So many people have told me they like the CWC website. I appreciate that. It's clean and simple, and hopefully doesn't bore you with business jargon and philosophies. But it does need visual updates, new project stories and a behind-the-scenes CMS power boost. Five years is a long life for a website.

It's about to get better, fortunately. I'm excited to get it launched. Watch for a new site sometime in October -- or faster, if the creative team can push me forward. The client is dragging out the timeline.

Every day it seems that my inbox features at least one webinar promotion. That's a great way to find customers and establish relationships during any type of economy -- providing your observations and hands-on knowledge on the topics of the day.

Today's registration offer from Search Engine Strategies is Aug 18, 1PM Eastern Time, on "Email Deliverability: What's New, What's True."

More information on this event and other webcasts here.

Talking about products that support collaboration is easy for the team at izzy+. The mobile, flexible, technology-rich New Workstyles embraced by their customers are mirrored in a daily Better Together mindset for izzy+ employees.

Jean Lin at Otto published an interview with izzy+ CEO Chuck Saylor on the differences between forced teaming - THEN - and changes in our digitally based society - NOW - that make collaboration a natural part of an organization's culture.

 Kevin Kelly on The New Socialism in WIRED and more on izzy+ at Otto.

Make every minute count this summer! Mark your calendar now for the August 15 Spectrum Brass Quintet concert at St. Cecilia Music Center featuring Avi Reichert (shown here), and an evening of music by George Gershwin including the popular Rhapsody in Blue (1927 performance heard here).

Admission is only $25; students are only $10. What a treat! Call to buy tickets today, 616.459.2224. Flyer here -- View this photo

"Things that you were taught at the beginning of your career may no longer be valid," says longtime copy editor John McIntyre, who now joins many as a former newspaper employee.

Tell me about it. I still cringe when I see writers use zip code abbrevations within an article. Not the way I was taught at IU's Ernie Pyle Hall. And now social media is turning newspaper articles into headline tweets. I like the immediacy and the brevity. But I also want to read the rest of the story.

John's specific observation applies to our language and how its usage changes over time. That's truly a challenge if you have the AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style or the classic S&W Elements of Style (clip from NPR) ingrained in your brain. In his blog, he lists distinctions between words and their meanings that he suggests still matter -- and others that, well, don't so much anymore. What do you think?

It's easy to see why companies are establishing guidelines on social networking for their employees. Our personal and business lives become intertwined online. That can be a positive because it allows other people to know you better and builds trust in you and your business.

It's also unfamiliar ground, which leads to rules that can be too restrictive, like the new social media policy for the Associated Press. How can you control what others say on your Facebook page?

On a lighter note, my new favorite example of striving for business transparency is the new in-flight safety video for Air New Zealand. Even I would pay attention to pre-flight safety instructions if presented by a flight crew attired only in body paint and "strategically placed seatbelts." More

A hard-working business owner dropped a promotional card for a new yoga and pilates studio at our door yesterday. The studio is nearby and I'm interested. However, when I pulled up the website on my phone, the schedule wasn't in a mobile format. I couldn't read it.

I will find it on my laptop at a later time -- but that just drives home how mobile our communication is today.

In fact, the Oxford University Press has just released 11 of its most popular dictionaries -- from philosophy and music, to medicine and business -- as iPhone apps. Who needs specialist information at a moment's notice? Just about anyone. And as my friends at izzy+ would say, today's learning happens anytime, anywhere. More

Movement. HAG. And the Capisco chair.

If you're looking for a(nother) reason to play golf or croquet with AAF West Michigan this Thursday, June 25, here it is -- the HAG Capisco, also known as the saddle chair.

An article by Katherine Salant in Saturday's Sarasota Herald-Tribune features an excellent explanation of the HAG philosophy of movement. After all, sitting is an activity.

A native of Norway, the Capisco (distributed in North Amercia by izzy+) is one of many cool items available during dinner and a drawing after the golf / croquet outing, this Thursday at Thornapple Pointe in Grand Rapids. Register now and join us!