We can’t not communicate. Even a lack of communication, communicates something. Despite our own need to communicate, to be heard and understood, and the communication needs of those around us, we still don’t get it right all the time. Being able to recognize common communication style can help. The goal of this activity isn’t to […]
They say to treat your friends like family and your family like friends. I think we should also say treat your staff like customers and your customers like staff. If the idea of that scares the heck out of you.. well as they also say Houston, we have a problem! Jesse Stanchak offered up an […]
I attended this two day conference at the stunningly beautiful Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver BC and am sharing what I learned here. Overall the conference went well, no major hitches and my sense was that for many there was learning and connecting taking place. To be honest, I personally didn’t pick […]
On November 16-17, 2010 I attended a conference sponsored by Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC) and Tewanee Consulting Group Inc. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver BC. This is the first of a series of posts reflecting my impressions of the conference and the presenters.  Day 2 – Afternoon Session – Show and […]
For the past few weeks I’ve been immersed in communication strategy, theory and design. Often I’m brought into conversations around communication because I’m a vocal advocate for the use of social media and networking tools. One of the challenges of using social tools like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, etc is that it becomes easy to […]