Now that you have prepared your content well and have worked on being calm and focused, you are well on the way to feeling confident, focused, and ready for your important presentation. Here is the rest of the story; what to do in the hours and moments before the big event. 1. Walk to calm …
[Editor’s Note: The following guest post comes to us from Rick Kelly, Vice President of Strategic Communications at Triad Strategies] It’s called “confirmation bias,” and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican/teabagger extraordinaire, is positioned to become its unintended poster boy this week after he asked his Facebook “friends” what they thought of ObamaCare, aka the …
Take care of your reputation and it will take care of you Whatever your organization does, it’s a safe bet to assume you’re looking for ways to manage your online reputation. After all, with pretty much all of us carrying a teeny tiny research machine in our pocket in the form of a smartphone, what …
April 23: Keeping Your Bucket Full … With Direct Mail by Jonathan Howard The national average rate of donor retention (that’s the number of donors who gave in two consecutive 12-month periods) is a horrendous 35 percent. April 23: Events In Private Homes: Part II by Hank Lewis Education, Cultivation & Stewardship – …
I created this music video with the lovely music of a Sufi friend, Mahbood. He’s a marvelous singer-songwriter. I kept thinking of his song, ‘Ivdu Hashem B’Shimcha’, as we approach this Holy week of Passover and Easter. Enjoy this video —> “Praise Ye with Joy“. May you find Joy to renew your Spirit this week …
People often struggle to prepare themselves for a major presentation. They spend hours reworking their slides, and rehearsing lines in their heads. Yet, they often end up feeling frazzled and unfocused. How can you prepare yourself so that you are ready and able to present your ideas successfully? Read on: Have a clear goal for …
Why renew focus on an issue you’d clearly rather avoid speaking openly about? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) would probably love to have this whole George Washington Bridge scandal just…go away. It seems Christie felt he was expected to do something to explain things, but his choice to appoint a friendly lawyer to “investigate” …
If you want to stand above the crowd on LinkedIn, here’s what you need to do – simple, concise, to-the-point. Take your LinkedIn profile from OK to OUTSTANDING.
Forgetting this key ingredient can sink your crisis communications efforts Heavy social media users probably noticed the recent HootSuite outage which left many, including us, unable to access the popular utility during the evening hours. Having any service you use regularly to do business go down is a big deal, and even more so considering …
Jack* is a natural born people person. And that makes him a natural born communicator. When you first meet him you’ll notice his calm, steady eye contact and his friendly smile. But as you begin a conversation with him, something special begins to happen. He asks a few questions until he finds something you have …
