If you’re an average parent, today your kid spent 12.6 minutes on “vigorous outdoor activity” and 10.4 hours as a motionless slug. This is ridiculous. And here’s more to emphasize how parks-and-wrecked we are: The average … Read More
Our 2020 Call For Speakers Opens Monday! Here’s How To Get Behind The Mic
Next week marks the Summit Solstice, that special, equidistant Hump Day between conferences. Suddenly, the Summit To Come will be closer than the Summit That Was, so it’s time to start planning in earnest for … Read More
Blogging Isn’t Dead. It Isn’t Even Sick.
You’ll notice that one of this week’s Porchlight Posts is presented not so much as a full meal as 17 mini-courses, served up on Twitter by our friend and frequent Summit contributor John Kinnear. They … Read More
Tom Brady Takes A Flying Leap
Tom Brady inspires strong feelings in people, either as a super-model canoodler and the most blinged-out quarterback in NFL history, or as a “known cheater” and “diet pseudoscientist.” Given this polarized backdrop, it fits that … Read More
Dismiss Gen Z Influencers “At Your Peril”
The first banner ad, launched almost 25 years ago, felt like the first claim toward settling the untamed frontier of online content creation. (You can read more about the origin story here.) They may seem … Read More
“Pay Them Girls What They Worth”
With this latest World Cup win—their fourth out of the eight championships in the event’s entire existence— the United States Women’s National Team has cemented itself as the gold standard of soccer. Simply put, they’re … Read More
Happy Father’s Day Eve Eve!
This Sunday is Father’s Day (whether it’s happy or not), and you may have noticed that we aren’t asking for much. There was a time when we might have shared a few of the zillion … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: June Is A Boon
As far as we’re concerned, June should be re-branded as National “Where Do You Start?” Month. We may have grown up under the simple “Dads & Grads” paradigm, but now we’re here to Give A … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Livin’ on the Galaxy’s Edge
(Before you read any further, you should know that this is not an ad. Because really, does a juggernautical icon like the Star Wars universe even need one? This far-far-away galaxy is as globally recognizable … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Is Mother’s Day A Downer?
Happy Mother’s Day Eve Eve! Is that a thing for you? It is for us. It may come off as a mere Hallmark Holiday, but we view that term in the best sense, since parenting … Read More