Making the most of what’s on offer
“Then there was the couple who had signed a lease on their new ‘gourmet hot dog and donut shoppe’ in the heart of a tourist town – just 2 weeks before the Covid-19 shutdowns began.”
Publicity – the balancing act.
Widespread social media is a two-edged sword for many businesses – and individuals.
A post can make you go ‘viral’ … but that isn’t always a good thing.
New Year – New Outlook?
“There will be threats in 2021. We all know that. But there will also be opportunities.”
Monday Media -Shared Experience vs On-Demand consumption
Back in 1955, when television was just hitting its straps, Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote a short story called “Dreaming is a private thing.” The essence of the story was that people didn’t want a shared entertainment experience. He argued that people don’t want to have to get their entertainment according to someone else’s…
Training Tuesday: What’s in YOUR Trainer’s Toolkit (Part I)?
Every trainer or educator starts out with an idea of what they would like to impart, a rough outline of how they want to impart it, and a basic concept of what they want their trainees to do with the knowledge once it has been imparted. Of course, many trainers never get much beyond that…
Media Monday: What to do with rapey, racist, rock and roll relics.
I guess we have to start with “Baby it’s cold outside” … You no doubt heard over Christmas that a small survey of listeners at a single radio station in North America called for a ban on the song – and that fed into the whole #metoo discussion, and discussion of political correctness, and of…
Tuesday Training: Teaching, Coaching, Mentoring – and trees that bloom on their own time.
What’s the difference between Mentoring and Coaching? Between Teaching and Training? How can we, as coaches, trainers, educators and mentors best serve those that we are helping? That’s one of the issues with John Maxwell’s Servant Leadership, of course (which I’ll address in a future Tuesday Training post) But its also something I’ve been…
Toastmasters ‘Clicks and Bricks’ … hybrid online/physical clubs .. a brief report.
Background: I’m currently a member of four Toastmasters clubs, having rejoined Toastmasters in Brisbane, Australia, about two years ago. I was also a member of multiple other clubs in my previous Toastmasters membership, in the 1980s. But all those clubs, and three of my existing clubs, are ‘traditional’ clubs – in the sense that they…
Travel Pics Theme: X for Xerox. Stonehenge
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today’s a dark and foreboding Stonehenge. The stone structure is one of the most famous sights in England, has prompted entire belief-structures based on its supposed ancient wisdom and astronomical expertise. But unfortunately, its…
Travel Pics Theme: X for Xerox. Serendipitous sights
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today, a serendipitous structure captured through a car window. We should never have seen this bridge … it wasn’t on our proposed route from Granby Colorado to Taos, New Mexico. But just after we had gone…
Cairns Communications 