The Key Ingredient in the Recipe for Success Mistakes are part of learning and growing. We all have a mistake in our near or distant memory that horrified us (at the time). Maybe we’d rather forget about it – but the truth is once we get past the horror we can usually learn valuable lessons […]
April 10th is “National Encourage a Young Writer Day” - a day that reminds us all to recognize and help sharpen the talent of young writers. As a “young” writer myself, I am always looking for advice to hone my voice and polish my work. Why is it important to develop strong writing skills? According […]
4 Tips for Spotting Misinformation The advent of the true “24-hour news cycle” (online and through 24-hour cable news networks) has been a blessing and a curse for those of us in the PR field. The blessing is more news outlets, more opportunities to share your clients’ news, and ease of social amplification with “click-to-share” […]
As a communicator and a mother (and a human being in general), I am always thinking about choosing the right words. What’s the best way to convey support and understanding without applying my own lens to the experiences of others? From #Pride to #Juneteenth, June is a month full of opportunities for voices to be […]
Is the “Great Resignation” really on the way? I read the Bloomberg article How to Quit Your Job in the Great Post-Pandemic Resignation Boom by Arianne Cohen with great interest. Self-interest, mainly. The truth is, I don’t want any of our team resigning – so I read it with a bit of doubt and possibly even a little fear. [...]
The Forbes piece “A Truth Reckoning: Why We’re Holding Those Who Lied For Trump Accountable,” by Randall Lane (Jan 7, 2021), examines the impact of lying for your boss – in this case, the outgoing president of the United States. Lane puts potential corporate suitors of Trump’s former comms staff on notice: hire anyone who lied on […]