Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Shelley's whirlwind tour has a happy ending.

If it's February, it must be...

...landing at SFO and boarding the BART for a dash to the U.Cal. Berkeley campus. Appropriately for Shelley, Berkeley is ground zero for the Free Speech Movement. Activists have stumped here for peace and love and harmony since the 1960's.

Shelley's mission was to interview one of the nation's foremost authorities on Social Media. With the San Francisco skyline as a backdrop, Christopher Allen explained the fundamental impact of the “Social Web or Web 2.0.”

“Web 1.0 was about access to information. Web 2.0 is about access to people. In Web 1.0, we read content. In Web 2.0, we listen, join, and shape the conversation.”

The interviews will be edited to create a series of podcasts, which Allen will use to market his company, Alacrity Management.

On to Dallas...

Big D's newest boom is in full swing, with the population swelling by 100,000 each year, and a slew of construction cranes jacking the skyline to staggering new heights.

Shelley hopped off her flight at DFW and climbed aboard the DART, bound for a series of meetings with young entrepreneurs. Here, Shelley works with fledgling businesses to improve their sales presentations and promotional materials – while trying to resist going through the Mexican buffet line a second time.

And back to Cincinnati...

One final flight into CVG, one more shuttle to FastPark, and once more behind the wheel of that zippy little Z3. It's back to the home office to:

...prepare new continuing education programs on Presentation Skills for the Cincinnati Bar Association. Her overwhelming success in 2009 has led to new bookings for the coming year.

...continue developing podcasts for The Mobile Marketer -- a series created by i-Cue for Johnson & Johnson to help marketers improve their skills and performance.

...work with a new client who needs to improve her leadership skills, as well her skills in public speaking, business presentations and email communications.

...and, of course, make a few new business calls every day.

But first, Shelley has another kind of shoveling to do.

Be sure to view: Shelley's on-camera work for the Time Timer, which is featured on this website. On this project, Shelley pulled a Clint Eastwood – producing, directing, and casting herself as the lead in this series of videos. The Time Timer helps businesses, educators, and individuals “make every moment count” in their work and daily life.