Why it’s tough to be creative at work

Why it’s tough to be creative at work

Have you ever been called into a brainstorm and thought I’ve got so much on my plate today, I just can’t face being creative. Or when you do come up with an idea, do you feel it’s nitpicked so badly it becomes unrecognizable from what you first...
Training, networking and developing your personal academy

Training, networking and developing your personal academy

Do you consider yourself lifelong learner? I didn’t always see myself that way. Yet when I look back, I realize I started my own personal academy 10 years ago around the time I co-founded my agency. And it began with two things: accreditation and Counselors...
Paul M Bowers: the importance of visual storytelling, part 1

Paul M Bowers: the importance of visual storytelling, part 1

In the beginning… I did not consider myself a visual person. In any way, shape or form. Having come from writing, I decided my blog would first and foremost be filled with WORDS. And if you look back to the earliest days, you’ll find posts with loads of...
We’re all in showbiz – take two

We’re all in showbiz – take two

A little more than a year ago, when I returned home from Counselors Academy conference in New Orleans, I wrote a post called We’re all in showbiz. Clearly this is something I associate with Counselors because it was the subject of the 52N (five minutes to...
A tribute to Arthur Yann, APR

A tribute to Arthur Yann, APR

Many communications people were shocked over the weekend to hear the sad news that Arthur Yann, APR, vice president, PR, for the Public Relations Society of America died suddenly at age 48.  It was a tragic turn of events for a person in their prime. You can read...