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Does the digital age mark a turning point for alphabets?

July 20, 2012by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

Inspired by a smart piece written by Andrew Hindes at PRNews about why good grammar still matters in public relations, I got to thinking this morning about all the laments about the decline of spelling and grammar in the age of texting and Twitter…

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Management & strategy

Social media insights from My Wedding 2.0

November 8, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

One of the reasons that I’ve not been posting very regularly is that I got married at the end of September, which upset my schedule both before and after the event, and I’m only now starting to get caught up again. For reasons that have to do with…

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Culture, Management & strategy

The human science behind the communications revolution

October 19, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

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…

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Management & strategy

If social media are the answer, what’s the question?

July 21, 2011by Kristen Sukalac 1 Comment

Some people say that social media are changing the way we communicate. Others — and I am one of them — say that social media aren’t changing how we communicate; technology now simply allows large-scale communication over great distances that mir…

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Management & strategy

Using personality to transform a run-of-the-mill business hotel

February 12, 2011by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

If you visit the website of the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville, you have the impression that it’s a nice upscale business hotel but interchangeable with numerous other hotels you may have seen in other cities. However, it only takes a few minute…

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Culture, Management & strategy

Social media, engagement and the end of strategic planning

November 11, 2010by Kristen Sukalac 1 Comment

A simplified model of strategic planning places strategists at the top, largely isolated from daily operations, and fed on a stream of largely quantitative data that is increasingly aggregated as it moves up the pyramid. Occasionally, these strate…

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Management & strategy

Associations and weak ties

October 5, 2010by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

(Updated 11 November 2010) I strongly believe in networking as a way of life. According to organizational theory, people who link the “holes” between different networks are very influential. Many people are familiar with the “strength of weak ties…

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Management & strategy

7 lessons for improving the social media conference coverage from #orangelive10

June 17, 2010by Kristen Sukalac 3 Comments

Cobbler’s shoes? I’ve spent a lot of time the past few weeks communicating from conference halls in North America and Europe at events by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and Orange Business Services. Overall Orange B…

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Management & strategy

Strategic communicators: if you fail to follow technology you are irrelevant

June 16, 2010by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

Many top-level business communicators delegate mastery of communication technologies to junior digital natives and IT managers. “I don’t have time” is their common mantra. They believe their strategy-level work is too important to bother with the …

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Management & strategy

When the company is right to say a customer is wrong

April 26, 2010by Kristen Sukalac Leave a comment

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-…

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Management & strategy

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