Welcome to the 21st Century
Last Friday, I took my daughter horseback riding. It’s her new passion. It’s my old passion. There we were on the trail with Fred, a 63-year-old wrangler with flowing white hair and a long white beard and mustache. He looks like something out of an 1890s western...
Business goals drive social tech investments
This fall is a big speaking season for me. I've got four conferences/workshops in a two month period. I am speaking for ALI for the first time. Here's the title and description: Using Strategic Business Goals To Guide Social Technology Investments For Improved...
It’s the practice that makes us great!
Those of you who know me well, know that I am a seamstress. I’ve been sewing for more than 30 years. Mostly apparel, some house wares. I have a passion for fabric, texture, color and buttons. Sometimes, when people who don’t sew see something I’ve made, they...
Feedback is part of collaboration
Last night I sat in the school gym listening to the four second-grade teachers describe the rules, teaching approaches and how the parents all need to be involved with furthering education at home. It was curriculum night at Rooney Ranch Elementary. I spent the 45...
Write the way you talk
"I write the way I talk," said Anthony Bourdain on a recent episode of his television show No Reservations. He recently was nominated for several Webbys for his web writing. I think of him as a writer first, chef second. I love the show and his books. If only I could...
Driving conversation into performance management
Internal communicators are no longer in the business of creating information - we are in the business of creating conversation. I said this to a listserve with which I participate recently and was bombarded with supportive replies. It's true. Our role is changing,...
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