Around the Word

After a well deserved and greatly appreciated summer break, we're back to scouring the web for words of wisdom worth sharing.  Here's today's take:

• Copyblogger shares the 60 standout insights (one for each speaker) from their recent conference "The Influencer Project."  From testing digital trends each month to meeting online contacts offline, these tips from marketing pros are sure to up your influence with the audiences you are trying to reach

• The Wichita Eagle reviews The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, a book about two sharpie-bearing pals on a cross-country mission to correct all the public-facing typos that are, ultimately, breaking down our communication

• Nick Morgan creates a new kind of honor roll -- one which celebrates speakers not for their presentations, per se, but for their pleasantness behind the scenes. Consider it a reverse blacklist for meeting planners