We’ve been listening more frequently to 1940s music on satellite radio. This surprises us. We’re not even fans of what artists produced in the 1990s. But the sounds of what our grandparents’ listened to suddenly captivate our ears. Most strikingly, this music is relaxing. It doesn’t fuel our adrenaline while driving and that’s OK. Slowing […]
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The Good Delivery. President-elect Donald Trump speaks with confidence. He talks conversationally with reporters the same way he might talk with friends or strangers he just met. Generally, he doesn’t memorize lines. He fluctuates his voice and uses his hands for emphasis, giving his delivery an extra punch. Stories. To reiterate his efforts to avoid
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However certain aspects of today’s society offer glimpses of how disconnected we can become from each other. Ironically, social media, in our view, plays a significant role. While social media provides an important voice for people, organizations and social causes, it also appears to lower the standard of genuine friendship and personal communication.
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Effective HR communications is a lot of things. It’s often behind the first impression your company gives to recruits and new employees (the welcome mat) or the door that closes on the way out on their last day of work. HR communications is also a platform for employee engagement. HR communications can help humanize the
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No matter your opinion about Donald Trump and the controversies surrounding him, business leaders can learn the following eight video production lessons from the short video he released about his transition into The White House.
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President Obama’s first news conference since the election of Donald Trump offers more than additional fodder for a nation divided politically. Business leaders should study the news conference for lessons on how to navigate tough questioning during difficult times and about competitors.
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Technical problems we all secretly predicted Watching the carefully thought out newsroom election night game plan quickly disintegrate Being assigned to a new candidate at the last second after conducting weeks of research on another one Wondering what genius decided to assign several crews to work under tight deadlines on the same laptop editor Watching
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We recently visited Walt Disney World in Florida. You don’t need a billion-dollar budget for your business to put some similar ideas in place.
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Share stories. Hillary Clinton shared the story of a Las Vegas girl to relay the candidate’s position on immigration. Share personal stories to humanize and effectively illustrate your key messages especially when they are complex. Don’t pivot. When asked about information from leaked emails, Clinton awkwardly pivoted the focus of her answer to criticism about Russia. It’s
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It is not positive when people characterize your response to an answer as a “rant.” Imagine the reactions from clients, employees and the media if a business executive answered a question in such fashion.
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