Yeah, Happy New Year, now tell me what you did last year. Maybe it’s not quite that abrupt, but this time of year, Communications and...

One thing every communicator knows is that the words we choose matter. We sometimes agonize over a single word or phrase that captures...

A few years ago, I’d taken a leadership role with a new communications team. After a month or so on the job, I asked the senior team...

September 16, 2013 Within the last year, I’ve attended dozens of meetings with communicators in which a single, consistent order is...

With three years of data from more than 500 professional communicators, North Star Communications Consulting today shared results of its...

Boxed In A Communications Job? 6 Tips To Break Free admin July 18, 2013 We’ve all been there: that point in our careers where we feel...

If you’ve ever seen anyone other than Alec Baldwin playing Words with Friends on an iPhone, you’re seeing the new frontier that every...

No matter what path we’ve taken to become communicators or marketers, I’d argue that the most fundamental skill we’ve all worked to...

A number of years ago, I had the unenviable task of telling a communications employee at an annual review that – despite previous years...

We hear almost every day we about companies that either display great finesse or attract epic public scorn with a Tweet or Facebook post....

Having spent 17 years working on global consumer foods and beverages, I get what brands are about. But I have to admit that when it comes...

Your last communications or marketing campaign netted 100,000 click-throughs, 500,000 “likes” and 1 million impressions. You proudly take...

In spending a good portion of the last 6 weeks on the road – in markets home and abroad — I took the opportunity to ask some large and...

Any child of the 1970s (or beyond) who’s ever watched the sci-fi television series Star Trek knows how first officer Spock could connect...

More than one communications pro has come to me with a clear, compelling and consistent question: “How do I move from being perceived as...

Source: Wikipedia July 3, 2012 Austin Powers had it right. The big screen icon’s immortal words, “Oh, behave,” aren’t just for attracting...

Raise your hand if you’ve got “global” in your title, or if you want a job that has it. It seems no matter where you look these days,...

Let’s say you have the luxury of a few days or weeks before you have to launch a major communications plan. You’ve thought through the...

Be honest. What do you REALLY know about the business you’re in? Sure, we know we’re supposed to understand the strategies driving the...

Ask a room filled with communicators, “Who’s had a new functional boss or CCO in the last 12 months?” and you’re likely to see a majority...