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Happy 2012: The Year of Cultural Connections, Microblogs, and Music

By January 6, 2012October 1st, 2015No Comments

Today’s entry is our first microblog, a mini-blog entry based around a single image or concept.

Greetings, readers! Happy New Year! I hope your 2012 is off to a rousing start. While at an event on trends in China last month, I learned about the term “microblogging.” Twitter, for example, is considered a microblogging site where people can post status updates in 140 characters or less. Here at Highroad we have dubbed 2012 the Year of Connection and Growth. Through our upcoming e-book, webinars, and other forums, we want to authentically reach more people around the world. So in addition to our usual essay-type blog entries, we will now post more frequent microblogs on issues of depth and substance. This week we want to share some world music.

In about three weeks I am turning 40. To celebrate, I am putting on a house concert for my family and close friends. I will play guitar alongside a couple of guest musicians. In the past I’ve played music as a hobby, but since starting Highroad Global Services I haven’t picked up the guitar much. My job is so fulfilling I thought perhaps I didn’t need to. However, I cannot express the joy that music has brought to my life since I’ve reintroduced it. I can see why music crosses cultures so well, becoming a sort of universal language. The music and its meanings vary greatly around the world, but the feeling generated from it has great power to bond us together in a sort of rhythm.

I discovered this website recently: https://playingforchange.com/. Their tagline is “Connecting the world through music.” How appropriate! Please enjoy this stunning video of over 75 musicians across the country of Colombia. I wish you all the best for 2012.

Vicki Flier Hudson

Vicki Flier Hudson, Chief Collaboration Officer for Highroad Global Services, Inc. inspires people to leverage the full power of differences. She has helped countless large-sized corporations establish successful operations across the globe and build bridges across cultures, distance, and time.

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