{"id":63,"date":"2005-03-10T17:44:47","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T01:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/archives\/2005\/02\/22\/keeping-america-strong\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T18:07:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T01:07:50","slug":"keeping-america-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/2005\/03\/keeping-america-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping America Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Betcha did\u00adn\u2019t know that small one-per\u00adson con\u00adsult\u00ading com\u00adpan\u00adies in Canada play a vital role in keep\u00ading the US<\/span> strong, didja? Makes you won\u00adder why I moved to a big US-based com\u00adpany<\/a>, but I digress. <\/p>\n

I found out just how vital these small com\u00adpan\u00adies are when an asso\u00adci\u00adate pro\u00addu\u00adcer from a TV<\/span> pro\u00adduc\u00adtion com\u00adpany cold called a few months ago to see wheth\u00ader I\u2019d be inter\u00adested in tak\u00ading part in their series called, yup, Keep\u00ading Amer\u00adica Strong<\/em>. When I poin\u00adted out that I was in Canada and a one-per\u00adson con\u00adsult\u00ading com\u00adpany, he respon\u00added that keep\u00ading Canada strong would help the US<\/span> bor\u00adders and that small com\u00adpan\u00adies also play a vital role. And that the series was hos\u00adted by Wil\u00adli\u00adam Shat\u00adner, sup\u00adpor\u00adted by tele\u00advi\u00adsion news anchors and a Navy Admiral.<\/p>\n

I must admit, I was intrigued, although I might have been more temp\u00adted had it been Leonard Nimoy host\u00ading rather than Wil\u00adli\u00adam Shat\u00adner. Still, it was worth spend\u00ading anoth\u00ader few minutes on the phone, explain\u00ading what XML<\/span> does and how it is used by vari\u00adous US<\/span> gov\u00adern\u00adment depart\u00adments such as Home\u00adland Secur\u00adity. XML<\/span> obvi\u00adously passed the test of being deemed worthy of the next step, which was to meet the field pro\u00addu\u00adcer who would write up the pro\u00adpos\u00adal for each \u201cente\u00adpren\u00adeur\u00adi\u00adal com\u00adpany\u201d (their words) that wanted to \u201cmove for\u00adward in these times\u201d (their words). At about this stage I star\u00adted won\u00adder\u00ading just how much this was going to cost, although I was enjoy\u00ading the pol\u00adished deliv\u00adery of the bene\u00adfits of being on TV<\/span> with the \u201cAmer\u00adic\u00adan icons\u201d (their words). Even\u00adtu\u00adally I got the answer. The major celebrit\u00adies were donat\u00ading their time and energy for this import\u00adant endeav\u00adour, and the only costs were a con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion to the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion costs of a mere $US<\/span> 15,000. A tad pricey for a van\u00adity kick, I thought. So I declined with thanks, got a nice fol\u00adlow-up email, and still have the fax with the details of what I missed out on. Maybe I\u2019ll keep that for pos\u00adter\u00adity; after all, paper does\u00adn\u2019t degrade the same way web sites do.<\/p>\n

Then yes\u00adter\u00adday I found an Invit\u00ada\u00adtion for Inter\u00adview for \u201cFor\u00adbes Radio\u201d on Amer\u00adic\u00adan Air\u00adlines<\/em> in my inbox. Yup, anoth\u00ader invit\u00ada\u00adtion to prove I\u2019m one of these \u201cinnov\u00adat\u00adive industry and busi\u00adness lead\u00aders, who through effect\u00adive col\u00adlab\u00ador\u00ada\u00adtion, pro\u00adgress\u00adive strategies, improved pro\u00adductiv\u00adity, and increased agil\u00adity, provide com\u00adpan\u00adies and indi\u00advidu\u00adals a com\u00adpet\u00adit\u00adive advant\u00adage and bet\u00adter qual\u00adity of work and life\u201d. This oppor\u00adtun\u00adity is to take part in a 3\u2011minute inter\u00adview to be played on Amer\u00adic\u00adan Air\u00adlines inf\u00adlight pro\u00adgram, which has a \u201ccap\u00adtive audi\u00adence of 3.4 mil\u00adlion exec\u00adut\u00adive trav\u00adel\u00aders per month\u201d, and offered at the dis\u00adcoun\u00adted rate of only $US<\/span> 4,995! So make sure you remem\u00adber your iPod next time you fly on Amer\u00adic\u00adan Airlines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Betcha did\u00adn\u2019t know that small one-per\u00ad\u00adson con\u00adsult\u00ading com\u00adpan\u00adies in Canada play a vital role in keep\u00ading the US<\/span> strong, didja? Makes you won\u00adder why I moved to a big US-based com\u00adpany, but I digress.  I found out just how vital these small com\u00adpan\u00adies are when an asso\u00adci\u00adate pro\u00addu\u00adcer from a TV<\/span> pro\u00adduc\u00adtion com\u00adpany cold called \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u201cKeep\u00ading Amer\u00adica Strong\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}