Posted June 4, 2017 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | Mark Zuckerberg gave the commencement speech at Harvard recently. He used the ‘rule of three’ in his presentation. A format Steve Jobs also used. Here’s a great article on how to bring clarity and focus to your next presentation.
Posted May 27, 2017 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | The summer reading lists are out and here’s one list for you if your work focuses mostly on marketing and business development.
Posted April 2, 2017 by K. Barker
The first belief in the up-and-coming movement towards conscious capitalism is having a “higher purpose.” (From Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia). We know that organizations with a higher purpose have worked through the process of answering these two important questions: What purpose does your organization serve?… Read more
Posted December 19, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | While this article is mostly targeted towards fiction writers, there is some great advice here for those of us who write non-fiction. Authors like Stephen King and J.K. Rowling are quoted.
Posted December 12, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | If you don’t follow Glenn Leibowitz or listen to his podcast, you should. He blogs and broadcasts about writing and communications. Here’s another great article from Glenn on how to improve your writing. The article has some great tips and advice. It’s also a quick read.
Posted December 4, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | If you don’t follow Glenn Leibowitz or listen to his podcast, you should. He blogs and broadcasts about writing and communications. Here’s a great article from Glenn on books to read to improve your writing.
Posted December 3, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | We know that successful content is closely tied to creative design and we are always interested in what others are talking about when it comes to both these topics. This article caught our attention for its simplistic explanation of how writers can improve their work by following a few basic design principles.
Posted November 9, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | We’ve started a Meetup group in Ottawa… Communication for Positive Social Impact and at our second meeting we discussed useful workshops and conferences for the social enterprise. Here’s a link to our resource list.
Posted October 14, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | It’s becoming clear that social enterprises cannot solve all the problems we face. Partnerships with the private sector are becoming more common – and are often built on a large scale. Here’s a great article which describes some large-scale projects in a case study format.
Posted October 3, 2016 by K. Barker
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | The more we read about content marketing, the more we sense that communicators haven’t quite figured out the magic formula for success. (We’d like to believe it’s because there is no silver bullet to marketing success. Instead, success can be based on a clear, focused and disciplined approach to communications).