Thank you Francisco, Tony, and Olivia

Before last week, I didn't know a living soul in Portugal or New Zealand.  Now I do -- thanks to the networked world that's erasing distance from our everyday lives.

I was interviewed by Portuguese blogger, public speaker, and Toastmaster, Francisco Saraiva.  He's a marketing and PR executive for the Port of Leixoes.  Check out his English-language blog at http://franciscosaraiva.com.

On the other side of the globe, 12 time zones away, in Wellington, New Zealand, Tony and Olivia Mitchell included me in their "Review of top 10 speaking blogs at Alltop."  The Mitchells do presentation training and consulting for New Zealand speakers.  Their blog is www.speakingaboutpresenting.com.

Twenty years ago, when I thought of visionaries who were predicting the future we're living today, the names Alvin Toffler, Marshall McLuhan, and Tom Peters came to mind.  Who knew that those cuddly Disney characters singing "It's a Small World After All" were also foretelling our future?