Friday, July 30th, 2010

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Fresno Should Care About NCAA Conference Realignment

Fresno Should Care About NCAA Conference Realignment

So Fresno, are you getting excited about Fresno State’s potential 2011 Fresno State football schedule?  How could you not?  We could be playing powerhouses like Utah State,  San Jose State, Idaho, New Mexico State and possibly UC Davis, Montana State, Sacramento State or even Cal Poly.  Yes, the landscape of college athletics is changing quickly and Fresno is in a tough spot…again. It... [Read more]


Building Walt Disney’s Dream

Building Walt Disney’s Dream

I am a huge fan of Walt Disney and especially his dream of Disneyland.  Because I am getting very excited for a trip this coming week I wanted to once again celebrate Walt Disney & his most famous creation with a series of videos that I had never seen prior to yesterday.  They are amazing videos narrated primarily by Tony Baxter (Sr. Vice President , Creative Development, Walt Disney Imagineering)... [Read more]


Fresno Beer Tweetup Set

Fresno Beer Tweetup Set

Last weekend I visited The Body in The Bog for the first time since it re-opened.  My good friend Zach Reinhold and I had a really nice visit with John O’Mara about beer and about how he got The Body In The Bog back. After the weekend I was thinking about how great it would be to have a Fresno Beer Tweetup (Twitter meet up.)  So after throwing the idea out there with overwhelming response... [Read more]


Vision As Story: A Leadership Lesson

Vision As Story: A Leadership Lesson

Its been nearly a year since I graduated from the Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida.  There I did some writing and I just stumbled upon this: Having a vision is important. Communicating your vision is more important. Walt Disney was a master storyteller. As great a visionary as he was, many would argue that his most incredible skill was his ability to tell a story effectively. Three years before... [Read more]


The Beauty Of It All

The Beauty Of It All

Sometimes I miss it completely.  My life so full of so many things to do, meetings to attend, whining children.  The clutter is often times hard to overcome.  But then, when I least expect it, there it is.  Beauty. I have been thinking a lot about how it truly is all around us.  We may choose not to see it, ignore it or allow our lives to be cluttered by so many things we miss it but it is still... [Read more]