I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of words in our work. Not just how we write but also what we say about the people and communities we serve. This thinking goes beyond the people-first language approach, which is critical for writing or speaking in a way that does not label or stigmatize a community. This thinking has also challenged me to examine the ways I talk …
Public Relations
“…by always quoting works out of the context the public forgets that they have a context.” – Theodore Gioia Theodore Gioia makes a very salient point in this article about the use of classical music in commercial advertising from the Los Angeles Review of Books. Before I journey further into this idea, I encourage you to read the article, which although veers significantly midstream, presents a rather appalling picture of …
I recently stumbled upon a headline on forbes.com that read “New Report: Women CEOs Make More Than Men”. This headline caught my eye… but not for the reasons you might think. You may believe some celebration is in order, however, I’m not ready to party just yet and I don’t think you should be either. I am afraid that people will read this headline rather than the entire article. Or, …
I know most people are over Pepsigate by now. That’s how the 24-hour news cycle works, I guess. I pulled some quotes from an article in the Atlantic (How on Earth Does an Ad like Pepsi’s Get Approved? written by Joe Pinsker) a few weeks ago because I think there are some valuable lessons to be drawn that may have gotten lost in the initial shock and outrage (not to dismiss the …
I learned early in my college career that if I wanted “real-world experience” I needed to get out into the real world. I was fortunate enough to have an incredible professor that not only arranged an interview for me at a local television station, but she also went to the interview with me to ensure that I would really benefit from the opportunity. The internship was unpaid. However, what I …
I never interned while I was in college, so I missed that whole experience. After six years, I have gained plenty of experience being on the other side of the internship equation, and as an employer (i.e. the offerer of internships), I have gleaned a few things from some extremely pleasant interns and other excruciatingly painful internship periods that may be helpful to other small businesses thinking about offering an …
At some point, every organization will experience some type of crisis. The crisis may be minor – like you post the wrong pricing information on social media. Or, the crisis may be major – like the one Delta Airlines is experiencing right this moment due to its a sitewide system outage (that currently has me stranded at DCA waiting to get to Atlanta and then home to Jackson). The first …