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A friend of a friend emailed me a request to ghostwrite a blog for a company she represents. In the email, there was a deadline, word...

I love giving talks about innovation and creativity. On November 5, I shared a fun morning in Jerusalem with these awesome women from The...

Killer clowns are way more popular than their therapeutic counterparts. Although that shouldn’t be surprising. It’s been shown that...

I was invited to give a talk about whether Israel's reputation as 'a startup nation' represents truth or hype. So, I brought a cache of...

Journalists have been called clowns. And when they are, it’s usually a negative remark. There's even something known as a "clown...

Call me old school, but I always prefer face-to-face conversation. Having worked in the world of communications for over two decades, I...

Is Israel “the” startup nation or “a” startup nation? I’ve always preferred the term Innovation Nation to Startup Nation. But then, it...

Two years ago, I crossed the lines of writing about the arts -- which I’ve done for over 20 years as a journalist -- to being in the...

At the end of this month, I’ve been asked to give a talk on Israel's reputation in the realm of innovation. Is this country’s moniker as...

When we decided to go to Romania, I put three places on my must-see list: the villages of Sirnea, Pestera and Magura. I had read about...

Bookstores sell other people’s stories. They also tell the stories of the place they’re in. Bucharest's impressive Carturesti, on...

My 12-year-olds had a tweenager quarrel. He said. She said. It happened suddenly while we were sightseeing. On a hot day. In the sun. So,...

Sometimes you need an outsider to show you what's happening in your neighborhood. Journalist and filmmaker Zhou Yijun dedicates an...

I pulled up to the bus stop to let my friend off and the moment she got out of the car, an older woman got in. The stranger explained...

Twice a week, I work as an educational clown. The rest of the week, I work as an innovation journalist and give talks on the culture of...

For the past five years, I’ve focused my public speaking on the innovation stories I’ve covered as a journalist. I love speaking to...

As an educational clown, adding humor to the school day impacts the openness to learning. Sometimes, being silly and offering another...

I love finding out where a startup’s great idea has come from. Why didn’t someone else come up with the idea sooner? What made the...

Back-to-school season is underway. For teachers that means lesson plans, learning students’ names, teaching strategies, classroom...

Here's what I learned this year as two of my kids moved from primary to middle schools: You need luck (which comes with a side order of...