The Insurance Information Institute is sporting a nice redesign. (And if you haven't seen our agent site recently, we've got a new look as well. Kudos to Patrick Ritz, our designer, for the facelift. Agent.insureMe.com looks years younger!)

If you want to know how to use PowerPoint effectively, check out Megan and James' slides from their High Tecc presentation. I may be a little biased, but I think they stole the show.

Totally unrelated to insurance, this site, which picks up on various feelings throughout cyberspace, may just wreck your productivity.

What will the long-term effects of Michael Moore's "Sicko" be? Did the 24-hour news cycle simply absorb it? Or is it destined to alter the future of our health care system? Drop your two cents by leaving a comment below. (Actually, things have been so quiet on this blog, please just offer a grunt to let us know you're still here.)

In other news, here's a recent headline from the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog: "Bush Opposes Expansion of Children’s Health Insurance." Ouch.

A recurring theme of the recent High Tecc conference was selling to different generations--boomers, Xers, millennials. I think most effective sales strategies are timeless and apply to every generation, but there are differences between the generations, and you'd do well to figure out what they are and adjust accordingly. But please, please watch the firstminute of this video before you start peppering your vocabulary with MTV-generation lingo.