At The Chief Good we like to add a new blog post every Monday.

So today we prepared an elaborate post on memetic marketing.

But in the space of time between starting the post and getting ready to publish, the nation learned of the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech.

So today, we made the call to hold off on our regular posting. Instead we’d like to take a moment to send our thoughts and prayers to the friends and families of those who have been touched by this tragedy.

I don’t know if we made the right call. And I think it’s a good questions for business owners everywhere. When do you plow ahead and when do you take a moment to pause?

Next week we’ll be back with our regular schedule. In the meantime we’ll keep an eye out for ways that people can help out and post it here.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, UPDATE:

Tom Tillar, Vice President for Alumni Relations, has a letter up on the Virginia Tech website that you can read (here). At the bottom of the very moving post he writes:

Many have asked how they may send financial memorials… any memorial gifts, payable to the “Virginia Tech Foundation,” designated specifically for the “Virginia Tech Family Fund,” should be mailed to University Development, 902 Prices Fork Road (0336), Blacksburg, VA 24061.

If you hear of other ways that people can help out please share them in the comments.

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