Ice cream or indie band? Hard to say
It’s only marginally related to communications (let’s put it under word play) but if you’re a fan of occasional silly fun, I ran across a quiz (oops, no longer available) through the Mental Floss trivia newsletter: The quiz posted phrases and asked...
Do your best to make headline magic
One of my clients used to challenge those of us (employees and freelancers) who wrote for the employee newsletter to come up with ever more interesting and clever headlines. During a weekly conference call discussing the newsletter, the editor often mentioned...People first, not disabilities
There was some back and forth in the Toronto Star last week about outdated language in reference to people with disabilities. A column by Kathy English noted that former Ontario MPP Gary Malkowski, a long-time advocate for those who are deaf, took offence at a Star...Hey, freelancers are an option too
IABC’s January CW Magazine includes an article called “In, Out or Somewhere In Between” by Peter Eschbach (IABC login required to view this), in which he discusses how to structure a communications department. He says: “When considering...Are you up or down?
Some colleagues were recently discussing words and phrases and how they change, and how often the change involves opposites. For instance, you used to be “up for” something if you were eager to do it, or “up on” something about which you were...
A great book title (and decluttering inspiration)
Now THAT’s using your words. Isn’t this a great title for a book? Does this clutter make my butt look fat? by Peter Walsh. Although I expected to book to deal with clutter, the sub-title (“An easy plan for losing weight and living more”)...Eat, drink and be merry – and start your blog, already
Happy New Year! So here we are in the aftermath of the famous “holiday season.” It feels like the last two weeks have been spent doing nothing but eat, drink and be merry, which is great fun but not too conducive to jumping quickly back into a productive...