2019 is off to a great start with several message development and communications training projects. It has allowed me to help frame many critical issues and help strengthen the work of some truly amazing leaders…
What happens when the media narrative or the public conversation is all wrong? The temptation is to try to make…
Don’t be a “best kept secret.” Get visible. If donors or members of your team describe your organization as “the…
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has either served on a board or staffed one that there…
In this polarized “tribal” environment, audience definition needs to be even clearer than before. Beyond basic demographics, specific characteristics and…
This month I was delighted to work with UNFPA on the global release of this year’s State of the World…
The message discipline of right-wing politicians never ceases to amaze me. Their endless repetition of talking points usually etches their…
You may marvel at people you see on the news whose presentations seem effortless, whose quotes are compelling and who…
The constant churning and rapid turnover of headlines caused by the coverage of this administration has made it a lot…
Amid renewed calls for gun control, a lot is being written about the National Rifle Association’s political clout in the…
For some time, I have been alarmed by the lack of concern about the profound impact of the tax bill…
Ever since November 2016, many of us have felt like that train in the children’s parable constantly telling itself, “I…
I recently attended “Constitutional Crisis, Trump and the ACLU” at Fordham Law school. I was struck by a quote that…
The abridged August recess has arrived. Washington D.C. is a ghost town, as Congressional representatives return home to “work” in…
So, if you are thinking about being a chief information officer in any enterprise – public, private, corporate – there…
This is the final installment in a three-part blog series analyzing how media coverage of Congressional attempts to repeal the…