One way to ensure uniqueness and ensure competitive differentiation for your company name, product name, or service name, is to develop the name as a Portmanteau. According to Merriam-Webster’s Online…
For the past two years (2011 and 2012), I shared my top 50 business storytelling and communication mantras. As I plan for 2013, I always look to my list to…
We have various guides and templates in the office. Guides for writing blogs, articles, and tip guides. We have a brand guide for color, font, format, and logo use. What…
Article Summary: Your clients always tell you what’s important to them. Sometimes they tell you specifically with words and body language. Sometimes they tell you by changes in patterns, human…
My GPS took me through a few residential streets to get to an appointment at a local coffee shop this afternoon. As I was driving, I noticed quite a few…
Article Summary: Your authentic voice is not just your internal and external speaking voice. It comes across in all areas of communication, from e-mails to phone messages to body language.…
Article Summary: By a show of hands, who likes public speaking? A few hands go up. OK, who likes attending a PowerPoint presentation? Again, a few of you. Both…
Did you hear that The International Astronomical Union (IAU) declared Pluto a non-planet? They coined a new planet type, the "plutoid." That means, our solar system is now 8 planets…
Article Summary: By a show of hands, who likes public speaking? A few hands go up. OK, who likes attending a PowerPoint presentation? Again, a few of you. Both responses…
Last week, I posted a blog, "I am Honored to be a Washington Business Journal Guest Columnist for 2008." A week later, my first article about the power of story,…