25 2025 July
The U.S. Postal Service Turns 250—So Let’s Celebrate the Innovations They Have Given the World
For over 100 years in the early days of the U.S. Postal Service, the way mail would get sent from small towns involved a crazy...
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17 2025 July
An Important Lesson About Youth Culture from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Every summer on the National Mall in DC the Smithsonian hosts their Folklife Festival. Typically, the weekend-long event brings craftspeople from around the world to...
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25 2025 June
New Event Planner Survey Suggests Celebrity Keynote Speakers May Be a Waste of Money
I have “shared the stage” with Jay Leno. That’s industry lingo for saying that I was the second (much less expensive) keynote speaker at an...
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09 2025 May
The Irrelevantly Entertaining Details of the Met Gala Are Hard to Miss … Or Care About
Every year around this time I face a similar struggle as I read all the stories about the Met Gala. I wonder why people care...
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21 2025 April
The Gardens of the Future Are on Display
Sometimes a garden show is about more than stopping to smell the roses. At the upcoming Chelsea Flower Show, some of the exhibits will help...
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18 2025 April
3 Powerful Talks from TED This Week That Are Already Available Live to Watch
The TED conference took place this past week and some of the talks have already been released. While most of the year the TED social...
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The 7 Non-Obvious Secrets of Understanding People to Predict the Future
This past week, I debuted a new keynote talk at SXSW, and it was all about understanding people. I will share the full video when...
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What Entitlement Looks Like? Adrien Brody’s Oscars Award Acceptance Speech
When the Best Actor award was announced and Adrien Brody took the top honor for the second time, he headed toward stage and abruptly stopped....
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The Super Bowl Halftime Show Went Over Many People’s Heads. Here’s What It Meant …
Recently it seems like stories about social media often center on the negative impact of various platforms making it easy to spread misinformation, fuel hate...
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3 Fun Examples of Non-Obvious Halloween Creativity to Share
Today is Halloween and a new survey suggests that for nearly half of all Americans, it’s their favorite holiday of the year. Amidst all the...
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The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: A Kids Book About Diwali by Chhavi Arya Bhargava
Diwali is for everyone. That’s the biggest perspective you’ll get from A Kids Book About Diwali … which isn’t really just for kids. Going far...
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The Virtues of [Not] Playing It Safe
Can a song capture 50 years of one of the most iconic buildings in the world? Tim Minchin is an Australian composer who was commissioned...
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The Rewear Chair Makes It Easier to Avoid Washing Your Clothes
You probably have a chair like this. The one where you throw those clothes that aren’t quite laundry. They still have a few wears left....
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