Hello, readers! This is a special edition of our "Getting to Know the Baudville Team" interview series. What's special about it? Well, Andrea, a member of our outbound sales team and Baudvillian since 2007, has something pretty exciting going on and we think it is definitely share-worthy!

The last time my Content Task Force got together, it was warm enough to meet outside, but, funny enough, our conversation was all about winter holidays. Our customers wanted to know when our popular Spinner Ornaments and other year-end employee gifts would be available, and our readers were talking about how to handle the holidays in the workplace.

A friend of mine, who's a teacher, just wrote a post about how distracted his students are when it comes to their phones: always looking for the next Snapchat blip or Instagram follower or Facebook like. I read this and all I could think was: look around! It's not just your students, it's nearly everyone—from adolescents to middle-aged adults. It's true: so many of us are walking around face-down waiting for affirmation.

It's October, and, to be honest, I am already thinking about when it will be summer again. Methinks this is going to be a brutal eight months if I don't get out of this mindset soon. While I settle in for a long winter's nap with a blankie and some good reading material, I'll be sharing what's been warming up my brain cells over the past month. If you missed them, check out August or September. But, if you're ready to embrace the current month, read on to see my five favorite fascinating finds for October!

I just made a decision to become more engaged in LinkedIn, which may seem strange, since in the latest RecogNation I wondered if LinkedIn is really the best way to make connections. Well, I do still wonder that, but I also can't deny that without this networking tool, I would not have met some important people from places way outside of my sphere!