By Hannah Carvalho for Associations Now Every board wants to feel like they understand the association’s members and their needs. But that’s not always easy, especially since every organization is composed of members with different viewpoints and backgrounds. “The board wants to understand the wishes of the membership and feel like they are connected,” said […]
By Minda Zetlin for INC. How good are you at having a conversation? If you’re like most people, you may wonder about your own conversational skills. The truth is, being good at conversation is as much about what you don’t say as it is about what you do say. In an insightful post for Psychology Today, Dave Smallen, […]
By Grant T. Harris for the Harvard Business Review Find the “Crucial Nodder” Briefing a senior executive is an art and adept White House staffers do it every day under the most stressful of circumstances. They’re masters of compressing the right information into the right amount of time, no matter how complex the topic or […]
Lessons learned are lessons planned, practiced, and shared. Each mass shooting incident has similarities and differences from all others, so articles like this one from 2012 can help better prepare all jurisdictions. By Sophia Paros for Domestic Preparedness On Saturday, 8 January 2011, at 10:10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, a gunman opened fire on U.S. […]
By James Seaton for PRNews Nonprofit executives often build up years of experience addressing gaps in education, affordable housing, healthcare, animal welfare, voter registration and other social issues that can be leveraged through thought leadership in the media. Yet it can be easy for them to shrink at the opportunity. Their hesitations are grounded in […]
By Annika Cha for JD Supra… Building relationships with journalists and publications is a key aspect of the public relations (PR) industry. These relationships are crucial for any PR agency or professional, as it allows them to secure media placements for their clients, which in turn boosts their client’s brand reputation. Not only that, but the relationships […]
By Arthur Solomon for PRNews Public relations brainstorming sessions, or creative meetings, can be the equivalent of a double-edged sword for those attending. On the one hand, account execs who attend the session will get the opportunity to show their creativity, if they are truly creative. The flip side is that those who can’t come up […]
By Arthur Solomon for PRNews Public relations agencies have many tools to prepare a client for an interview. But perhaps the most important one is not in any text book or training manual, and that is, “common sense.” Preparing a Client Below are some “common sense” lessons you probably never learned in PR classes that […]
By Bruce Hennes, Hennes Communications Before James Comey headed up the F.B.I., he served as general counsel of Lockheed Martin Corporation. While at Lockheed, he spoke at the National Security Agency about how studying law is similar to the education intelligence analysts receive. “You read a case and decipher…relevant facts, the [outcome] of the case…you are drilled […]
From Scott Van Voorhis, writing for the Harvard Business School… That killer fever chart in your slide deck might not be as impressive as you think. In fact, your audience might soon forget that critical data point. If you want them to remember your message, nothing sticks to the mind like a good story. It […]