As a communication coach my passion is to comment on public displays of communication. The key word is communication. My observations are not about policy or party. My comments are about the verbal, vocal, and visual. To me being boring...
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Some of you have heard me say the words in this title. I have also been known to say that hope is not a strategy. So recently I found myself at two different events within a 3 day period, knowing...
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No one talks about it. Really. Or let’s say rarely does anyone come anywhere close to talking about “it”. “It” is like oxygen or asbestos. It’s there but rarely talked about. The “it” is the value of being interesting. I...
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I needed chocolate chicks to give away. Really, I needed them. I ordered chicks and received chocolate lambs. Very cute lambs. The theme of my PowerPoint is “Break the Shell.” So cute as they are the lambs don’t work since they don’t...
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Is There Such Thing as Bad Ice Cream? For Father’s Day Weekend I thought it would be fun to order non-traditional ice cream. Salt & Straw is a brand located in Venice Beach, Cali. It’s the third time I have...
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Years ago I had a client who thought he could just whip together an event in a couple of weeks: find a venue, invite people and host the event within a 2-3 week period. I didn’t think it could happen....
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They say politics makes strange bedfellows. Interestingly enough, the “they” in this saying is Shakespeare and the quote is from his play The Tempest. I wouldn’t say that Chris Christie and I are “bedfellows”. I can’t imagine a world in...
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Several months ago I journeyed to Cleveland early one morning to hear Chuck Todd at the City Club. After hearing him and listening to the audience reaction, I am not surprised by his surprise announcement that he is leaving Meet...
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I was stunned by a little snippet I read a couple of weeks ago. With all the information that comes to us every day, on a variety of platforms, it’s hard for one thing to stand out. But it did....
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Can you look in the honest mirror and decide when it is your time? Everyone wants to weigh in on your future. Can you listen and not act on each piece of advice? Can you cut through well-intentioned and maybe...
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