From Our Brains to Yours

October 28th, 2009

Train to Win

Having well-trained talent – whether it’s your paid staff, or a group of activists and volunteers – is a critical part of any successful effort. We offer up three things to help you put together effective trainings.

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April 27th, 2009

Presentation: Strategy for Communications

This morning I gave a presentation at the NACCDO/PAN Marketing Conference on strategy for communications: what it is, how to diagnose if you’ve got it, and what do to to be more strategic.  It’s a fantastic group of talented folks – the Communications Directors, Marketing Managers, and Public Affairs professionals at the nation’s cancer centers [...]

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January 16th, 2009

What is strategy?

I’m gearing up to teach a class on strategy for the Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communication program at Georgetown University. This will be the second semester I’m teaching it.
I start the first class with a question: what is strategy? The consensus answer is generally something like, “a road [...]

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