Dual Citizenship: A Passport Never Felt So Good

As many of my friends and colleagues know, I am pursuing a life’s passion of living and working in Paris. While I wanted this since the age of 13, I actually organized and executed the plan in six weeks. In this and future blogs, I will write about my move and lessons learned.
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You’ve Got the Look: Please Come to My Presentation!

OfficePort Chicago is pleased to present:
You’ve Got The Look: Branding and PR for Small Business http://youvegotthelook.eventbrite.com/
January 28, 2010, OfficePort Chicago, 9 W. Washington, just west of State.
6-9 pm.
Emily Lonigro, founder of design firm LimeRed Studio, and Sally O’Dowd, founder of Sally On Media, an integrated marketing company, will discuss how small-business owners can [...]

France: Retail Trends

This is second in a series of blogs about a December trip to Paris with DePaul University.
We met with numerous executives and public officials over eight business days.  Our first meeting was with Frederik Perodeau, head of IFM, the French Institute for Merchandising, which represents major brands such as Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble, and [...]

Finding a Passion

I just watched Julie & Julia, the film about a blogger’s passion for Julia Child’s French cooking.  It has energized me in a few ways:
First, as my friends know, I am passionate about anything to do with France.  I have loved the French language since I was 13, and have wanted to live in Paris [...]

Coworking in the News

Kudos again to Jason Goodrich at OfficePort for getting our collaborative workspace featured on WWTW, channel 11 in Chicago.  The team here enjoyed meeting TV newsman Paris Schultz. Learn more about coworking by checking out the video here: hyttp://bit.ly/wttwoffport.  Follow OfficePort on twitter @officeport, me @sallyodowd and Jason @chigoodrich. Thanks!

My first blog

Hello, self, as I don’t have any followers yet.
I had a fantastic evening last night with the folks at Business Marketing Association in Chicago. www.bma.org.  Thanks to Lynn Hazan for introducing me to this group.  Not only is she a great recruiter in the marcomm space but she is a fantastic networker and friend.  Thanks [...]