Story of Teams: Storytelling and Employee Engagement #storytelling drives everything and it's time for companies to challenge the #story behind why #employeeengagement fails. Employees Don't Trust Employee engagement is all the rage...and most programs fail. Why? Research tells us that once employees are paid at [...]
Happy Fun at Work Day Fun at Work Day - Playfulness Matters Today is #havefunatworkday! Play is creative fuel. #playfulness matters. How will you play today in teams or by yourself? Play unleashes our best ideas and that is a powerful force for innovation. It does [...]
Source: Ron Smith via Unsplash.com Messaging Lessons From Oprahs Golden Globes Speech - For Speakers and Brands And this is not just a message for speakers; it's a powerful message for brands - your job is to create powerful moments of hope. Here are the big messaging [...]
Virgin Trains: Poor Humor and Customer Service How not to handle customer service via Twitter - Virgin Trains How NOT to handle customer service complaints...this one hot off the press from my friends in London. With "honey," "love," "sweetie"....and other patronizing 'there, there' comments. Brands need [...]
Playful Brands I love brands that play! Here is a list of some of my fave brands online. No, I am not getting paid. I love their fun, fresh voice and playful way to approach content and social media. They are not over the top - and they [...]
The Power of Interactive Story What Harold Lloyd Taught Me About The Interactive Power of Story Harold Lloyd's silent comedy was story *crack* to my 9-year-old brain. And it taught me everything about breaking the fourth wall to co-create with my audience. Collaborative Storytelling is [...]
To my speaking brothers, I adore you. You matter. And I know you care about your speaking sisters. I wanted to reach out to you and share something that happened recently that, sadly, is not an isolated case. As I debated whether or not to say something, I [...]
Livesteaming Video Predictions One of my favorite people on the planet, Ross Brand, invited me to share my thoughts about 2018 by providing my livestreaming video predictions. Along with an amazing group of livestreamers who all add something unique to the mix, I added my prediction for 2018. [...]
Mixed Reality Will Change Business Storytelling and Content: From Telling to Sharing Experiences Sharing Experiences (Source: Unsplash.com) Lots of big brands today are experimenting with mixed reality tech – virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to create content. Forbes recently reported that 75% of [...]
The Top 5 Worst LinkedIn Business Pick-Up Lines A few years ago, I wrote this post about bad linkedin notifications. I am happy to say I am getting less spam, although I think it's because I'm filtering more, or the AI bots are hard at work keeping [...]
