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Wednesday morning (12:53am) I flews from Denver to JFK. It was as full of a flight as my wallet was empty. I brewed a morning informational cup of fair trade while sitting in the airport waiting for a 9:30am flight to Boston. Two travel legs down (of 13 in the next 2 weeks) I reached Post Office Square and went to work.

Green Mountain Coffee out of Waterbury Vermont is celebrating National Fair Trade Awareness Month. I’m on a contract job through their agency (Cercone Brown) to help aide the social effect – making short videos that entertain the fact that not very many people know much about fair trade. And you can’t blame them… I knew nothing about it either. Armed with a right hand drive pink pocket camera – October also happens to be national breast cancer awareness month – I creatively document.

2 days down and some free time later – Videos are in circulation. I’m looking to expand on the creative story telling process a bit more in the next week markets of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC.

Tomorrow (Saturday) morning I’m jumping on a flight to San Diego… then boarding a Citation X which will deliver and remove us from Seattle. Saturday up – Sunday back. What happens in-between is anybodies guess.

San Diego to Las Vegas — the Dew Tour finals at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will be calling my name Sunday night along with a surprise birthday party for Simon Tabron.

Monday back to New York for a dinner with Noah Brooks and an early train ride to Philadelphia to work in market with Green Mountain Coffee. A night or two with Golden Nabor Jon turned Philadelphia Nabor Jon… I’ll assess some recent flood damage and then flood the media outlets from Baltimore and DC.

October 24th can’t come soon enough. Because then I’ll route my self back to the left side and rock the Simon Tabron + Shanna Bridges in wedding we trust on the 30th.

Wish me luck.

Warren Miller is Free Again

It’s been a long time coming — but now it’s final. Warren Miller officially owns his own name again. He just needs to stay away from using it around skiing. What does this mean? It means… that even though Warren Miller Entertainment (the film company) may have won the battle. Warren Miller (the man) won the war.

Here is a recap of what began last year beginning with the release of Level 1 Productions 10th film Refresh.

Continuing forward – lets start a link trail.
10.08.10 — Freeskier

10.14.10 — Business Link <— official release 10.14.10 — Level 1 Productions
10.14.10 — Newschoolers
10.14.10 — ESPN

10.15.10 — Denver Post <— nice summary 10.15.10 — 9News

Freeway Concert

Sorry — this is hysterically genius. As long as nobody dies in a stunt like this… it is a fair reminder to not take life too seriously.

And to maybe think about homeless american children.

[CBS Los Angeles]
[Imperial Stars]
[iTunes – Traffic Jam 101]

Getting smart about the hierarchy of smart

Subscribe to the good words of Seth Godin

Don’t talk to all your employees, all your users or all your prospects the same way, because they’re not the same.

The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition posits that there are five stages people go through:

1. Novice
–wants to be given a manual, told what to do, with no decisions possible

2. Advanced beginner
–needs a bit of freedom, but is unable to quickly describe a hierarchy of which parts are more important than others

3. Competent
–wants the ability to make plans, create routines and choose among activities

4. Proficient
–the more freedom you offer, the more you expect, the more you’ll get

5. Expert
–writes the manual, doesn’t follow it.

If you treat an expert like a novice, you’ll fail.

Demonstrating Strength

Apologize
Defer to others
Avoid shortcuts
Tell the truth
Offer kindness
Seek alliances
Volunteer to take the short straw
Choose the long-term, sacrificing the short
Demonstrate respect to all, not just the obviously strong
Share credit and be public in your gratitude
Risking the appearance of weakness takes strength. And the market knows it.

Seth Godin

TED – Nicholas Christakis – Social

“After mapping humans’ intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).”

This TED talk will drastically change my future.

:)