Business Communication: How Smart People Can Communicate Better I had the pleasure of discussing IntellectualSpeak with a few great people including Felicia Slattery and Tamsen Webster on Brian Carter's Podcast. Smart people often rely on 'intellectualspeak' because they know their subject matter so well. It's the classic 'curse [...]
Keeping it Human's Improv and Innovation Cafe' Improv & Innovation Cafe: Techniques for Better Marketing In this video hangout series, I talk about applying improvisation to marketing, storytelling, communications, and content as well as product innovation. Mike Bonifer of bigSTORY: Storytelling Techniques and Big Data In [...]
How to Add Humor to Your Speaking I was asked recently at an event to provide just one tip that helps me use humor in my speaking. I thought, “what a great question.” Speaking of funny....! As a storyteller and comic improviser, I deeply believe (and have written [...]
Keeping it Human's Improv and Innovation Cafe' Improv and Innovation: Techniques for Product, Content, Marketing and Communication In this hangout series, I talk about applying improvisation to marketing, communications, and content as well as product innovation. Join me several times each month as we discuss how [...]
I was asked recently by a few people at a speaking engagement on how to use humor in a meaningful way with customers and prospects. Great question. So here's my answer (I answered in person, too!). I believe strongly that everyone can communicate with meaning and humor! Humor [...]
On Thursday, April 23rd, I got to talk one of my fave fellow funny females: Amy Harrison, Founder of AmyTV. Amy is on a mission that I support: to banish boring content. There are no boring industries; only boring content. If Maersk and Caterpillar can make their content [...]
The right brain likes to invert assumptions and examine “what if” scenarios. Creative techniques such as SCAMPER, for example, start by suspending assumptions about products and what people need in order to see new things. And, by rearranging and modifying existing products, we can create new breakthrough ideas. [...]
Note: this is an adaptation of a prior post from 2012. Improvisation in Business Improvisation is the ultimate, adaptable “social” model of co-creation. Based on right brain techniques improvisation for idea generation is becoming more common within the enterprise. It's an idea whose time has come as co-created [...]
Note: this is a condensed article based on Kathy's ebook on adding humor and storytelling to your content! Download the ebook today! Humor is Human! As content marketing explodes, so too, does the volume of noise. You have about 7 seconds to grab attention. There is just too [...]
My Story: From Wasting Away in BS-laden, Jargonitaville to Keeping it Human I was a “get-it-done” executive working in Corporate America – in Silicon Valley (if you’ve seen the HBO show, much of the depictions are comically true!). I had a high-powered job creating marketing that even I [...]
