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Cultivating Creativity
Alison Bailin | Nov 14, 2017
Ragan’s PR Daily recently published a post on four methods to jolt communications creativity. Available here, it details how lateral thinking, perspective shift, concept porting (taking great ideas from one area of expertise and translating it effectively into another) and intentional conflict can help get the creative juices flowing. The post inspired me to offer […]
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#BookClub – Alignment for Success: Bringing Out the Best in Yourself, Your Teams, and Your Company , Part 3 – Make the most of meeting time
Abbie Fink | July 13, 2016
My series of posts from the Alignment for Success book continues today with [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]some ideas about making the most of meetings[/inlinetweet]. Other posts have included creating alignment for your business and making time to just think. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]There is nothing worse than being in a meeting with no clear purpose […]
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#BookClub – Alignment for Success: Bringing Out the Best in Yourself, Your Teams, and Your Company , Part 2 –Driving Force
Abbie Fink | July 6, 2016
There were so many great nuggets of information in this book, that I decided to write a series of posts. Last week, I talked about alignment in our organizations; this post will deal with a leader’s overwhelming desire to be the driving force in the business. Author Katherine Halpin believes we suffer from “drive-focused […]
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A Tip for Tuesday – Forget about the “tool” and figure out the strategy
Abbie Fink | July 17, 2012
I originally wrote this article for the Phoenix Business Journal, where it appeared on July 6th. Nothing has transformed our ability to communicate our messages like social media. Sure, being able to fax a document was pretty handy and certainly the ability to share information via email made getting the information out much easier […]
READ MOREA Tip for Tuesday – The 11 Laws of Likability
Stephanie Lough | July 10, 2012
You know you work in public relations when you pick up a book called The 11 Laws of Likability (ugh, hate that spelling) and assume it’s a social media marketing book. In actuality, Michelle Tillis Lederman’s book is about the bigger picture – being liked in all aspects of life. Upon this realization, I put […]
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A Tip for Tuesday – Talk Ain’t Cheap!
Alison Bailin | Mar 6, 2012
Think about Tiger Woods. What images come to mind? Is it that red Nike shirt flapping in the wind as he won yet another golf tournament? All those commercials featuring his mug and high-end brands? Probably not. For me, when I think about Tiger, I think about silence – and then that contrite look on […]
READ MOREA Tip for Tuesday – 15 Questions to a Better Life
Alison Bailin | 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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