Introducing the Applied AI Academy Service for Colleges and Universities

September 14, 2026.Reading time 15 minutes.

Launch an Applied AI Academy your workforce and community can use.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how students learn, how faculty teach, and how institutions prepare communities for the future of work. The question for many colleges and universities is no longer whether AI belongs on campus. It is how to introduce it in a way that is practical, responsible, inclusive, and aligned with institutional mission.

Entrepreneurs: Stop Renting Attention – Start Owning Customers

February 22, 2026.Reading time 4 minutes.

Most entrepreneurs are building businesses they don’t actually control. Number 1 marketing tip today: Build and own your audience.

2025 Christmas Parade – Lake Placid, Florida

December 15, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Started off with the high school JROTC! Go Dragons!

Nothing better than small-town USA.

Documentary Film Underway – Anniversary of Lake Placid School

August 1, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

The original Lake Placid Grade 1-12 School in 1925.

Lake Placid (FL) School was built and classes started in the new building in 1925. Grades 1 through 12 were taught. I’m doing a documentary film of the history of the building and about some of the students, teachers, and administrators from over the years. Production started this week.

Sebring in the Spotlight with HGTV Hometown Makeover

February 16, 2025.Reading time 34 minutes.

HOME TOWN TAKEOVER ANNOUNCES 6 EPISODES FOR SEBRING MAKEOVER starting on March 9.

James Patterson Inspires as Commencement Speaker at UF Graduation

May 31, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

R. Michael Brown, Writer | Producer: Multimedia Portfolio – James Patterson, a Civic Association Director, is a literacy advocate, bestselling author, and founder of the PBS series ‘Kid Stew,’ who has sold more than 375 million books worldwide in his career. Mr. Patterson gave the commencement address at the University of Florida in 2019.