Gosh, I wish I'd seen Adam Lambert's performance
at the American Music Awards. Instead, I woke up to an uproar -- faces in
crotches, girls on leashes, big, fat, same-sex kisses! Oh my.
As a former professional performer, I ...READ»
Politics 101 - Define yourself before your opponent has an opportunity to define you.This simple rule applies to message development and messaging as well. Define your message before your opponent/the opposition can define your ...READ»
As a teenager, I still have vivid memories of rushing home from wherever I was to see if my latest crush had called and left a message.
Times have changed. Teenagers today don’t have to wait by the phone or check an answering machine — they might get a text or call ”on the cell” immediately after the school day ends.
The point is, just as the frame of reference of a teen today is significantly different than that of a teen a decade ago, so are the outlets that teens use to communicate.
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When you figure it out, please tell me.
In all seriousness, in order to effectively communicate with someone, you need to have a basic understanding of that person’s frame of reference.
Through extensive lecturing at high schools and universities (as well as my niece torturing me by continuously friending and de-friending me on Facebook) it is very clear that the experiences for a teen growing up now is very different than it was for me.
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I’ve just gotten done reading a couple of new books. The first, Where to Go From Here, by Douglas Campbell III, is a primer on how to manage your business -- and yourself. To Campbell, the personal is one with the ...READ»
Monday and Tuesday were voluminous with brewing crises — one of the biggest political party switches in history, a new potential pandemic, and a decision to fly Air Force One over Ground Zero — all offered valuable, and ...READ»
Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent has the world abuzz and has generated name i.d. and popularity for Ms. Boyle that any politician, public figure or CEO dreams about (aside from the current President, in a good ...READ»
I was sitting next to my classmate, Chris, on Saturday morning. It was the last day of our fabulous 8-week FastTrac* Growth Venture course that is sponsored by a local non-profit, the Women’s Business Development Center. Just to be ...READ»
I am so excited to see Barack Obama’s inaugural speech that I can hardly think of anything else. I am not head-over-heels in love with the guy, either. I think of him as just another politician much like all the others, but with a ...READ»
Good public speakers have the ability to understand the thoughts and perceptions of others, as well as the underlying values and assumptions that trigger those thoughts.READ»
Boy, it's a great time to be a speech expert as well as a leading authority on political communication. And both political parties provided a great show, particularly the speeches of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. They each had a ...READ»
Outside of one's own industry, the specifics of what you may do on a daily basis are seldom a religious experience for most people in the business world. In fact, a great number of professionals in other industries probably don't have ...READ»
