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In this blog, we explore what it takes to engage, inspire and connect whether you are building a personal or organizational brand.

Join us in this ongoing conversation about creating effective leadership communications with strategies and tactics that foster understanding and motivate people to act.

Join us in this ongoing conversation about creating effective leadership communications with strategies and tactics that foster understanding and motivate people to act.

Message Development: Use Word Pictures

While watching the gang on MSNBC’s Morning Joe last week, I thought Bob Woodward had one of the best descriptions ever for the dysfunction in Congress.  He likened it to “permanent divorce court.”  Such is the essence of great message development.  

By |January 10th, 2013|Categories: Branding and Positioning|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Message Development: Use Word Pictures

Leadership Communications Wishes for the New Year

It’s that time again – when we make resolutions for how we might behave, act, and become better at what we do and how we do it.  As we consider changes for the New Year, I’d like to offer the following leadership communications wish list.

By |January 7th, 2013|Categories: Influence and Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Leadership Communications Wishes for the New Year

Presentation Skills: 10 Things PR Job Seekers Should Know

It’s a tough and scary job market, whether you are just starting out or a more seasoned candidate.  But many job applicants make their task even more difficult because they present themselves poorly, an especially vexing problem when the job being sought is in the communications arena.  Here are some thoughts on personal presentation skills.

By |December 12th, 2012|Categories: Influence and Thought Leadership|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Presentation Skills: 10 Things PR Job Seekers Should Know

Leadership Communications and the Mashable Media Summit

When planning a conference, it’s always a challenge to decide whether to go for breadth or depth, especially when you only have one day.  At the Mashable Media Summit last week, they went for breadth, which ultimately was a disappointment.

By |December 4th, 2012|Categories: Influence and Thought Leadership|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Leadership Communications and the Mashable Media Summit

Great Corporate Communications in Thanksgiving Shopping

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s not often you can swoop in and out of a grocery store for a few last-minute holiday purchases and find yourself on the receiving end of some excellent messaging in action.  Today’s trip to the local Giant food store was a terrific [...]

By |November 21st, 2012|Categories: Influence and Thought Leadership|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Great Corporate Communications in Thanksgiving Shopping

Painting Pictures with Language

With just a few words, prominent geologist and Interim President of CUNY College of Staten Island William Fritz vividly summed up why Hurricane Sandy hit the island borough in the middle of New York Harbor so hard: “We’ve hardscaped our sponge.”

By |November 2nd, 2012|Categories: Influence and Thought Leadership|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Painting Pictures with Language

Crisis Communications Lessons from Sandy

Hurricane Sandy, dubbed “Frankenstorm” by the National Weather Service, barreled over the East Coast this week wreaking yet untold havoc and destruction.  As one governor put it, the damage in some places is “unspeakable.” But because of excellent communication and preparation, loss of life and serious injuries seem to have been kept to a minimum.

By |October 31st, 2012|Categories: Media and Public Relations|Tags: |Comments Off on Crisis Communications Lessons from Sandy

Message Development: Telling Your Story

E. B. White’s masterpiece, Charlotte’s Web, recently turned 60.  This children’s fable about Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider, who saves him from becoming Christmas dinner, honors friendship, ingenuity, love, and loss.

By |October 22nd, 2012|Categories: Branding and Positioning|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Message Development: Telling Your Story

Tunnel Vision, Crisis Communications and PR Counsel

A recent article in the Washington Post about the summer drama over the ouster and then reinstatement of University of Virginia (UVA) President Teresa Sullivan detailed the effort of Rector Helen Dragas to put a positive public face on this action. 

By |October 9th, 2012|Categories: Media and Public Relations|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Tunnel Vision, Crisis Communications and PR Counsel

When Public Relations People Try to Control Too Much

This headline PR Woes: When Access Isn’t Worth It on a recent post on Media Bistro’s Fishbowl DC was too compelling to resist.   Contributing writer Eddie Scarry was lamenting the demise of a connection between a publicist who invited him to a screening of The Paperboy and then told him he would be banned from future screenings because Scarry had written negatively about the film.   The publicist’s action raised his hackles and mine as well.

By |October 4th, 2012|Categories: Media and Public Relations|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on When Public Relations People Try to Control Too Much
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