Master Media Engagement
June 9th, 2012“I’m happy to try to help you.” These are the words I’m now recommending women train themselves to utter when reached by a journalist looking for context to a story. […]
read more...Getting to “yes”Improve your Writing
May 26th, 2012In the middle of delivering an op ed writing workshop recently to a very engaged group of United Way staff and volunteers from across Ontario (organized through Sean Moore‘s fabulous […]
read more...Think “outcome” when crafting an op edImprove your Writing
March 12th, 2012Last week at an intellectually stimulating but relatively staid scholarly event, a minor controversy broke out. Harvey Weingarten, President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (who […]
read more...Exerting influence on policy — through the media?Master Media Engagement
February 22nd, 2012Should she or shouldn’t she? I was chatting on the phone a few weeks ago with a woman who is listed in our Experts Database. She had written an excellent […]
read more...To Tweet or Not to Tweet…Improve your Writing
January 2nd, 2012It hardly seems fair: you spend years in school, mastering the impenetrable jargon necessary to earn the degree or qualify for the professional designation. And then someone (ok, that would […]
read more...Don’t do it!Improve your Writing
June 27th, 2011Who wouldn’t like to be a more persuasive communicator? In every aspect of our personal and professional lives – from seducing a beloved or winning a promotion to controlling the […]
read more...NY gay marriage bill: persuasion in actionImprove your Writing
December 17th, 2010Further to my last post about letters to the editor, I heard from several people — some I knew, one I didn’t — after my letter about the retrograde fashion […]
read more...Letters 2: Mission Accomplished!