Last week, I listened to three non-profit organizations’ pitches for a $10,000 grant and I want to share with you how, one in particular, used story to influence my vote and ultimately win the grant. I...
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The term “authentic” (as it relates to communications) is one of those words that gets thrown around quite a bit; so much so in fact, it’s become devoid of any real meaning. We all...
If you’ve been following this blog, you know I’ve been doing a fair amount of trail run races over the past few years. I love them because they give me a training goal and...
The basic structure of a story is simple enough: you have a protagonist, who goes through some sort of change, by way of a challenge or problem, which is the conflict, and you have...
It takes me a LOT of hours to put together a new talk, probably more than it should, and there is a part of the process, the part between the shitty first draft* (SFD)...
I came out from under a rock over the weekend and watched Monica Lewinsky’s TED Talk The Price of Shame for the first time and my perception of her has completely changed. She was brave,...
A friend once confided in me she got married and had kids at a young age because she thought that’s what you do; get married and have kids. Of course she loves her kids, but...
Over the weekend, we adopted a six month old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy. He’s sweet and precious and a bundle of joy, but my first observation as a new puppy mom is there is...