I was on a prominent stock photo site earlier today looking for photos to illustrate a blog article on the importance of metrics in business communications. I decided to see if I could find an appropriate photo with a woman in it. I was shocked by the results.
Last week I had the immense pleasure to give the keynote address at the IABC Africa Regional Conference. The theme of the conference was the “Communication Revolution”. The organizers were a little worried that some people might feel the conferenc…
When I was a little girl, I used to say that if I married a man whose name was easier to spell than mine, I would take his; if his name was harder to spell, I’d keep my maiden name. My view has changed, in part due to technological changes that ha…
We have all seen the pride on the face of a small child who has just learned how to write his or her own name. The sense of accomplishment is palpable. It is also an important step forward in the development of the self. Being able to write your n…
Most issues managers are fire fighters: they are constantly reacting to an ever-growing list of demands, incidents and outright crises. There are never sufficient resources, least of which time. Priorities vary from day to day, largely based on wh…
Sometimes someone says something that allows you to see an issue in a whole new light. I had one of those a-ha moments today when listening to a CW Radio interview with Pam Shockley-Zalabak about the book she has just co-written Building the High-…
There is a constant tension in any organization between the need to manage the whole and the need to break tasks down into digestable chunks. The way we handle an organization’s relationships is a clear example. We talk about the need to project a…
I’ve been experimenting with Posterous a bit recently and have decided to make it my flagship home on the web. I love the way it talks to all of my other personas (Twitter, Facebook, video- and photo-sharing sites, etc). And I like most of all tha…
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