Archive for September, 2008

When YOU should NOT be the spokesperson!

You’ve been tapped to be the speaker at an industry event.  There is a nagging feeling deep inside your gut that you are being set up for failure.  The content for the speech is not your own, and in fact this is not your area of expertise.
You feel like you’re over your head.
Guess what? […]

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Straight Talk Depress

Christmas, for me, comes once every four years.  I bathe in the political season - all 18 months of it. I love the oratory, the drama and of course  those “you can’t make up this stuff” surprises.  I marvel at the maneuvering, and snicker at the snide.  I also watch closely for the cues that I can […]

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Putting Lipstick on the Negative Ads

It seems to me there is a fair amount of passive-aggression going on, and I don’t think it serves the process of election well.
The ads, you may have noticed, have gone crazy.
       “He called her a pig!”
Can we just stop for a moment? We all know that both campaigns were blowing smoke when they promised a […]

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