Have you ever thought of starting your own business or becoming self-employed? Almost everyone has wanted to be his or her own boss at some point in a career. But what does it actually take to make a success of it? And is it really the route that you should take? If you’re seriously considering …
This posting is based on an email exchange asking about the relationship between bequests and Naming Opportunities (NOs). I have expanded on my responses in that exchange: With regrets, I do not have a set of generic naming policies that I can share. I would, however, be happy to suggest how you might structure such …
Editor’s Note: If you don’t want to see an un-PC and offensive-to-women image that we didn’t create, don’t read further. Who left that guy in charge? It only makes sense, if you’re launching a new product at a major industry expo, you want a nice shot of it on Twitter. This is commonplace, and indeed …
The Technical Writer Project Manager (TW PM), has to be organized, analytical, detail-oriented, possess common sense and patience, and be an excellent communicator. The TW PM must plan, control, maintain, and be persistent in bringing the project to completion. To plan each project, the TW PM will have to: analyze the project requirements, set milestones …
He is a financial manager, whose his job typically means supervising other salespeople and involves extensive use of presenting materials to people. He says, “As a manager or employer, I want people who are good at PowerPoints. It’s an essential skill. What do you think?” The above quote is from a colleague on Gov Loop. …
Practice makes perfect Police forces the world over are embracing the importance of communication for crisis management, reputation management, and community building. Here’s one example, out of far-off Trinidad & Tobago, from a Guardian Media article: Senior officials of the Police Service embarked on an intensive three-day training workshop yesterday on how to communicate better …
Continuing (from Tuesday) to devise/structure the process for rebuilding our relationship with our lapsed donors…. Our next step is to design our solicitation strategies based upon how “major” the lapsed donors’ gifts were … and might be again. That helps us decide whether we just send solicitation letters with return gift envelopes enclosed; if we …
You could say this is part two to the eagle reflection I shared earlier called Flapping of Wings. A friend sent me a devotion today by Mary Southerland that was focused around eagles. The eagle this year continues to be an amazing teacher and guide in my life. I went on a special trip with …
You’ve wanted this position for quite a while and you’ve now been invited to interview for the role of your dreams. There’s just one catch you’re not going to be facing one interviewer, you’ll be facing four all at the same time! A coaching client contacted me recently asking for help. He just found out …
It’s an old saying in development, that your best prospects for the next time are the people who gave to you last time … or the time before that, or the time before…. Based on our best knowledge and understanding of the people who’ve given to us before, we should be making case-by-case judgments on …
