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Audio Interview with Andy Gilman: The Art of the Sound Bite at PRSA International Conference
Eric Schwartzman interviewed Andrew Gilman at the 2008 PRSA International Conference on the Art of the Sound Bite. Download the complete audio interview below to learn about the history of the sound bite and the ingredients that make a winning sound bite. Read more
How To Ideas from Business Week
One of the more fun magazine reads is the current “How to” issue of Business Week . There are plenty of short take ideas on how to admit a mistake by an NFL referee, how to talk to a Republican (by a Democrat) or how to talk to a Democrat (by a Republican). Read more
Are women better leaders? HBR says yes.
There’s a new study in the Harvard Business Review of 16 characteristics of leadership in which female leaders outpace their male counterparts.
Based on experience with hundreds of companies and organizations the categories that don’t surprise me are building relationships and developing others. Read more
What should PR people know about the Media…Yet again.
Think of the wonderful sparring partners in fiction, film and TV. Is there any better metaphor for the co-dependent relationship between reporters and PR professionals?
As the saying goes, “Can’t live with ’em. Read more
Da Vinci + Gawande = Fewer Crisis and Business Mistakes
Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time in many ways. NPR’s Robert Krulwich has a great blog on DaVinci’s “To Do” list from the 1490’s. Pretty good illustrations.
The blog reminds me of one of my favorite books of the past couple of years, The Check List Manifesto by Atul Gawande.
Lessons Learned from 9/11
5 Ways to Listen Better
The TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) Conference is a series of well known meetings where leaders share ideas, concepts and discoveries.
If you haven’t been invited to the California sessions or the offshoots around the globe, the next best thing are the TED videos. Read more