It is not business as usual, of course.
From the moment I boarded flight Lufthansa 401 at JFK in New York, surrounded by empty security areas, an airline lounge that could only serve water and OREO cookies, and duty free shops where the sales people dusted display counters with no customers in sight, I knew that this would not be a normal business trip. Then an empty cabin on the flight, and arriving in Frankfurt to another empty airport and yet another Covid19 test. Negative, thank God.
However, it feels good to be back in action, working with colleagues by my side (all masked and keeping social distance), sharing ideas while looking into other people’s eyes and not via ZOOM. Indeed, Zoom can be very effective and it helped us move forward in the height of the Covid19 pandemic. But there is no match for conducting business in person, sharing lunch with the colleagues while continuing the discussion.
As a result, I am delighted to start this trip that makes me return to in person workshops here in Dusseldorf for my client, Handelsblatt, the financial daily of Germany. We move mobile storytelling forward!
Let’s hope that this is the start of some return to normalcy, but, in the era of Covid19, one never knows what the next day brings. One day at a time was never a truer mantra to embrace!
Mario’s speaking engagements
Association Media & Publishing
October 22
Keynote: Mobile Storytelling
Middle East Conference.
Nov. 3
Keynote: How we tell stories in the mobile age
WAN IFRA Event
https://events.wan-ifra.org/events/middle-eastern-media-leaders-esummit
Rodman Media
November 19 (virtual)
Newsroom Mobile Storytelling Training
Professors: get your review version of The Story on time for fall classes
As an academic, I know the importance of having the right tools to advance our students, especially on the important subject of mobile storytelling. Please drop me an email if you would like to sample The Story in its digital edition: mario@garciamedia.com
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