Two Tips for Better Public Speaking
Every day there’s a new article published about how to improve your public speaking skills. This week, Gwen Moran wrote “7 Habits of the...
With all due respect Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem...
This is more about communication and less about politics. Scolding people who don’t agree with you is not a great strategy for changing...
Tone-Deafness in Michigan
According to a recent article in The Detroit News, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has hired not one, but two public relations firms to...
Jargon and Other Meaningless Words
It’s a shame when good words get over-used, abused, or misappropriated. Over time good words can become useless because they lose...
We Want Tips...
If you are a baseball fan or a fan of underdogs you have to love the fact that the New York Mets are going to post-season playoffs for...
Two Arrivals, Two Coasts, Two Different Stories...
Two international leaders arrived in the United States today. One arrived at Paine Field, north of Seattle and the other landed at...
So...
When I was a kid and said “So…?” to a grownup, I would usually get the response “Sew buttons on your underwear!” It felt like a stinging...
Russell Wilson - Watering Down Credibility
Last week Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson made an uncharacteristic public blunder. Time will tell if it’s the beginning of...
PowerPoint - Less is More
I just finished coaching over eighty students in my role as an instructor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. In...
Goodbye Jon Stewart
It’s been a tough week in the news and the most difficult part of it is that we don’t have Jon Stewart to help us make sense of it all. ...