Virtual Speaking Event – Park Road Books
Virtual Event Stuart Watson Via Zoom November 12th at 7:00 PM Registration: Park Road Books Want Stuart to speak at your next event? Email him at man@manlistening.com today!
Swapping Stories with Kathleen Johnston
We used to play this little game in the hotel bar during the annual conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). We’d watch people stream into the restaurant/bar with their lanyards and their name tags [...]
Laure Quinlivan – From PR to Broadcast to Motherhood – She’s All That!
My friend and colleague Laure Quinlivan has gone from TGI Friday’s waitress to NY PR assistant to local TV reporter to national award winning journalist to Cincinnati city council member. Quite the career and it’s [...]
Lucy Lustig – Creative, Artistic, Caring, Giving, Bold and Brave
Lucy Lustig wasn’t feeling well. But she was still up for a talk. She knew we didn’t have much time. She was dying. Hospice had been called in. She spends most of her days in [...]
Pink Mentor Network – From Thought-Leader, Stacy Cassio
Stacy Cassio grew up in a tiny town in northwest Kansas, halfway between Kansas City and Denver. After graduating high school with 26 others (including four foreign exchange students) she decided to forego college to [...]
E’beth Watson – Whitewater Pioneer
Her two daughters have never heard some of these stories. She doesn’t talk about them much. But my cousin E’beth was something of a whitewater pioneer. Gen Z’ers may find it hard to believe there [...]
Miz Gloria is the Embodiment of Hospitality
Once upon a time, folk talked to one another. No texts. No voicemails. No phone trees with endless options to “Press one if you’d like to…” At the Doubletree Hotel in SouthPark, for a quarter [...]
Sally’s Park Road Books – The Only Indy Bookstore In A City Of A Million!
Sally sells books. No, not by the seashore. In Charlotte. Sally sells books in the strip shopping center in Charlotte. Let’s hear you say that five times fast! She has sold books there for almost [...]
Michelle Chernicoff – A Whole New Appreciation For Cheerleaders
Michelle Chernicoff was really ticked off. You could tell. It was a quote in a national op-ed that really got to her: “Cheerleaders just need to go away.” That was one feminist’s takeaway from #metoo. [...]
Roshanda Pratt – Warmth in the Eyes, Fire in the Belly!
I hadn’t seen Roshanda Pratt since my TV days when executive producer Allison Andrews invited me and Lorraine over to a dinner honoring Ro. We told stories and laughed so hard we almost peed our [...]