I’ve just left the SXSW 2019 mashup in Austin, Texas. And
what a joyful maiden voyage it was. In addition to the unlimited buffet of
mind-bending sessions and festooned characters, I reconnected with my friend
Guy Kawasaki.

Guy has just released his 15th book, Wise
Guy: Lessons from a Life. And what a wise autobiography it is.

Lisa & Guy catch up at SXSW 2019 – Austin TX

Here’s why you need to buy copies for your teams, your high
school and college grads, and yourself….

This week, several news outlets
reported highlights from the British
parliamentary committee (known as the DCMS committee).

Last year, DCMS spent 18 exhaustive
months investigating Facebook’s online political disinformation dissemination
and misuse of people’s data.  

While I’m no attorney or MP, I
believe every marketer can learn from these allegations. They are a cautionary
tale of using (and abusing) personalization, AI to streamline access to
customer data that companies sell to outside firms to increase revenue or
platform usage….

We have scheduled 6 months’ worth of dynamic professional development and growth  opportunities for our community. Check out our schedule, and contact me if you would like to participate in these sessions: lisa@energizegrowth.com.

Here’s a great example of engaging video content from my recent conversation with Josh Golden, VP of Creative at Yes& Agency. Enjoy this video interview. (my 2 minute segment starts at 5:17).

As the Amazon HQ2 announcement descended like a drone in Northern Virginia, I sensed the anxiety levels rise among existing (and much smaller) regional employers. They have valid concerns about the level of employee poaching that could happen in the coming decade (yes, decade).

Gratitude is an often ignored method to address employee disengagement. These 5 methods of expressing gratitude might just be the solution to retaining your best people.

As we approach 2019, it’s the perfect time to invest time in these important planning stages. I developed 8 questions to kick-start the process and thrive in the new year.

We have many stories from CLIC ’18 to pass along, and they would consume pages!  That’s why we plan to send you these stories in small bites in the coming months.

In the meantime, here’s one announcement that is worth shouting about.

Each year, we celebrate members who model our core values and raise the performance bar within our profession. This year, we selected someone who has taken their marketing leadership role to a whole new level: Jennifer Groese of List Partners….

Content strategies are more exciting and abundant than ever before.

But it’s not always easy to determine the best platforms to place your bets. Which content marketing strategies provide the highest return? In this 19 minute podcast, I sit down with Pete Winick and share my experiences, and reveal my favorite platforms.

We took a moment to reflect on our two fall 2018 CMO events in DC and Atlanta, GA: The CMO breakfast with Chip Conley, and our 4th annual CMOs Leading Innovation Conference. (CLIC ’18). This is the first in a series of conference recap posts to share key learnings.