by Bruce Turkel | Oct 26, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last week we talked about disruptors. This week we’ve got a great example of disruption called Babyfonics Genius. And if you have a child or grandchild who’s learning to read, you’ll really enjoy this post.New mother Heidi Dobbs was busy teaching her pre-school...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 9, 2014 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When my son was little, my wife got a call from his teacher. She was “very concerned” and wanted to schedule a parent-teacher conference right away. Of course we were very concerned too and rushed to the school, terrified of what we’d find out. Finally, after what...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 9, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Marketing & Advertising
“When one door closes, another opens.” “The universe will provide.” “If you can conceive it you can achieve it.” [Parental warning: I hate insipid bromides. If these are sayings you appreciate, things you hang on the wall or slather on your coffee mugs, please don’t...
by Bruce Turkel | May 20, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
My fifth grade teacher Juliette Polichetti used to say, “If you don’t know what you don’t know then you don’t know.” And while you could argue that that’s another way of explaining that ignorance is bliss, I don’t think that’s what Miss Polichetti had in mind. When I...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
It was in middle school literature classes that literary tools such as onomatopoeia, sarcasm, and symbolism, were first introduced. I had already learned about onomatopoeia from Mad magazine where the sound effects balloon blasting out of a shotgun in a saloon read,...
