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A Thousand Thankful Moments

As the family, friends and feasting pause for a breather, a bit of digestion and contemplation of the next upcoming festivities, I thought it was a good time to take a few moments to reflect on all there is for which we can be thankful and recognize that so much good that surrounds us.

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You want to Change the World? Start Admiring!

For decades, our societies were curated with a semblance of decorum and manners. Criticism was left to the few who thought they knew more than the rest and that it was acceptable to tear others down. Those who wanted to be heard had soapbox venues,

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Loyalty Lost?

Yesteryear a hand shake confirmed an agreement and was considered ironclad backed by the honor of the individuals involved.

Yesterday one would make an agreement in writing, a contract which outlined deliverables as well as expectations and the signatures of both parties was considered valuable and ironclad.

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Building Your Platform, Cultivating Your Community

Every 5 years or so there seems to be a new conversation that seeks to redefine the economy, the marketing and the message. The current model revolves around Platform Businesses—defined through various sources as ones that are built around matchmaking vendors and customers,

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Note from Gillian: What is your Masterpiece?

Having just completed our adVenturesAcademy annual Entrepreneur + Investor Summit – this time during Outdoor Retailer in Denver uniting the outdoor industry with the natural products industry – it was exciting to see co-founder, Alissa Sears, and her team of hard working,

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Note from Gillian: What the Help?

For thousands of years (thankfully) there have been those driven in life to help – themselves, others, the planet, animals, and life itself. The tools to help have been developed over the years through personal contact, community,

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A Note from Gillian: Empathy Overload? The Secret to Creating a Comfort Zone in Business and in Life

It seems that every device we turn on inundates us with bad news from violence, terrorists, disease, celebrity scandal, and conflict. In business, the deluge continues with fluctuating stock markets, endless government regulations, rapid changes in the sales and distribution channels,

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A Note from Gillian: Why Build Brands that Matter

Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary from our adVenturesAcademy Jalama Program… Preserving & honoring the power of true disruption (and wildness!).

For more than 25 years, we have developed and implemented numerous research-based multi-faceted campaigns to launch first – to- market ethical products,

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A Note from Gillian: Learning from Mother Earth

Nasturtium, also known as Tropaeolum, or Indian Cress. (Science name Tropaeolum majus L.). Native to South and Central America, includes several very popular garden plants. Plants in this genus have showy, often intensely bright flowers, and rounded,

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A Note from Gillian: Finding Direction in the Storm

Whether hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires, or mudslides, storms cause confusion. Lives change, normalcy forgotten. You seek to survive. You seek shelter, safety, and hope others are safe, that others will be there to help those most affected. Eventually the storm clears and life slowly moves toward routines that one once took for granted;

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