Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

Paul O’Connor Interview Part 1

Monday, April 18th, 2011

On January 21st, Paul O’Connor spoke on a panel at an Economic Club of Chicago lunch along with Kevin Willer from Google (now president of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center) and Randy Blankenhorn. The topic was the GO TO 2040 Economic Development Plan for the 21st Century.

Paul is a self described “…insightfully funny suit, who is actually serious about collaborative future building…” His background is far too distinguished to list all his accomplishments here. Check out his LinkedIn profile if you want a deep dive. Paul founded World Business Chicago and was its Executive Director for 9 years. Today he leads the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. We are also on the Board of Directors together at the Metropolitan Chicago Information Center.

I was inspired by his upbeat message about the future of Chicago and how Gen Y is going to lead us into a bright future. His refreshing message about us getting getting our head out of our hands was something I thought more people needed to hear. So I invited him to record the first interview on my blog.

I hope you enjoy the first of two parts, which focuses on Gen Y. Thank you, Paul, for your time.

Are you feeling emotional this Inauguration Day?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009





This might be the most historic day in modern American history. Regardless of political beliefs, it is a wonderful day to be an American.

I started volunteering at the national headquarters of Obama for America on April 11, 2007. (Here is a post from my first day – wish I had kept blogging about it!) Winning the primary, let alone the election, was beyond a long shot. However, the energy in the office was palpable.

Senator Obama wanted a phone number Americans could call and talk to a real person. I became one of the people who answered. Often three-days a week I would leave my office for a three-hour shift. The call center started out as 4 phones; by election night rooms were filled with people on the phone.

In a few short hours, as he takes the oath of office, the Obama honeymoon will be over. While we are all still enjoying it, I thought I’d share my very small part in this very large day.

I would love to hear how you are feeling today.

Websites help you aggregate all of your….well, your web sites

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

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Lots of web sites are coming out to help people aggregate all the sites they go to. Mint.com and PageOnce.com are discussed. Web 2.0

Transparity in the Lead Generation Space

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

In this video:

Companies are working to become to plumbing of the Lead Generation Industry, while also helping purchasers understand the true value of the leads and publishers they buy them from. Will people ever buy options on leads?

Hope Springs Eternal Part II

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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I’m going to post more about business, technology and my observations on the ever changing landscape.

The Cubs will win the world series.

Hope Springs Eternal

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

The season opener for the Chicago Cubs is today on the road. Home open is at Wrigley a week from today. There is always such optimism with Cubs opening day.

Below is a home video I came across today of the 1929 World Series at Wrigley Field. It features the Philadelphia A’s playing our beloved Chicago Cubs.

Here is to hoping Wrigley might host October baseball in 2007.

Pretend you are Bono? Not a great idea for suits.

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Bank of America and MBNA merged. Two corporate guys decided that they should write and perform a take off of U2′s ‘One’ to celebrate.

I love that they take it so seriously…

I love that they get a standing ovation at the end of it…

I love that someone leaked it so all of us could enjoy!!

Chad Vadar – Day Shift Manager

Friday, September 8th, 2006

YouTube and online video has exploded onto the scene. Its power is undeniable. However, most of the links to videos that people forward through email have contained nothing more than Asian students in dorm rooms lip singing Justin Timberlake.

That is starting to change. Groups of independent producers are creating a wide variety of videos. Here is one that was emailed to me today that is really creative!

You can check out the rest of the series at HERE.