Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

Veterans Day is a great Facebook holiday. Facebook makes it easy for folks to remember that it is Veterans Day and makes it easy to post some thoughts or a photo related to Veterans Day. Between the Marine Corps Birthday on November 10th and Veterans Day on November 11th, my Facebook timeline really lights up   [Read More…]

South by Southwest happens every year in March and it has become one of my favorite conferences to attend and speak at. Getting on the agenda as a speaker is fairly difficult…they are currently trying to sort through 3,000 proposals for the 2014 show. One of those proposals is mine and I am asking for   [Read More…]

This is the beginning of a busy season for me, and I am on the road almost constantly for the next couple of weeks. Being the emotional infant that I am, I have a natural range of about four “emotions” when I travel for work; 1- busy working, 2- busy reading, 3- busy sleeping and,   [Read More…]

I am going to do some webinars. It has been on my list of things to do for a long time, but I just had not set aside the time to try and figure out the best way to go about doing it. I still have not set aside the time to do that, but   [Read More…]

Sorry, but this post really is all about me. Some stuff I want to share… resources: Building an Inclusive Culture, a free webinar Tuesday August 6th, 12:00-1:00 pm (CST). Register here. videos I have recently released a couple of videos with discussion guides. The first is focused on authenticity, here are links to the video   [Read More…]

Potpourri 1-Looking forward to heading to Austin this week and participating in TalentNet Live on Friday. Cool event with a lot of cool folks involved and I am looking forward to doing the closing keynote…hoping to make some new connections between diversity and talent. I will slap my slides up on slideshare when they are   [Read More…]

I have some friends who participate in a retreat each January to “name their year.” It helps them to be more intentional toward the coming year. I have been wanting to do the same thing this year, though was not able to participate in the retreat. Just within the past couple of days I have   [Read More…]

Time for a break! In all honesty, I have already been on a break from blogging (which has been nice for me…and maybe you as well?!), but it is time for my annual break from all things social media. I am going off line starting this Friday, December 21st and will be back on Monday,   [Read More…]

World AIDS Day is a day that always invites pause and reflection for me. Obviously it is a day with real global significance, but it also reminds me of one of the real bright spots in my adventures as an employee. Sometime in the year 2000 I started doing some volunteer work for Nebraska AIDS   [Read More…]