we were thrilled that SOBCon's co-founder Liz Strauss could join us.

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Building

All fall down

At the Beach Recently I ventured to Lighthouse Park with Emma and Adam on a sunny weekend afternoon. The following Audioboo captures the sounds of intentional fun on the beach by my kids. When is the last time you headed to the beach and simply threw rocks into the water?

Water fun

More water

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Down the Jill

And he is wet now!!

Focus

Blue skies and water

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