Lisa Napoli's Blog, page 53

#GNH USA

If you're interested in the brewing Gross National Happiness movement here in the US, check out the fine work of the good people in Vermont who have been working so hard to launch it. This is their latest newsletter.

#stepupwomen / Women who drive results: a professional development panel

I consider myself proudly professionally un-developing, at least as far as the corporate ladder, but nonetheless I was asked to moderate this Step Up Women's Network panel at UCLA next week if it's of interest.

#DH Content Summit

To be honest, I was dreading my commitment to moderate a panel at Digital Hollywood's Content Summit in Marina del Ray yesterday because there were five panelists and only 45 minutes to discuss the future of enhanced books. (I did like the idea of pretending to be a technology journo again after so long, however; those were the days!)

After it was over I was so glad I agreed to it, because the people were so darned interesting (and respectful of one another, too–a rarity at these conferences.) And I learned a new word: Trans-media. You know what it means.

I'm blogging about it even though this has nothing to do with happiness economics, nor Bhutan; I just find it inspirational to meet people who are doing innovative things that they love, not clocking in:

Photo: Craig Sender of the Copyright Clearance Center

From the left:

Dani Klein created a wonderful brand called Afterbirth: Stories You Won't Read in a Parenting Magazine, which began as a play and became a book and is now a podcast. A must for any parent on life after kids.

Daniel Tibbets is with GO TV Networks, a digital production studio.

Nina Lassam is with Wattpad.com, the YouTube for e-books where you could while away many hours.

Christopher Kenneally is with the Copyright Clearance Center and does a podcast about these important matters.

And Charles Stack was online bookselling before online bookselling was cool; he bought the domain "Books.com" pre-Amazon and now has a publishing tool at Sideways.com

Radio Shangri-La out today in the #Netherlands

But it's under a different title, because apparently the word "Shangri-La" has funny connotations for the Dutch. (Something about it being a campy song by a pop star there that people laugh at.) (Sorry if this is a duplicate post)

#Glendale Public Library

The people of Glendale are so fantastic they offered me up a citation from the Mayor and local assembly person before I even uttered a word at their library last night. I swear, the best part of writing a book is getting to go into libraries and stores I wouldn't otherwise have visited. I mean, I always associated Glendale with Porto's, the dangerously fattening Cuban bakery, and my Mazda repair guy, and a big ugly sprawling shopping complex that I'd go out of my way to avoid…now I know this gorgeous library is there, I'll be back.

Glendale Public Library

If you're in the neighborhood, stop by tonight at 7pm and we'll talk about Shangri-La:

http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/authors_artists_friends.asp

#3goodthings

*reincarnating those peppers into soup

*seeing Jonathan in action at the premier of his book

*impromptu invite to the neighbor's for home-made Indian food

#3goodthings

The only 2 royal wedding stories worth your attention:

Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala Thera tells Royal couple meditation key to happiness

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110501/Plus/plus_16.html

Dreams, princesses and the Disney-industrial complex
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/dreams.html

Bhutan-Bollywood connection

Forgot to post this last week:

Bhutan is asking Bollywood for help in setting up a film studio in the capital city of Thimphu. Today's the day a meeting was to take place about some sort of exchange between Bhutan and India….

Happy Irish

And I'm half-Irish! so especially happy to hear:

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/we-may-be-totally-bust-but-were-happier-than-almost-everyone-else-2633954.html