September 17, 2013
How event planners started in the industry
By Brian Lord
President
What Was Your Big Break?“In college, when I planned the annual fashion show. It was a dream: I had a full staff and large budget.” Cornell F. Woodson, founder and event...
September 16, 2013
Elizabeth Smart talks adversity at Healthy Woman event
Written by Shae Johnson
More than 450 people turned out Friday evening to hear abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart speak during the Seventh Anniversary Celebration of Healthy...
September 12, 2013
Intense video confession sent to founder of because I said I would. [Video]
On August 9th, a man sent a message to our Facebook page asking for my help. We receive thousands of messages each month, but this particular message was unfortunately...
September 11, 2013
Thanks, Diana Nyad -- for Proving Persistence Pays
Diana Nyad has been my hero for a long time, and she has always been a lesson for all of us in the importance of persistence -- even when she failed. And now, she's done what no...
September 11, 2013
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic the First Commercial Space Flyer (Video)
By Richard Branson
The Founder & Chairman of the Virgin Empire, TED Speaker
It seems that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic may well be the first commercial space flight company.
The most resent test flight of Virgin Galactic space plane...
September 10, 2013
The Swag Bag Dilemma
I have been to a lot of conferences and conventions—hundreds of them. I’m not kidding. And I’ve been adult trick-or-treating in the expos on many occasions, dashing from booth...
September 09, 2013
Jeff and Karen Saturday to receive Pathfinder Award
Indiana Sports Corp will recognize former Indianapolis Colts All-Pro Jeff Saturday and his wife, Karen, with the 2013 Pathfinder Award. The couple will receive the award on Nov....
September 06, 2013
Setting Limits: Advice on Paying for College
Interview by Lizzie O'Leary
These days, the price of education is moving higher and higher. But how do you decide if it's worth the investment? How do you pay for the costs?...
September 05, 2013
Combatting The Federal Leviathan
Written by Steven BegakisAt every sporting event, we all join together in song for our national anthem, hailing the stars and stripes that “yet wave … o’er the land of the...
September 04, 2013
Reality catching up to the political class
Official Washington is always a decade or two behind the American people. That was true in 1963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. shared his dream for a better America and it's true...
September 03, 2013
How to Build a Solid Financial Plan Amidst Debt
This online feature may include questions adapted from my weekly live chat. It’s also an opportunity for me to answer questions I couldn’t get to during the discussion.Q: I just...
September 03, 2013
64-year-old American Woman Sets Swim Record From Cuba to Florida
Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The 64-year-old Nyad stepped ashore in Key West on Monday just before 2...