Archive for August, 2011

Ask, listen and act: You’ll be amazed at what happens

By Jim Whitt I had no idea what a great listener Kent Stroman was until he wrote a book entitled Asking about Asking: Mastering the Art of Conversational Fundraising. In the preface he writes about what inspired him to write it: “It really began a few years ago during a conversation with my friend Jim Whitt. As we were getting acquainted he asked if my thoughts had been recorded in a book. After I responded in the negative he exclaimed, ‘Kent you owe it to your audience to leave them with more than just a memory of what you have… Read More

August 17th, 2011 at 10:05pm

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What will the world look like in 30 years?

By Jim Whitt While speaking at a meeting in Australia I shared the platform with Steve Tighe, a future strategist. This was in the fall of 2008, which coincided with the “fall” of 2008 when the economy collapsed. Keep in mind that many major corporations and financial institutions were so totally unprepared for this free-fall that their only salvation was a taxpayer bailout. The devastation was so severe that the economy still hasn’t recovered. How and why did this happen? Part of the answer comes from a recent article Steve wrote entitled: Time to Slow Down: “For many companies, it’s… Read More

August 8th, 2011 at 7:48am

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Oil and water may not mix but they certainly go together

By Jim Whitt Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal made an interesting point about Iraq in a recent speech: “They have a couple of big advantages — they have water, which for a country like that is a huge value, and of course they’re on a sea of oil.” Note that he placed water ahead of oil when he talked about advantages. Both commodities are valuable but which do you read and hear about in the news? Oil, because it provides the fuel for the internal combustion engine which powers our vehicles. So, the price of gasoline is foremost in… Read More

August 1st, 2011 at 9:32am

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