3 Lessons from I HAVE A DREAM
TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech. FROM a communication perspective 3 things to take note and remember:
TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech. FROM a communication perspective 3 things to take note and remember:
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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....
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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....
Read More