Category Archives: Communication
Change, part 2
Seth Godin explains why change is so easily sandbagged by small groups of nay-sayers. Continue reading
Filed under Communication
Storytelling. Great storytelling.
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel. This commercial they produced will get you thinking about storytelling.
Filed under Communication, Writing
The evolution of the eff-word
Do you think the eff-word is obscene? Well, is it? Continue reading
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Pizza and anarchy, all over again
No matter how you constitute a group, certain people will fall into the roles of the leader, the anarchist, the followers, and the deserters. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Creativity, Productivity
I’m voting for coherence
Urban Foodlink has a good blog post about the conservation district election. You might want to take a look, and then swing by a polling place tomorrow and vote. Continue reading
Filed under Communication
Old media 1, Amazon 0
Read novelist John Scalzi’s color commentary on the Amazon vs. MacMillan catfight this weekend. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Marketing Communications, Online Work/Life
Putting a face on swine flu
It’s no secret that people are more likely to pay attention to a movement, a brand, or a product that has a human-interest story attached. Naming a program after a survivor (or a victim) has a powerful impact. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Marketing Communications
Practicing change
Sometimes change comes about through persistent lobbying and mediation, but often it happens because a couple of people with hides like armadillos, plenty of energy, and a good sense of timing, push the changes through. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Online Work/Life
The big problem with nonprofits’ websites
Many nonprofit websites are doomed to crumminess because, no matter how much time the organization spends moaning about it, the website remains at the absolute bottom of the organization’s priority list. Continue reading
Indignation: when righteous is wrong
What if we consciously decide that righteous indignation (with all its ranting and raving and self-justification) is no longer an option for us? Continue reading
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