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Sunday, February 7, 2010
You can read her book Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in America for more inspiration. Jeannette also gave "many, many thumbs up to Maya Angelou !" Last year, another speaker coach asked me to help find video examples of today's top women speakers , because he was having trouble finding examples to share with trainees that were of current, rather than historic women speakers. This year, for Black History Month, I asked readers on Facebook and Twitter to help me crowd-source a list of today's top black women speakers, to give us current role models and examples.
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Friday, February 5, 2010
0160; His book is "Sex Scandal America: Politics & Ritual of Public Shaming." In It was the "disinterested" tabloid NATIONAL INQUIRER which blew open the John Edwards's sex scandal. 0160; No, it was not some media or group with a political agenda. 0160; Right from the get-go, that is the pure journalistic
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
In 2001, trend-deconstructor Daniel Pink reinforced Handy's take with his book "Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live." Career paths are increasingly jobless. 0160; Way back in the late 1980s, management professor and consultant Charles Handy issued his research on the emerging trend.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
In fact, Jason Breed, Senior Director, Social Media Expertise at social networking powerhouse, Neighborhood America , stressed that his company requires that any social media efforts pay off in one of 3 fundamental ways:
Impressively, not only Neighborhood America but a number of attendees indicated that they are already seeing tangible returns from their social media efforts. Be very specific about what tangible benefits you intend to derive from your efforts.
It seems as though every kind of organization from multinational to small business to nonprofit are beginning to
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Then there is the other America. America is still 2 places, isn't it? The other day, one of those over-involved parents called me to bid on copy-editing an ezine. 0160; Of course it was on "parenting," a term that has become as puzzling to people of common sense as "war is peace." quot;
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Friday, June 26, 2009
I found this post from Brian Solis very interesting – a list of the top media outlets, by circulation, as well as the 25 most popular blogs in America, as compiled by BurrellesLuce.
Marshall McLuhan is famous for stating “the medium is the message” and with the introduction of a newer medium (online, web) there is constant debate as to its effect on older mediums (print, broadcast).
While there are constantly articles about the decline of traditional print media, there are still some publications that have tremendous reach and impact.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
0160; Perhaps America is more capitalistic than puritanical. Sponsors for "Letterman" aren't bailing . 0160; Those hanging in there include Mr. Clean Disney. 0160; The ratings for the show are surging, thanks to the sin and the sinner.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
0160; A poll by Vanity Fair/60 Minutes found that most of those interviewed [48%] perceived that Wal-Mart most symbolized America. Americana is Wal-Mart, not Coca-Cola. 0160;
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Here are my suggestions for America's new phrases:
The Great Recession changed everything. 0160; No newsflash, our buzzwords, which reflect our reality, are also changing. 0160; Right now there's a gap. 0160; Word-coining master Mark Penn is
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
And the XPLANE head quarters is located in one of America's most creative, most livable cities: Portland, Oregon. Do you know XPLANE? If you don't, you should. XPLANE is a hot information design consultancy that works with some of the best organizations on the planet to help them create better understanding.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
0160; Yeah, it's the Wal-Marting of America, whether it's consumer products or ghostwriting services.
Procter & Gamble, the company which invented branding back in the 1930s, continues to see sales decline . 0160; Many of its products, especially pricey Tide, are being ignored on the shelves as consumers scoop up low-priced private-label goods or simply brands that are cheaper.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
0160; That could account for the growing loneliness in America. 0160; Loneliness carries such a stigma in America The Gregarious that too many of us shun admitting we're trapped in that growing epidemic.
...Tags: Maybe it's because of a combination of individualism and capitalism. 0160;
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
It's supposed to be a grim scenario that Elizabeth Warren paints : America without a middle class. And to call it a wrap, with the kind of socialistic safety net many Europeans have, the threats non-middle-class society once were thought to inflict on America wouldn't exist. 0160; To me, it sounds good. 0160; And with the surge of Working Class Chic, a lot of folks seem to agree.
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