by Jeff Slater | Oct 13, 2014 | Marketing People, Personal Stories
This past week, I got to host Nomacorc’s 5th Wine Marketing Exchange event. We developed this series, held twice per year in California to bring interesting marketing speakers, insights and ideas to the wine marketing community. Our theme this time was “Storytelling:...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 29, 2011 | Personal Stories, Uncategorized
Today January 29th was my father’s birthday. He would be 92 years old had he lived. He made his transition almost ten years ago. As I remember him in my heart, I want to share the eulogy that I wrote and was graciously spoken for me by Rabbi Goldstein from...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 27, 2010 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories, Uncategorized
I often get requests from friends or acquaintances for career advice. How can I find a job or I’m not sure what career path to follow? I don’t have any great expertise in this area but the universe seems to bring a lot of people my way for help. I am always happy to...
by Jeff Slater | Sep 11, 2010 | Personal Stories, Uncategorized
On September 11th, 1977 Ra El and I got married. I always thought of it as our day. September 11th – a day of union and love and profound joy. On September 11th, 2001 the day took on new meaning to most of the world. That day was filled with shock and sadness in ways...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 22, 2010 | Personal Stories, Uncategorized
I like to vacuum. Not every day; in fact not every week. But every two weeks I feel the need to clean our carpets. Having two Persian cats in the house makes this mandatory. And, Dyson, our purple vacuum cleaner is a pretty heavy machine to push around so I get that...