by Greg Martin | 15 Oct 2015 | Speaking & Events, Technology, Values
If, like me, you still find yourself shaking your fist at the abysmal numbers of women speakers at your average STEM conference, and you enjoy a bit of geeking out over math, then today’s post is going to make your toes curl in delight. A few months back, my...
by Lauren | 26 May 2015 | Comparison, Self-awareness, Speaking & Events
I love my hometown. And I love doing live events, especially in my hometown. Add in a collaboration with a small business I love and I’m positively glowing. My friends at Project House – a boutique business services firm led by two wildly fabulous women – are...
by Lauren | 24 Nov 2014 | Comparison, Curiosity, Speaking & Events
If you could see me right now, one of the first things you’d notice about me is my belly. It’s big enough, now, that perfect strangers come up to me and talk about it. (Mostly, I don’t mind much; I can appreciate their excitement.) Yep – I’m...
by Lauren | 20 Mar 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Speaking & Events, Technology
When Rohan Gunatillake and I hosted our conversation at South by Southwest last weekend, the question we opened with was this: When we refer to a digital sabbatical as a “digital detox,” it suggests that technology itself is a toxin. Is that true? And if...
by Lauren | 20 Feb 2014 | Self-awareness, Speaking & Events, Technology
For the hyper-connected among us, 2013 may well have been the year of the digital sabbatical. Many a media story hyped the benefits of multi-day technology cleanses, where analog, “real-life” experiences were touted as carrying the healing properties of a...