In a collaborative article for the Forbes Communications Council, Mark Dollins, president of North Star Communications Consulting, offers...

In a Forbes Communications Council article, North Star Communications Consulting President Mark Dollins shares his advice on how to get...

Ever seen the words “sexy” and “employee communications” used together? In the world of PR and Communications, chances are pretty good...

A quick overview of how North Star Communications can help you and your team run communications. We develop core competencies, tools to...

Organizations increasingly are drawing up detailed lists of skillsets to help with hiring, job evaluations, career advancement and...

Infographic on the confidence of professional communicators.

If you’ve ever worked in – or for – a large organization, chances are you’ve experienced that eternal “healthy tension” between corporate...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Whether you manage communications professionals or want to believe there’s runway for your own growth, there are 5 components of talent...

Okay, you know who you are, Mr. or Ms. Internal or External Communications expert. You love what you do on one side of the internal vs....

How many times have we put the finishing touches on a well-thought-out communications/PR assignment, only to have someone in a position...