Several months ago, I was on a Clubhouse chat with fellow yachting industry reps who were bemoaning The Media. Specifically, they …
Crisis Communications: Plan Before Crisis Crashes Your Image
Several years ago, I hosted a panel discussion for yachting professionals about the importance of crisis communications. I called …
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Why You?
Whether we hear it in these exact words or not, “why you?” is arguably the most-often-asked question on earth. More to the point, …
8 Reasons Our Friendly Neighborhood Chipmunk Is Smarter Than Me
For the past two years, I've been highly entertained watching a particularly speedy chipmunk race back and forth in our yard …
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Pitch Perfect: Crafting the Right Message for the Media
I joined a spirited discussion several days ago on Clubhouse, the social-media app offering virtual voice chat rooms for groups. …
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How NOT to Do Business
The following is a transcript resulting from a connection request I recently received to do business. Names have been changed to …
Turning Chance Encounters Into Business Deals
My professional life is full of running into people by chance, and turning those chance encounters into working relationships. One …
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Without Our Families, We Would Be Nothing
At a young age, I knew my sister and I were Irish and Italian. Because I didn’t quite understand how ethnicity worked, though, I …
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