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Jul 20, 2017 What do Porn and Bad Pitch/Cover Letters Have in Common? More than You Think The nature of my business is such that I have multiple email inboxes. The consequence of that is that one is always, inevitably, in the midst of a spam porn… Read More
Jun 29, 2017 Coffee in the Clouds—It’s a Podcast! Hello, hello, This past week, I was lucky enough to connect with the gentleman pictured above, Thomas Capone. Tom is the CEO of the New York Distance Learning Association. Among… Read More
Apr 13, 2017 Embrace the Hate: An Argument for Using Rage as Fuel This past week I was listening (as is often the case) to NPR where I heard Terry Gross interviewing John Kander, who, with the late Fred Ebb, wrote the songs… Read More
Mar 9, 2017 Got Response? No? One Easy Way to Get the Response You Want These past few weeks I’ve been working with a client on his fundraising. One consistent change I have been making has been to the last line of his request letter.… Read More
Feb 9, 2017 If You Can’t Fix It, Feature It The first time I heard this phrase was at a cocktail party. Someone said, “Group picture– look this way!” The gentleman next to me said, “I do not like having… Read More
Feb 1, 2017 Position Yourself for Promotion It’s February – how’s 2017 going for you? If your world has been anything like mine, January was a bit of a blur. In the interest, then, of getting the… Read More
Feb 25, 2016 Are You Working with an Emotional Hoarder? How to Tell and (More Importantly) What to Do About It As I understand it, the television show “Hoarders” has a rabid following. I haven’t watched it (I vacuum out my toaster oven…that’s a different kind of show…) but previews give… Read More
Dec 10, 2015 You Can’t Grade Your Own Homework: How to Get Organized for 2016 With the new year around the corner it’s a good time to get organized. For many of us, however, thinking of this kind involves an interior monologue along the lines… Read More
Nov 19, 2015 Beware Boardroom Bullying As many of you are doubtlessly aware, bullying isn’t something that happens only in our classrooms: bullying occurs in our boardrooms with surprising frequency. The tricky bit about it happening… Read More
Sep 24, 2015 Party of One: Making the Most of Your One-on-One Meeting This past week, I received an email inquiring, “What are some best practices for presenting to an audience of one? How do you communicate to the person in front of… Read More

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