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A Tip for Tuesday – 15 Questions to a Better Life

 |  Feb 28, 2012

Anyone else read How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age? Our most recent HMA Book Club did, and among the book’s many words of wisdom were questions – 15 questions, to be exact. Fifteen questions that can help us all lead better lives! Here is how. I am a consummate over-sharer. […]

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When Pride Still Mattered -Scott’s take on the story of Vince Lombardi

 |  Jan 12, 2012

When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss is a biography on Vince Lombardi, arguably the greatest football coach who ever lived. He is best-known for his coaching career with the Green Bay Packers that included seven NFL and/or Super Bowl titles in nine seasons. There are a lot of stories and descriptions about his life, […]

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10 Great Careers for Women Who Want a Life

 |  Jan 6, 2012

I spent the extra couple days of the New Year’s weekend getting caught up on my magazine reading.  Some local stuff (Jewish News of Greater Phoenix) mindless stuff (Entertainment Weekly), some business stuff (Inc., Fast Company) and some stuff in-between (Oprah, More). Flipping through the November issue of More (ok, I know I’m behind) I […]

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“I Have a Facebook Page, Now What?” – an eBook Report

 |  Dec 8, 2011

For this month’s book report, I read an ebook Abbie referred called “I Have a Facebook Page, Now What?” from the folks at sayingitsocial.com. Having Facebook in the title was what originally got my attention, but the more I read, the more I realized how much this book can really help people who are administering […]

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#LifeisGreat! Revealing the 7 Secrets to a More Joyful You! – @yitzwyne

#LifeisGreat! Revealing the 7 Secrets to a More Joyful You! – @yitzwyne

 |  Nov 18, 2011

Most of you know that I had the opportunity to travel to Israel in February 2008 with my lifelong friend Donna.  The mission trip was led by Rabbi Yitz Wyne of Young Israel Aish Las Vegas and was attended by Rabbi’s son and five other people. The trip was incredible…so much to do, so much […]

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The Fifth Estate

 |  Nov 10, 2011

Every month one of us HMA’ers reads a book that is related to our industry and reports back on the findings – our own little HMA Book Club (except we spare the whole group from reading the same thing). After putting this off for some time not being able to find anything that truly interested […]

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We Are All Weird – #weirdDomino

 |  Nov 9, 2011

Now how can you not pick up a book with that title?  And the fact that it is written by Seth Godin only makes it more compelling. I downloaded the book to my Kindle a few months ago and finally took the time (all of about 90 minutes) to read it on the very long […]

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Where were you when…

 |  Sep 9, 2011

This question is being asked a lot this week as we are approaching the 10th anniversary of 9-11.  Like many on the West Coast, I was still in bed.  After hitting the snooze button a couple times, I heard the very somber voices of Tim and Willy describing what had happened in New York.  Because […]

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You Can’t NOT Communicate

 |  Sep 1, 2011

So, finally I am… Some time ago, David Grossman, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, sent me a copy of his book, You Can’t NOT Communicate. Much of the book focuses on employee communications, offering an excellent collection of tips and approaches to communicating in a way that can help leaders differentiate themselves. In fact, he coined […]

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Book Club – “Return of the Gold: The Journey of Jerry Colangelo and the Redeem Team"

 |  Aug 4, 2011

Each month, one member of the HMA team reads a book of his/her choosing and shares when he/she learned from the book during one of our staff meetings. While the book does not have to be specifically communications focused, we do like for our team members to be able to share nuggets of wisdom within […]

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Book Club – “Return of the Gold: The Journey of Jerry Colangelo and the Redeem Team”

 |  Aug 4, 2011

Each month, one member of the HMA team reads a book of his/her choosing and shares when he/she learned from the book during one of our staff meetings. While the book does not have to be specifically communications focused, we do like for our team members to be able to share nuggets of wisdom within […]

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Listen to Hugh’s advice and Ignore Everybody

 |  June 14, 2011

A short book with many ideas packed in, I found cartoonist-blogger Hugh MacLeod’s “Ignore Everybody” to be inspiring and motivational, even though I wasn’t always able to relate to all the lessons. MacLeod encourages people to find their creativity by deciding what it is one believes in, then to pursue it full-force and risk everything, […]

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