What makes a brand? The low-cost leader, healthy choices, socially responsible—these are all distinct ways of branding that distinguish a company, product, service, or concept from its competitors. As you read those phrases, what companies came to mind? For example, Coinstar kiosks make it easy to turn coins into cash. Now they sell bitcoin…
DetailsWhat do you do when your guest loses his internet due to an ice storm at 10:51 am…right before your 11 am Go Live? We learned first hand when an ice storm hit Uranus, MO, knocking out Internet for guest Louie Keen, who was scheduled to go live on Intercultural Spark at 11 am. You…
DetailsAre you villain or hero? It may depend on the adjectives someone uses to describe you. “Greed and boredom.” That’s what the New York Times suggested in a tweet as motivation for individual investors making money in the recent stock market rally around GameStop and other businesses targeted for short sales. The Wall Street Journal’s…
DetailsWhy Being Nice Will Always Be in Style In a world where people move fast and courtesy gets pushed aside, it’s nice to know that it’s to be nice! And that organizations learn and increase profits when creating a culture of nice. Service Excellence runs in Stephanie Leese Emrich’s blood. Her passion ignites the service…
DetailsBecause if we weren’t laughing, we’d be crying! Deanna and co-host Wendy Swart Grossman talk about how important humor is to make sense of the world! Comedians, authors, and teachers Aaron Freeman and Karen Bergreen join Intercultural Spark to share their stories and how that funny bone permeates everything (think Science and Law!). Highlights Science…
DetailsBusiness owner Brianna Buford and community artist Antonia “Toni” Ruppert joined Intercultural Spark just and hour before the inauguration. We talked about how to keep the spark burning inside you and why it’s important to keep pushing forward in the face of adversity–personal or global! Brianna is the founder of Brianna Buford & Co., a…
DetailsWith all of the strife in the US, everyone is talking about how to see a story through different lenses. Listen in as Emmy winning film producer and director Jerald Harkness talks about the power of storytelling through the lens of the underdog. Who is Jerald Harkness? Studio Auteur is a content creation company specializing…
DetailsCaitlin Kunkel is a comedy writer, satirist and self-proclaimed, highly acclaimed pizza scientist. Here she talks about adapting the curriculum she wrote for The Second City in Chicago to teach in Amman Jordan. It happened when wo comedians from Jordan got a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to up their game. Caitlin’s work has…
DetailsAre you excited for 2021 to begin and for everything to be different? But change is an active verb. You can hope for the best, but you need to envision the change you want to see as well. The Three Words to Uplift Your Year I love “The Three Words” process as recommended by Chris Brogan. Different…
DetailsPaul Klein, a long time art dealer, critic and artist mentor in Chicago, died October 11, 2020. Today, December 30, would have been his 74th birthday. Paul was one of the first people I met when I moved to Chicago. His proposal to put a biodegradable sculpture into the Lincoln Park Lagoon had been passed…
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