Dialog and Roger Summit: Career Bedrock

A recent first post-COVID Dialog reunion has created a flurry of communication, activity and appreciation. As my colleague, Suzy Trigonis, said on social media, “25 years ago, most of Dialog’s employees left with lots of tears & hugs as the company was purchased & moved to North Carolina. We vowed to keep in touch … and we did.” The guest of honor was Roger Summit, founder, President and CEO of Dialog. Here is my appreciation.

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Career Path – Part 2

I went to lunch with one of my most favorite graduate school colleagues a few weeks ago. She recalled my blog post, “Toughest Teacher Paves Career Path” and asked me how that actually happened. Here is the next part of the story.

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A Photographers Tips for Zoom (WebEx, GoTo) Meetings

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had several wonderful mentors in my experiences with photography. When I was about 14 or 15, my friend’s father recognized my interest and actually offered me paid work!

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Toughest Teacher Paves Career Path

We’ve all had teachers like this. Fierce reputation. Toughest teacher in the school. Or, maybe later, a professor. “You’ll never get an A.” “Will try to intimidate you.” “Very demanding.” These or similar comments were often heard from fellow students.

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All Work and No Play?

At this point, it would be reasonable to say I was a very dull boy. Library research, culturally based school trips, debate team – not exactly the fun stuff of the early teenage years. However, there were other interests, much more fun things, that also took root during the Junior High School years.

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