message development

02Mar 2015

Preparing to announce that your company is merging with or acquiring another company is an exciting and hectic time. Contracts are flying back and forth between the lawyers and executive teams, communications teams are drafting press releases, conference call scripts, slide presentations, talking points, Q&A documents.  No one gets much sleep, and everyone is riding […]

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11Jan 2015
When President Barack Obama delivered his 2014 State of the Union Address, you probably anticipated the ensuing on-air chatter that would come from every political reporter with a microphone. But within hours of the broadcast, rather than dissecting the president’s comments about the economy, foreign policy or immigration reform, the wires were ablaze with Representative […] read more
27Dec 2014

Too many people are shy about giving and requesting feedback. Unfortunately, the consequences for this can be significant. We’ve asked thousands of executives from top companies worldwide, “What feedback have you received from your colleagues about your presentations?” The response is almost universally a dead stare. Or, feedback is typically limited to the proverbial pat […]

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