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LGBT Executive Networking Night in Boston

Posted on March 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

Last night Boston Spirit magazine hosted their 5th annual LGBT Executive Networking Night at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.  Guest speaker, Chaz Bono, addressed more than 1,200 LGBT professionals who came together to socialize and network.

Some of Boston’s largest firms were talking to potential job seekers including: Mintz Levin, John Hancock, Eastern Bank, Fidelity Investments, State Street Bank, The TJX companies, Partners Healthcare, and Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare to name a few.

This spring tradition has grown each year and is a great evening.  I wanted to say thank you to the staff at Boston Spirit for organizing this event.  Click to enlarge photos from last night’s networking event.

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Overheard at work this week

Posted on March 23, 2012 | 2 Comments

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Boston Spirit Magazine 5th Annual LGBT Executive Networking Night

Posted on March 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

Boston Spirit Magazine 5th Annual LGBT Executive Networking Night takes place one week from tonight.  Are you going?   It is a great opportunity to meet and mingle regardless of your employment status or satisfaction with your job.

More than 1,000 LGBT professionals attend this event each year. The keynote speaker this year is Chaz Bono.  Certainly a strange choice for business networking but interesting all the same.

LGBT Networking Event: 6:00 – 9:00pm at Marriott Copley Place

Register Here

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Off to NYC

Posted on March 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

It is going to be a longer work day than usual. After I finish my 5PM conference call I have to dash off to Gotham for work and won’t be returning to Boston until Friday so I’ll have limited access to my blog and email.

I’ll do my best to publish any comments that come in and to respond to my personal email so thank you for stopping by and saying hello.

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Anyone else feel like this?

Posted on February 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

Since returning to the office from vacation on Tuesday it has been one thing after another.

Although I will have only had a 4-day work week, it certainly does not feel like a short work week.

Excuse me now, while I go put out another fire.

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BosGuy is a cry baby

Posted on January 3, 2012 | 7 Comments

I really am quite the cry baby.  My firm generously closed offices early on Friday, December 23rd and only re-opened this morning, Tuesday, January 3rd. Its been a wonderful week relaxing and spending time with family and friends, but this morning when I awoke early, I couldn’t help but stifle a little bit of a tear that it was all over.  Yes, I’m most definitely a cry baby.

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Travel day

Posted on December 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

Today there will be little time for banter as I hop from one meeting to the next before making a mad dash to Laguardia Airport to head home to Boston.

To all the people who read my blog and travel regularly, you have my profound respect.   The occasional business trip is more than enough for me.  I’ll leave my travel time to coincide with vacation when I can go where I want when I want.

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Are you friggin’ kidding me?

Posted on September 14, 2011 | 10 Comments

A few days ago I was asked to sit on a panel in Dallas as part of the ‘wrap-up’ for the training that has brought me to Texas. I was flattered to be one of five participants to provide my insights in front of my firm’s sales and marketing team and readily agreed.

However, I was irritated tonight when two of the panelists who are a bit more of the “cheerleader” variety sent an email suggesting we practice a serenade complete with some basic choreography (think Glee) for the leadership team and audience. Now to be fair, through out the day videos were included with actors performing numbers similar to what you would see in Glee so I understand how they arrived at this idea.

I am greatly irritated that this (overly enthusiastic) suggestion was broadcast so unexpectedly with little room for a graceful exit, and more than a bit distressed to read the email from the head of Sales (the gentleman leading the panel) saying “Fantastic“. After reading his email I sent a carefully worded email requesting that maybe I should not join the panel. Let’s see what happens.

FML (you can Google that acronym if you’re not familiar).

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Google, Matthew Epstein wants you to hire him

Posted on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

Its no secret that a lot of very talented people are currently looking for work. It also doesn’t take a rocket scientist for people to recognize that half the game is being able to differentiate yourself from others. However, there is a very fine line between thinking outside-the-box and creatively identifying ways to get the attention of a potential employer.

Matthew Epstein appears to understands how to walk that fine line with his website http://www.googlepleasehire.me/ and video. Together I think they are equal parts genious and hilarious. Tailored perfectly to Google’s quirky personality but professional enough to warrant a closer look, it appears that Matthew’s request for “one phone call and 15 minutes” of Google’s time has paid off (sort of). Google did contact Matthew but asked him to go through the standard hiring process, which apparently he’s fine with doing.

Who knows how this might end, but I’m cheering on Matthew and the millions of others out there right now looking for work.



Thanks Tim for sharing this with me.

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I’m a lucky S.O.B.

Posted on July 14, 2011 | 5 Comments

I rarely talk about my work, because I think that there are so many more interesting things to discuss. However, every once in awhile I feel the need to share. Because I work from home, my work hours can be somewhat unorthodox. However, I recognize that there are many people who have longer and more demanding days no matter how chaotic my week may be.

I have to admit that I also think that I do a very good job of disengaging from work and managing my down time. So today when I received a notice from my firm’s HR department regarding my vacation time I was wondering if I’d incorrectly filled out my time for the 4th of July holiday.
Imagine my surprise when upon reading the email I was receiving a notice asking me to consider taking more vacation time because I had maxed out the amount of vacation hours I was allowed to bank. According to the email, I need to schedule time off otherwise I’ll stop accruing vacation time. The email went on to describe how having a healthy work-life balance is important and I should speak to my manager about scheduling time away from the office.
I suppose the email came right in a nick of time. One week from today, I will be taking a few days to enjoy more fun in Provincetown. I also have a week’s vacation time scheduled for the second week of August.
I’m a lucky S.O.B.

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My stay at Fairmont San Francisco

Posted on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment

I spent much of last week at the Fairmont San Francisco on Nob Hill. Not a bad place to call home if you ask me. I was lucky enough to get a beautiful room with a fantastic view from the 21st story overlooking much of the city and San Francisco Bay. I posted some of the views that greeted me each morning in previous posts.

What I did not show was the box (made completely out of chocolate) and the delicious handmade chocolate truffles that were inside it. The tray with chocolates was accompanied by a lovely bottle of red wine and was delivered to my room shortly after checking in. If the Fairmont was trying to make me feel special – I would have to say that they succeeded in making it one of the most memorable arrivals to a hotel. I was still taking in the beautiful views of my room and wondering how I was going to be productive with such a distraction when I was greeted by this delicious treat. If you’re a traveler and would like to read my review of my stay at the Fairmont San Francisco, you can read it on TripAdvisor here.

I’d be remiss if I did not thank Lucas in the Fairmont business office for all his help and going the extra mile to make my stay so relaxing. It was certainly appreciated.

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Fairmont San Francisco

Posted on May 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

I arrived in San Francisco earlier this afternoon and have checked into the Fairmont which is a beautiful hotel located on Nob Hill. This beautiful property was built in the late 1870s and the hotel exterior and lobby exude all the charm and elegance one would attribute to that age.

I was lucky to get upgraded to the 21st floor. The pictures below provide glimpses of my view of the San Francisco bay. The first image shows Coit Tower and the second is the iconic Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance.
I’ll include a review of the hotel and the service after I return to Boston and will post it on my TripAdvisor account.

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Off to San Francisco

Posted on May 10, 2011 | 8 Comments

Work rarely takes me away from home for more than a day, but tomorrow (Wednesday) I leave for San Francisco. I’m using the opportunity to extend my stay through the weekend to visit with friends.

I was in San Francisco last summer for work, but the trip was a blur. I arrived in the evening and flew out the following day before lunch. This trip will afford me the opportunity to enjoy the city and get caught up with friends. I will be staying at the Fairmont San Francisco for the conference that is bringing me to California. This is a charming property that is fairly central. After the conference I will head over to my friend’s Sean and David where they have offered to host me in their Castro Apartment. I’m really looking forward to seeing them and my good friend Jeff.

I don’t anticipate having much time to blog, but I will be tweeting on my account, twitter.com/BosGuy.

Quick Update Just got upgraded by the Fairmont thanks to my tweets about travel. One more reason I love Twitter.

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Overheard at work today…

Posted on May 5, 2011 | 6 Comments

I rarely talk about work on my blog because I don’t think anyone would find it particularly interesting, but today I was privy to a conversation that had me in stitches. Without going into too much detail, a dialog between a small group resulted the most junior member delivering an absolute zinger.

I should predicate this, by sharing this was a virtual meeting that took place via conference call with all parties dialing in to meet. At one point, a senior manager pushed back on a more junior member (while the request was not unreasonable, it was clearly something the senior member should be managing).

After being asked to manage the task in question the more junior member said with amazing sincerity “that type of responsibility is beyond my pay scale.” -OUCH-

Perhaps if you don’t work as I do with most of your meetings over the phone you cannot appreciate the type of vacuum this creates with everyone simultaneously gasping then hitting mute on their phone so they can laugh in private and not appear unprofessional. Maybe the story won’t translate as hoped, but it still has me in stitches while I type this.

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Heading to Dallas

Posted on February 22, 2011 | 9 Comments

Work is sending me to Dallas later this week for one night. I have only been a handful of times, and I have to say that I’m not a fan (no disrespect intended for those who call it home).

The business reason that is bringing me to Dallas is pretty cool so I’m happy to go (getting away from the chilly weather is also a plus).

I’m also looking forward to connecting with a few people who work in our Dallas office; time permitting.

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