What’s the point?!
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in Business, Career, Communications | No Comments »Have you ever found yourself plugging along... just doing your job... and you find yourself thinking "what's the point?" Seth Godin has me thinking again. I disagree with his assertion that doing your job and doing work worth doing are often ...
What Will We Do With Influencers
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Community, Marketing, Online, Social media, Uncategorized, Web | No Comments »What will we do with influencers? Do you even know who they are in the case of your organization? Do you then know how to reach them? Lots of folks ask these questions and I bring you some thoughts from Chris ...
Lucky 7 Time Management Tips
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Business, Communications, Uncategorized | No Comments »2010 is certainly off to a fast start. It's hard to believe it's already February. If you're feeling a bit crazed and overwhelmed already, here are some time-management tips I've found useful. Feel free to add others that work for ...
The long tale wins the race
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Business, Communications, Community, Marketing, PR, Social media | No Comments »I really liked reading Seth Godin's post this morning and wanted to share it. In this age of hyper communication and competition, Seth reminds us that slow and steady wins the race. It's the every day, regular touchpoints that truly ...
In with open, Out with closed
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing | No Comments »I found Seth Godin's post called the scientific method interesting because it encourages questions and openness - not defensivness and close-mindedness. He correctly makes the point that in many interactions, people tend to take a defensive posture - to defend ...
Cures for the common meeting-itis
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Business, Communications, Uncategorized | No Comments »Meetings seem to be a way of life. Whether in person or on the phone, are you sick of meetings? Do you find yourself wondering how much you actually get done? Are there lots of people discussing, but little decision-making ...
Good marketing meets social media
Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Business, Communications, Marketing, Online, Social media, Web | No Comments »I found Chris Bogan's post on marketing trigger points and how to marry online social media really timely. We’re all fighting through an overwhelming amount of messages in all different forms to try to get people’s attention. It’s enough ...
How to get supporters, customers to listen
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Career, Communications, Community, Leadership, Marketing, Philanthropy, Uncategorized | No Comments »My good friend and talented leader, Martha, sent me these wonderful tips from Katya's Non-profit marketing blog. They're right on if you’re trying to raise money in this crazy economy, but I suggest they work for lots of scenarios – ...
Fear is not the answer
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Communications, Community, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Uncategorized, Web | No Comments »Fear or bravery? Doomsday or opportunity? Everywhere I seem to turn there's bad news -- layoffs, bankruptcys, financial disaster. And, when times get tough, organizations seem to cut and stop doing things important to their business or organizational success. Cut people, cut ...
2009 goal setting made simple!
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Posted in Blog, Communications, Community, Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi and Happy 2009! I'm actually really excited for this year. I had not considered any "new year's resolutions" until my daughter asked me if I had made any. Heck, I gave up on those a long time ago. Instead, I've ...
