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3 Step Plan To Manage Stakeholders

If you are a Project Manager, one of your big challenges is how do you deal with your stakeholders. Its a challenge and one that doesn’t have a perfect answer. What I can offer you, is a 3 pronged guideline to help you have a framework for each project you are involved in. […]

3 Reasons Why The New Pope Needs To Be A Good Project Manager

I’ve got my TV turned to NBC right now, waiting to see who the new Pope is…probably like a lot of people all over the world. (Full disclosure: I’m not Catholic, but I do find the ceremony pretty fascinating.) While we don’t know who the new Pope is going to be, we do know that […]

Its Not About Curation, Its About Value….

Everyone is a curator these days. I get it. But, I for me, its not about curating material alone. More importantly, it is about value. I’ve been doing a little reading, and I have been reading a few books on habits, information and communication. In reading them, I stumbled a series of ideas that add […]

Better Communication Between Government And Citizens

One of the topics I have been focused on professionally lately is improving the communication between government and citizens. In my work with political campaigns, businesses, non profits, and individuals, I am fond of repeating over and over that “if you don’t define the conversation about your brand, someone else will and it is going […]

Here Are A Few Good Books

A great book about the costs of building and maintaining a civilization. If you love communication and telling stories in an effective way, this is a great book. If you are a liberal or a progressive, there are numerous examples of framing your argument in a way that appeals to a much more broad audience. […]

Saying Exactly What You Mean

Hello Friends! I must apologize because I’ve been on a blogging vacation due to some unanticipated circumstances. This morning I was going through my Google Reader and came across a post from one of my favorites, Seth Godin. In the post Seth sets down George Orwell’s thoughts on how to be a good writer and […]

February 15, 2017
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In spending a lot of time with some nonprofits lately, I have come across a common challenge that many nonprofit professionals face. That’s one of not speaking a language that resonates with their audience. This typically occurs for the same reason that it occurs in any other business environment, and that is that we are […]