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Pendulum

My Aquatech Keynote Review in Four Words

No one threw fruit.
Which is saying a lot in Florida. There’s a lot of fruit down here.
For my mom, here are the first couple minutes. (Yes, my sister came to visit. It was awesome having her there.)

We’re flying home in the morning after ten days mostly off the grid. Thanks everyone for your patience.
Looks like [...]

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Sneak Preview of The Pendulum

On Wednesday, March 10th, I’ll be giving approximately 1200 members of the International Water Quality Association a glimpse into why their trusted marketing techniques aren’t working nearly as well as they used to work.
We’re going to take step waaaaay back and look at the driving forces that have made western society what it is today. [...]

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Holiday Reading & Following, Part 1

On Thursday, November 19th, Emily Poore (www.ColumbiaMOChamber.com) wrote:
Hi Tim,
I heard your talk at the Women’s Network luncheon on THE PENDULUM – MARKETING IN 2009 AND BEYOND. I really liked your examples throughout history of the two different sides and how it swings back and forth, and I wanted to learn more about this idea. [...]

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Message Fail: The Sinking Hippies

Over at IFC’s blog yesterday, Vadim Rizov analyzed why Pirate Radio tanked. The trailer looked fun to me, but I worked in radio for twelve years.
He gives five reasons for the sinking ship of a film. The third one smacked me like a weed-covered shovel:
3. People are tired of self-congratulatory baby boomers.
Remember when “Taking Woodstock” [...]

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