You sent 100,000 emails to the wrong list... You directed people to last year’s action... You addressed everyone as “Jane”... It happens. Stop hyperventilating. It’s time to focus. Here’s your action plan. Assess the damage...
2 minute readYou sent 100,000 emails to the wrong list... You directed people to last year’s action... You addressed everyone as “Jane”... It happens...
Learn moreFor several years, I drove a strategy at Animals Australia to send ‘thank-you’ emails to action takers that were jam-packed with followup asks. This is not an uncommon approach. And on the surface, it’s easy to...
2 minute readFor several years, I drove a strategy at Animals Australia to send ‘thank-you’ emails to action takers that were jam-packed with followup...
Learn moreWhatever you do—don’t just imagine your headline on your page itself. Consider how your headline performs without the rest of your page to give it context. Does it make sense without an accompanying photo or intro text?...
2 minute readWhatever you do—don’t just imagine your headline on your page itself. Consider how your headline performs without the rest of your page to...
Read thisThe education system taught many of us that long words and complex sentence structures are signs of sophistication. Un-learn this as fast as you can! Convoluted language won’t win you any friends in the real world...
10 minute readThe education system taught many of us that long words and complex sentence structures are signs of sophistication. Un-learn this as fast...
Find out moreOne of the hardest lessons to learn as a communicator is knowing what not to say. In a medium that forces us to compete for the attention spans of our audience, more is most definitely less...
One of the hardest lessons to learn as a communicator is knowing what not to say. In a medium that forces us...
Learn moreIt’s not hard to preach to the choir. Or to mount an argument so agreeable that it won’t offend or challenge anyone. The business of wide-scale change-making affords us neither of these luxuries. Since you’re reading...
3 minute readIt’s not hard to preach to the choir. Or to mount an argument so agreeable that it won’t offend or challenge anyone...
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