Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Dear MindHub,
Fresno is calling you to once again serve your community as the best place for community conversation. Our area is in dire need of a better space to discuss our ideas, knowledge and hopes as well as share our concerns and skepticism. Today, a group of friends and I who have used [...]

Yesterday, I began a small series of posts on community conversation.  If you missed my first blog post on the topic you can see it here.  Today, I want to write about Twitter and why in my opinion, it is not the best place for healthy community conversation.
Most of my  friends and family don’t understand [...]

For the past several months, some friends and I have been thinking about the way our community communicates.  We have been trying to re-imagine ways to share knowledge, ideas and concerns about our community.  We all recognize that our community has many challenges, but our challenges are matched with incredible potential.
In reflecting about  community conversation, [...]

It is a busy week for me but in honor of the Storyland & Playland opening this Saturday, Frbruary 13th;  I give you Tyler vs. The Roller Coaster from YouTube.  This kid is pretty cute and he is riding our mini coaster in 2008.  Speaking of our opening, be sure to visit the Fresno Beehive [...]

Last week KSEE 24 began running spots that highlight Fresno.  Truly the commercial seems to be designed to highlight the entire Central Valley region.  The spots feature some prominent leaders in the community and use the Fresno Brand Platform as a template for the message.
“We Are Fresno”  is the message that you are left with [...]

It is somewhat interesting that this is my first blog entry on this blog about my job.  I guess I have been using my blog to talk about other interests but there is no doubt that Rotary Storyland & Playland are very close to me wherever I am and whatever I am doing.
I am pretty [...]