Golf is either competitive sport or social networking, not both

Competitive golfers require silence to perform. I recently learned the truth in this statement as I walked 18 holes with my husband and two friends while on vacation in Ireland. One of our friends is a truly competitive golfer and my uneducated presence proved a...

Unlocking healthcare information-the missing point

I don’t normally use my blog for discussion about politics, but the healthcare debate has forced my hand. Our leaders in government and many of those in the healthcare industry are missing a huge point. First, I am convinced that layering greater complexity over...

IT as strategic partner – leadership op for communicators

I just did a new post on the Communitelligence Communication Skills Blog. We’ve been doing a lot of work lately with IT professionals and last week a colleague put out a query about working with IT. It is obviously a hot topic. Some of what I talk about in my...

When communicators get brave about process

Most of us in communication got a degree in a related area of study. We focused on writing, ethics, channels. Unless we went on to b-school, and most of us didn’t, we weren’t introduce to business process study. We just never got the benefit of learning...

How connected we are

I just finished presenting a webinar with NewsGator. Before the Q&A was done I had several e-mails from attendees and several new Twitter followers. I thought about blogging about the content, but one of the new Twitter followers has already done that on his blog....