Fake news took on new life in the 2016 presidential election—campaigns were damaged by fake stories while at other times they used claims of fake news in an effort to discredit legit reports. Aside from politics, it’s important for brands to realize that fake news can pose a very serious threat to an organization, and […]
As you sit down to draft or update your company’s social media strategy, you probably have your target audience in mind (if not, let’s talk!). You have your current customers, then prospects and future customers as well as the “influencers” in your industry. These are all important groups of people that you want to keep […]
The other day I saw something transpire at the office that will stay with me for a long time… In our building’s beautiful atrium, there is a veritable jungle of greenery and flowers, and even a little fish-filled stream that runs through it. At the far end of the water, there stands a little coffee […]
Picture this scenario – your company’s product team has put months (or possibly even years) into developing the next revolutionary offering. The investment in R&D was steep, but every stakeholder so far has bought in to its value. You are now attending the big unveil. Everyone in the room has anxiously been waiting for this […]
It was with a sense of loss that I read on Friday that CBS World News anchor Bill Whitney and Washington correspondent Barry Bagnato were leaving the network. There were other, 30-plus year veterans leaving as well. Their voices carried the news to me countless times over the years. It was a reminder that, as […]
From sheer event logistics to polishing your talking points and triple checking every detail, there’s a lot of planning that goes into hosting or exhibiting at an industry event. You’ve got your flights booked, your presentation ready and you’ve studied the list of attendees forwards and backwards. The last thing on your mind is probably […]
The recent presidential debates have a lot of people asking what it means to be a “good” public speaker. Is it the way you look, the way you act, what you say? Paying attention to all these aspects of presenting is important. But let’s address the elephant in the room first… Fear’s role In a […]
When Ferris Bueller said “Life comes at you pretty fast…If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you might miss it,” he couldn’t have been talking about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media platform because they were still almost 20 years away from being invented. He may as well have been, […]
Because I grew up on the banks of the Mississippi river in Iowa, I have always been a fisherman. But when I left Iowa after college and eventually made my home in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, I became a particular kind of fisherman—a fly fisherman. For me, few experiences in life can rival […]
Imagine this…Your company wins the business of a client so big, well-known and exciting that EVERYONE will be talking about it. What’s more, the customer agrees to allow their name to be mentioned in a press release! The press release is written, the customer approves it and, because the name is so recognizable, the New […]