So, You Hired a Communications Consultant… Now Get Out of the Way
The demands of social media today can take a toll on any executive – there are just not enough hours to post, tweet, like, comment and blog – let alone…
The demands of social media today can take a toll on any executive – there are just not enough hours to post, tweet, like, comment and blog – let alone…
Criticism is the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the good or bad qualities of something or someone. Given constructively, criticism will strengthen the bridge between two people. Given destructively, it will damage that bridge,…
For many college students, the often-required “writing-intensive course” is just an obstacle to overcome on the way toward earning a degree — until they discover that the non-writing job they’re…
Back in the day, say 32 years ago, I wrote my first employee newsletter for a young health insurance company with more than 2,000 employees. They never had a bona…
Mark Twain once said, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Writing succinctly takes thought. And thought takes time. Approach your…
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and while some of his wonderful characters are famously beloved (The Cat in the Hat, The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, Sam I Am), I…
It’s inevitable that at some point, your business or organization will face a crisis. You can’t predict it, you don’t know what or how it will happen – but you…
Become a data-driven organization. We’ve all heard that before. It’s been a major objective for many companies during the last decade, and some for even longer than that. But what…
Here’s the scenario: You invest in the creation of communications materials—presentations, brochures, posters and signage, videos or other multimedia, content for the web and more—for a specific need or event….
Soulful howls pierced the night during a massive Southern California rainstorm. Heeding the stray dog’s cries, neighbors called rescue workers to help. Wary eyes peered out from a dense thicket…