Norwood to Deliver Workshop on Storytelling

A large – Fortune 100 large – American corporation has invited me to design and then deliver a workshop on storytelling. This is an exciting opportunity! Stories – not data – are what capture the attention and the imagination of many people. Through stories we can hold the attention of the masses because people are […]

Think of the words “quality of life.” It’s an important concept. Life is fraught with heartache and difficulties. Injuries, illnesses, the loss of loved ones, financial setbacks, are just a small sampling of the host of vicissitudes that come our way in mortality. There is no shortage of stress, sadness, or worry. Such things can […]

Next month it will be my pleasure to deliver a Fireside Chat on The Book of Mormon and what it means to modern culture. I have been making a study of The Book of Mormon a matter of intense study for the last 40 years. I’ve lost count of how many times I have read […]

I received a phone call last week. A meeting planner I have known for some time informed me that their closing keynote speaker who was slated to deliver a speech in about a week had been involved in a terrible car accident and had received injuries that would prevent him from delivering the speech. He […]

As a fine food connoisseur, I am no huge fan of fast food. In fact, every time I eat a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese at McDonalds, I end up regretting it. I look in the mirror afterwards and berate myself: “What in God’s name is wrong with you, Norwood?! Have you no shame?! Have […]

In Issue 321 of Uncommon Sense (December 23, 2024) I shared with you some amazing culinary tools called Tools for Tasting and I want to tell you about them again!  The ever-brilliant octogenarian Godfrey Harris, who simply cannot take his foot off the accelerator, a perennial churner of new ideas, new tools, and new projects, […]

In the previous issue of Uncommon Sense (Issue 323) I announced that College of the Canyons, located in Valencia, California, asked me to teach two different sections of the same course – Introduction to Business (Business 100). The full semester version (16-weeks in duration) is Section 82799. The half-semester version (8-weeks in duration) is Section […]

I am pleased to announce I will be offering two online courses at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. Hey, I’m no longer physically in the state of California (hence the online modality) and you don’t have to be, either. No matter where you reside, so long as you have internet connectivity, you […]

Well, I pulled it off. In fact, I pulled it off today! After threatening to write my first book for quite a few years, I started to dabble in it in 2023. But I saw I was floundering, and so for 2024 I made it my one, Wildly Important Goal – to finish writing the […]

To all you kitchen connoisseurs, listen up! You know the routine: You are in the kitchen whipping up several different dishes to feed your family or friends. Every so often, you need to quickly sample the various items you are working on – pasta, gravy, stew, vegetable dishes, casseroles, etc. So you grab a kitchen […]