If you’ve got things left to do this year, now would be a great time to do them. In fact, there’s no better time.
It’s a peculiar time — the end of the year and the beginning of the year. But this is the cyclical nature of life. As you end [...]
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Enjoyed a few days of vacation with extended family. Had the “pleasure” of sitting in on an infomercial for one of those resort presentations — a very soft sell intended to raise awareness of the “opportunity”. I’m always a little wary of such things, and I have the constitution to say no rather [...] Having sat through this year’s quota of Christmas programs, I’ll weigh in on the communication principles of such events. For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the people in attendance are there for the same reasons as the people putting on the program. I know this is not reality, but it makes [...] Saw a headline today: “Procrastinators Important To Retailers”. Glad to know that I’m of value. Seems that everyone always has something to do at the last minute. And it becomes hectic and rushed, with limited results. I know of very few people who shop December 24 who walk away thinking they [...] Have had what seems like a zillion business and personal calls that I had to make in the past week. In most cases, the burden was on me to get information or a response — in other words, it’s my hide that gets burnt if details aren’t ironed out and the return call made. [...] Heard a story today of an athlete back in the day who was set for accolades, and when his Sports Information Department realized that meant lots of interviews and exposure, they set about to get him some interviewing help. Seems he leaned a lot more to the second half of the “student athlete” phrase [...] At a “mandatory” meeting the other day. On the way to the meeting, I remarked to my travelling companion that I didn’t think we’d start on time, attendance would be light, and the message predictable. The message predictability was the least accurate of my assessments. At the prescribed starting time, we were [...] Reminded today of something I see quite often (twice in the last four days). Speakers who apparently intend to include their audiences, but never do. Today’s quote was, “OK, now I want to hear from you. What do you think about…“, followed by a rhetorical question. But, apparently not comfortable with [...] |
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