What You Can Do When Your Conference Talk Proposal is Rejected

Christina York on stage, discussing the mission of user experience

As co-organizer for Refresh Detroit and Metro Detroit WordPress, as well as a former planning team member of almost two dozen conferences, I often get asked:

What can I do to get my talk proposals accepted at conferences? Every submission I’ve sent in this year has been rejected.

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Celebrating the Holiday at the 90th America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Big Heads, papier-mâché heads of singer Aretha Franklin and Detroit hockey player Gordie Howe

It’s our first year here. I can’t believe how much fun it is to see the parade in person!

The young women and her husband sat next to me on the sidewalk along Woodward Avenue.

We quickly exchanged names as we settled in to watch the parade. Her two young children oohed and aahed as the parade floats slowly traveled by us. Continue reading Celebrating the Holiday at the 90th America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation [TED Video]

Celeste Headlee

Whether you’re talking with a client about their project, discussing a new strategy with a team member, or catching up with a family member, having a good conversation is getting harder these days.

And according to Georgia Public Broadcasting radio host Celeste Headlee, it’s because we’ve somehow lost a critical component for better conversations: Continue reading 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation [TED Video]