Category Archives: Uncategorized

TELLING STORIES BLOG | 

Great content knows no bounds

Don’t confuse telling great stories with their delivery channels I recently attended a luncheon presentation by Scott Pelley at the Atlanta Press Club.  Scott has enjoyed a distinguished history in broadcast journalism, most recently as the anchor for “The CBS Evening News.”  Although no longer in that chair, he continues to work with CBS on […]

TELLING STORIES BLOG | 

Being Candid

How politicians understand their audiences better than you think — unless they’re being taped Many years ago, I worked in politics.  I interned in the U.S. Senate, was a legislative aide in the Wisconsin State Legislature, ran a congressional campaign, and served as the Chief of Staff to the Wisconsin Attorney General.  I loved what […]

TELLING STORIES BLOG | 

Are we who we were?

Does culture shape how we communicate with one another?   As my kids’ school year wound to a close, I recently engaged in a little generational juxtaposition.  While I stand 40 years removed from high school, my teen/tween daughters—by contrast—stand at the precipice of life, dangling their toes in the water of freedom and experimentation.  […]

TELLING STORIES BLOG | 

The value of different perspectives

There’s more than one map to your destination  (Map courtesy of WorldMapper) When it takes roughly 24 hours to travel from hotel to home; you have time to think.  Flying home from the Middle East, the first item on my travel itinerary was sleep, something I hadn’t yet experienced between my 2 a.m. pick up […]

TELLING STORIES BLOG | 

I slaughtered a lamb for you

As the presidential race kicks into a higher gear, the inflammatory silly season is upon us.  Few are more adept at contributing to vitriol, hyperbole and half-truths than those who desire to lead us from the White House or the state house.  They are, sadly, Exhibit A in a society in which pandering at a […]