Communication at every level, cultural, linguistic, personal, regional and international has never been so important on our ever shrinking planet, where all we do and decide affects everyone – near and far. Communication is speeding up. It is adjusting. It is both more inclusive now than ever, and demanding. No one language can dominate. Those … Read more
This summer, I hibernated- somewhat. I actually built on fat stores and unlike the bears needed my health care team to assist me in getting back to what I do best – synthesize and present information for other people’s development.
For all the hype you can find on line and all the courses that teach you about communication – sometimes it can be too much. Too long in getting to the point. Too much information. Too aggressive. Too random. Too often. It can be overwhelming, especially in addition to the thousands of random messages we … Read more
(Reprinted in part from other postings by Helena K. in other social media venues) For the past month and one week, Express Lane has been reveling in the events of summer. Aside from live theatre, seminars, lectures and other literary local diversions to celebrate the word, e word locally, there have been some international dates of note. June 11, Web 2.0 … Read more
‘Where was I last week instead of at my desk blogging? In a word, investing. I was seduced, as I often am, by the siren call of learning. With less these days in the form of discretionary funds to invest, I chose to take an asset even more precious than money – time- and spend some … Read more
Today I rolled out of bed ready to act on the advice with which I both admonish and encourage all other writers: – Just do it – Do it regularly – Keep doing it For years I have procrastinated on establishing a blog on effective writing and I’ve hesitated for all kinds of reasons to … Read more
The Express Lane Blog Begins Where do you start when you write a blog? How do you start any mode of communication? How do any of us manage that overwhelm of both excitement and pressure to produce that accompanies new writing – be it a creative writing project or a business writing contract? Millions of … Read more