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  • Do Politicians Need Better Presentation Training or Speechwriters? Maybe Both
    4 days 22 hours ago

    All partisan politics aside, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has always been someone who deserved respect, if only for his uncanny ability to speak to the media. One example dates back to 2005 when, during a live broadcast on England help...

  • 2011, A Very Memorable Year in Sports
    3 weeks 1 day ago

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  • Cloud Computing and Security
    11 weeks 1 day ago

    How safe is HR data in the cloud? 

    By Aliah D. Wright

     

    Cloud computing is all the rage for some firms. But should very sensitive HR data resid...

  • When Can You Get Away with Saying, “No Comment”
    20 weeks 1 day ago

    It’s a standard principle in every media training playbook; you tell clients never to say “No Comment” in response to a question from an interviewer. The idea is that the spokesperson will come off as stand-offish, evasive, or...

  • We’re Not in the 90’s Anymore Austin… Welcome to 2011!
    24 weeks 2 days ago

    Remember those old Austin Powers movie...

  • Word Up: Having Fun with Business Jargon
    24 weeks 6 days ago

    I’ve been a life-long lover of language. As a kid, I read the dictionary and Encyclopedia Britannica. As a college student, I read etymology textbooks. As an adult, I read William Safire’s “On Language” column in the New Yo...

  • My Digital Dilemma – How Do I Unplug
    25 weeks 6 days ago

    My hands are in contact with digital devices about 10 hours of the day if not more. Every night before I got to sleep, I reach for my cell phone, set my alarm and depend on it to wake me up in the morning. Then, in the morning, my cell phone is th...

  • Why Hire a PR Firm? 10 Simple Reasons Why
    28 weeks 2 days ago

    On a recent new business pitch, a prospective day-to-day contact asked us to pull together a top-line list of why a company should hire a public relations firm.  It was an interesting request that served as a clear reminder that agencies must...

  • How I Learned to Type Quickly
    32 weeks 5 days ago

    Back in elementary school we set aside an hour each week to visit the computer lab and learn how to type efficiently. I don’t recall the computer program we used but the name Mavis Beacon comes to mind.  The animated teacher on the scre...

  • Tweeting is not for everyone??
    34 weeks 2 days ago

    Since Twitter launched in 2006, it has quickly become the second most popular social media site on the market today behind Facebook.  While most people use it to tweet about what they’re doing or a random thought that pops into their he...