by Bruce Turkel | Dec 22, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Bah Humbug. Pardon me for being a skeptamist, but does anything say, “I did as little as possible” more than a generic e-mail holiday greeting? I just received this one (amongst many) and am reprinting its touching message here in all its insipid entirety to make my...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 20, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The two guys sitting next to me on the plane disrupted my peace and quiet by chattering away like old friends. I couldn’t open up my laptop until we “reached a comfortable cruising altitude of 10,000 feet” so I was stuck listening to them even though I really...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 24, 2012 | Branding
When I was in college, moving into the dorms was an arduous ritual. First we’d set up our stereos. Of course they were enormous – mine was comprised of big JBL speakers, a separate Marantz amp and McIntosh pre-amp, a Pioneer turntable and Aiwa cassette deck. The...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
On one of our morning runs last week, Stella was telling me about her son and how he wins at everything. He’s a high school golf champion, he always wins when they play Scrabble, and even though he doesn’t run regularly, he did run three miles with his...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week I wrote a bit about The Real Value of Tourism and its effect on the world. Specifically I wanted to explain my thoughts on how travel gives us a better understanding of cultures around us and how the tourism industry creates jobs. After I published my post,...