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I broke out of my legal marketing industry bubble this week and have been attending the Chief Marketing Officer Institute in Vegas. For fun and comfort, I dragged along Adam Stock and Jonathan Fitzgarrald.

The CMO Institute has been a small and intimate, yet high-level and well-crafted event.

circle of networkingAs I make the rounds of speaking to my partners about their 2013 plans the topic of “What conferences and industry events are you looking at attending?” will definitely be a key point of conversation. Once I get their list, I’ll follow up with, “Have you attended this event in the past?” And then, “Can

Learning to chart her own course. (c) H. Morse 2012
Learning to chart her own course. (c) H. Morse 2012

Well, here we are. First day back in the office after a holiday break. We have 363 days of potential ahead of us.

What are we going to do with all that potential?

How about start by thinking a bit about

An idealized me on the run.
It happened again, yesterday, in an elevator. I’m tap, tap, tapping away on my iPhone and someone, feeling very sorry for me says, “Wow. Don’t you ever get a break from that thing?” To which I’ll either laugh and ignore, but if we have enough