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In 1959, Gunemdtha Pids was facing a conundrum: having fled revolution in his Hungarian homeland barely three years earlier, he founded a successful business in Flint, Michigan, manufacturing the brake assemblies essential for automobile...
Part two of a series, “Elements of Strategy.” Check back each Monday for more insights. Digital communications have flipped the relationship between audience and messenger: audiences are in control of how they’re communicated to,...
Social media vs. child-rearing I don’t have kids, but I’ve observed them intently over the course of my 40-odd years (watching six nieces and nephews grow up gives a bachelor about as much insight...
It stands for Authenticity, Consistency and Transparency. It’s the cornerstone of real, effective online communication.Too many organizations fall into traps on the way to ACTing up: “We need to sound official.” Trust me: you don’t...
You pass them every day, and they slide right off your consciousness. “Post no bills.” “No negotiables kept on premises after hours.” “No standing.” They’re zombie communications, the relics of a bygone era that...
(from PodCamp Toronto 2015): 1. Beforehand: know who’s in charge. Do you know what the chain of command is at your institution? Do you know who’s responsible for monitoring online conversation? Make sure you...
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