"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Dr. Martin…
Ira KoretskyJanuary 18, 2021
Goodbye 2020. Goodbye 2020. Goodbye 2020. (say with your volume rising, your speaking pace quickening, and a long pause at each period). There's been a trillion articles, tweets, posts, videos,…
Ira KoretskyJanuary 1, 2021
Good news, bad news, funny videos, not so funny videos, work from home fails (#WFH), and touching stories. They all abound on YouTube. Ever since the pandemic, my hours watching…
Ira KoretskyDecember 30, 2020
Slack was developed to transform business communication. Indeed it did. I have several clients that put me into Slack to ensure we can exchange information quickly and securely such as…
Ira KoretskyDecember 2, 2020
To my fellow veterans, THANK YOU! I am a United States Army veteran. I served in health IT as both a Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Public Affairs Officer (PAO).…
Ira KoretskyNovember 11, 2020
I was talking about using humor in the workplace (e.g., presentations, public speaking, storytelling, training, recruiting, and sales) to one of my students after class (I teach public speaking and…
Ira KoretskyOctober 14, 2020
As I was working on my social media lecture for my communication class at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, I remembered a fun…
Ira KoretskySeptember 16, 2020
I recently read a light and fun article on our preoccupation with "liking." In "Like, Enough With The Liking Already," (Funny Times) author Laura Boggs paints a vivid picture of…
Ira KoretskyAugust 19, 2020
Here's a wonderful story from Brene Brown from her Power of Vulnerability presentation at RSA (see below for video). It has a great Better Tomorrow Message TM. It has a…
Ira KoretskyJune 23, 2020