How to Get What You Want
The message is clear to me. I need to know what I want and know how to effectively communicate it. It just might be that I’ll get exactly what I want!
Posts Tagged: communications
The Case For and Against Multiple Social Media Accounts
It’s vital to think through the strategic pros and cons of having one or multiple social media accounts for your brand.
A Comic Book Lesson in Communications and Conscience
As the messengers, we have the power to create fewer Magneto’s and more Charles Xavier’s — people who engage with public institutions and their fellow humans, working together to create a better tomorrow.
Tips for Managing Workplace Criticism Constructively
Here are tips on how to receive and react to workplace criticism constructively, as well as the proper course of action if criticism becomes harassment.
How to Make Communications a Priority at Your Agency
Whatever the resource challenges or risks may be, it’s not only possible, but advisable to make communications a part of the plan. Because communicating effectively will enhance your ability to do the rest of your work successfully.
Securing the Future of Collaboration
Collaboration tools (e.g., instant messaging and presence, web conferencing, voice and unified messaging, mobility, and pervasive video) provide organizations, teams, and individuals the ability to “labor together” to achieve common desired outcomes in a more effective manner.
Making the Case for Communications in the Cabinet
What if large-scale government organizations had a single cabinet-level agency dedicated to communications and public engagement? The idea of a Secretary or Commissioner of Communications may seem outlandish at first glance, but I believe the concept deserves our consideration.
Beyond Schoolhouse Rock — Rethinking How We Teach Government
Those of us who work in government may not feel directly impacted by the world of civics teachers and government text books, but I’d argue they play an important, under appreciated role in our successes and challenges, big and small.
Time to Think Outside the Cubicle
Have you explored your agency’s regional operations to get a glimpse of life outside of your main office?
How Can Government Agencies Express Grief Over Celebrity Deaths?
Should your government agency or public service organization even speak up about a celebrity death? If you decide to share, how can you do so tastefully?