Brigadoon Radio: Episode 23: Our advice to you is after this is done, vacate Miami

Recorded at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, DC, a conversation between Marc Ross and Brendan Kownacki recapping and analyzing the first two-night Democratic presidential primary debate from Miami, Florida.

The conversation explores who won, who lost, who is in, and who is out. Plus, Marc and Brendan discuss where the campaigns go from here, impact on fundraising and polling, plus how this first debate will impact the general election in key states like Michigan.

Marc is an advisor and connector working at the intersection of globalization, disruption, and politics. Marc specializes in helping entrepreneurs and thought leaders make better connections and better communications. He is the founder of Brigadoon and Caracal Global. Marc has extensive experience in public affairs and communications for companies as well as leading the advocacy operations, fundraising programs, and marketing efforts for nonprofits, trade associations, and political campaigns, many for the highest offices in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Brendan Kownacki is an experienced and innovative producer who is working daily to push the boundaries of content utilization in public communication. Plus he serves on as an advisory board member of the DC-based Artists and Athletes Alliance, and since 2011 has served as the Senior Contributor for Hollywood on the Potomac, a Washington DC lifestyle website that looks at the intersect of power, politics, advocacy, and celebrity culture in the Nation’s Capital.

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Here we go = Topics for Brigadoon Sundance 2020

Brigadoon is organizing its eighth gathering of entrepreneurs and thought leaders at Sundance Mountain Resort next winter.

Think of three days in the Utah mountains, engaging subject matter experts, meeting new entrepreneurs, hearing from thought leaders, enjoying winter mountain sports, a spa, yoga and meditation classes, the Owl Bar, delicious meals, relaxing by a fire, powerpoint free sessions, and discussions with fellow participants on emerging issues shaping commerce and culture.

2020 Topics

- Space Exploration

- Ocean Adventure

- Internet of Things

- Robots + Automation

- Modern Monetary Theory

- Architecture

- Mental Wellness + Performance

More details + tickets here


Want do you want?

"It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement." -- Abraham Maslow

I am not sure I have ever known what I want.

I have set goals.

I have mapped road trips.

I have pursued achievements.

But knowing what I want, not so much.

Laissez-faire is for me.

There are so many choices and so many opportunities. Many of us are blessed with abundance and expansion.

I am easily distracted, tempted, fascinated, and interested.

Earth is an endless playground of adventure and shenanigans.

Frankly, it's a relief to know this is not an abnormal condition. Plus, I am not sure it really matters to know precisely want I want.

I have always performed better in short time frames. For me, a season is an ideal format.

When I was coaching elite soccer players I loved looking at the schedule. The schedule set the practices, the flow, the periods of intensity, and the periods of rest.

Today working with global policy experts I use a similar system. Using inflections points like dropping a white paper, hosting a press conference, speaking at Davos, grinding on the campaign trail helps to set the work, the flow, the periods of intensity, and the periods of rest.

At the halfway point of 2019, it is a good time to take inventory and decide what I want for the next six months or say the next 100 working days give or take.

- Commit to executing simple, high-touch marketing each day

- Learn something new, challenging, and valuable

- Cut fewer corners

- Think deeper and write more

- Generate more bad ideas

- Listen to more music and spend less time on social

- Say thank you more and randomly

- Create content that tickles, tantalizes, and thrills

- Say no more, curate better, and simplify

- Embrace custom-made and bespoke

Just putting this out there feels like I am making a difficult psychological achievement.

-Marc

Marc A. Ross is an advisor and connector working at the intersection of globalization, disruption, and politics. Ross specializes in helping entrepreneurs and thought leaders make better connections and better communications. He is the founder of Brigadoon.