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What’s Your Social Media Strategy?

Originally posted on the Strategic Communication M.A. website at Michigan State University Go beyond just using social. Help your company or organization thrive. What is the most compelling piece of social media content you’ve shared this week? Was it a video? A picture? What about ads? What’s the most compelling advertisement that motivated you enough to either click or buy? Social media, mobile...

Stop Your Passive Aggressive Tweeting

Have you ever been confronted by something you wrote, texted or tweeted? If you haven’t you’re probably in the minority. I’m sure you realize that everything you text, email, snap and tweet become part of your digital footprint and many times can’t ever truly be permanently erased. Sure, you can delete the tweet, but someone could have taken a screenshot and re-posted it...

The Value of a Mentor

A few years ago I was sitting in my office shaking.  In tears.  With my door closed.  I had just fired someone for the first time.  He was a good man.  Nice guy.  But the direction of where organization needed to go necessitated some change.  Hard decisions needed to be made.  And I had no idea how to navigate waters like this.  I didn’t sleep two...

Get Back To Your Life

Stephen Colbert was on Showtime on November 8. It was amazing to see the show and how surprised people were – even him. But, at the end, he shined with a mix of serious and funny. As you’re processing the election, here are some things we as Americans can all agree on: When you agree on something, you shout YESNo matter where you stand on Hillary’s email server, we all can agree...

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