Is it bikini season yet? Just about now women's magazines begin the countdown to beach days for us. The external messages they bombard us with about body ideals and beauty face a long-standing hard-wired opponent the brain's internal messages. Commercial messages entice us to want to renovate … [Read more...]
To support my passionate cry for keeping pens, pencils, crayons and the magical markers as our tools on creative quests, I posted a study taken from the Huffington Post, in July 2011. Now, The Wall Street Journal has joined us in the campaign to connect to our creative potential with a fun, … [Read more...]
A recent Forbes Magazine article confirms what I have felt, seen, heard and taught to clients as the essential for success in business and social communications. Conversation is the building block on which relationships are built, fortunes made and friends found. Conversations take place on … [Read more...]
George Takei is back from outer space, in a big way. Watch George occupy a small screen near you via Facebook. Or, tote his humor along as the portable pocket sized George Takei on Twitter. What we know for sure is that since his splashdown on social media in March 2011, he has become a big big … [Read more...]
Difficult people have always been a part of our circles of business or in venues meant to encourage connection through social conversation. Learning to spot and then neutralize that difficult person who'll block your goal is helpful for the confident or novice conversationalist alike. … [Read more...]
The whirr of the industrial strength vacuum cleaner outside my door called me to action. I sprang up to execute an in-person delivery of Communication Culture, a monthly column I write. Its recipient values communication above all skills for successful integration into a community. He's a loyal … [Read more...]
Can a hockey club seriously help a city’s marketing message be heard? I've lived the proof of how a hockey team can break the ice and make way for a sales message to be heard, even though I'm at best, an 'ankler' and only a part-time fan. … [Read more...]
Today marks the “official” start of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival which runs for a month from April 5 – 28, 2012. It is a vibrant example of how colour can influence an entire culture and send intangible, yet powerful messages to the senses. … [Read more...]
