Today’s Topic: Your Reputation

Today’s Topic: Your Reputation

I learned a new business term this year: reputational harm. It’s not new to lawyers or public relations consultants, but to the rest of us, it showed up in newsletters, advertisements and other marketing products from experts who promise to “train all your employees...
Deconstructing Debates and Dog Walks

Deconstructing Debates and Dog Walks

Tuesday 10/16: Glued to the debate and the post-debate TV talking heads. Channel surfing between CNN, Rachel Maddow and Hannity to get different political perspectives. I marvel at what I hear and think, “Did we all just watch the same debate?” Wednesday Morning...
Fifty Shades of Malarkey:

Fifty Shades of Malarkey:

Much has been said about Joe Biden’s constant smiling and other gestures he made in the Vice Presidential Debate on Thursday evening. It’s very possible that in my house, which is located five miles from Joe’s (and that’s what people call him here in Wilmington – Joe)...
A Tale of Two Candidates

A Tale of Two Candidates

I was going to write a post about the role that hand gestures can play in getting your key message across to your audience. I was so excited to find this link about Obama and Romney’s most-often used hand gestures and how voters can draw conclusions about political...