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Baxter Black

By | 01/2011 | Agriculture, Authors, Celebrities / Media Personalities, ENTERTAINMENT, Humor, MISCELLANEOUS, Music/Radio/TV/Movies, Spouse Programs | No comments
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Baxter Black, described by the New York Times as “…probably the nation’s most successful living poet,”…thinks it’s an exaggeration. The former large animal veterinarian can be followed nationwide through his column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, CDs, videos and commercial radio. Black lives in Benson, Arizona, between the Gila River and the Gila monster, the Mexican border and the Border Patrol and between the horse and the cow—where the action is. He doesn’t own a television or a cell phone, and his idea of a modern convenience is Velcro chaps. Everything about him is cowboy; his cartoonish mustache, his personality and his poetry. He makes a living shining a spotlight on the flaws and foibles of everyday cowboy life, and demonstrates that it is the truth in his humor that makes it funny. So, in a nut shell (from where, some believe, he may have evolved) there is considerably more to Baxter Black than just entertainment. He is the real thing. Because, as he says, “It’s hard to be what you aren’t.” Read more…

Daniel Burrus

By | 01/2011 | Agriculture, Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Computers, Consumer Trends, E-Commerce, Education, Future Trends / Futurists, Information Technology, Innovation, Negotiation/Strategy, SALES / MARKETING, Social Media, TECHNOLOGY, Technology, Telecommunications, The Internet | No comments
Dan Burrus

Considered one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and business strategists, over the past quarter century Daniel Burrus has established a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of accurately predicting the future of technology-driven trends and their direct impact on the business world. He is a strategic advisor to executives from many Fortune 500 companies, helping them to develop successful competitive strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge technologies. He has founded and managed six successful businesses himself, and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the country. Author of six books including his current New York Times & Wall Street Journal best selling book Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible and the international best seller Technotrends, Burrus is regarded as one of the world’s leading technology trend forecasters. An in-demand speaker, Burrus provides insight into how technological, social and business forces are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities that will take us to the next level of understanding, and shows how these new tools will transform business. Read more…