Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
5 Communication Perspectives from the RNC
As a quasi-journalist I was able to attend the RNC.
As a Communication Expert, speeches are my oxygen. It doesn’t even matter if the speech is on something I know or don’t know, such as ions or electrons. I still love to hear speeches, critique [...]
Are You the Emperor?
It was said about one of the presidential candidates who has suspended their campaign, that “the problem, many donors say they believe, is that there wasn’t anyone on the team who both recognized his shortcomings and was willing to point [...]
Is There Anything Verifiable We Can Really Count On? Polls, Pundits and Polarizing Opinions
Recently a client called upset with his CEO.
He read the handwriting on the wall. Or so he thought. He just wasn’t sure what the handwriting was saying. Should the client stay? Should the client leave? Should he look at the myriad of other [...]
Podcast: How Outsider Candidates Can Improve Their Chances of Winning
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Political consultant Gerry O’Brien is the author of the upcoming book 1901. Gerry was the youngest candidate to ever run for the New York City Council, at 18 and has been involved with politics ever since. Gerry will discuss [...]
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carly Fiorina: A Tale of Two Women – Choose Your Own Resume Now
Much has been and will be written about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Even the Rodham that popped up after she was encased in the White House . . . the first time. A closer look at Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina gives us a tale of two women who [...]
A Rudeness Born Of Desperation
Siem Reap, Cambodia
She is perhaps five or six, with dark eyes, straight black hair that touches the back of her neck, and skin the color of teak.
She dances up to the picnic table with a white smile and 10 postcards of the ancient temples at [...]
Podcast: Presidential Leadership & The Bureaucratic State.
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Political Analyst & Professor, Dr. Frank M. Sorrentino, is the author of several books including his latest Presidential Leadership and The Bureaucratic State.
Dr. Sorrentino analyzes the various theories of presidential leadership [...]
Podcast: Choices In The Dark
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Former journalist, Steve Piacente, spent years writing about the deals public figures cut behind closed doors and ethics is a key part of the communications class he teaches at American University in Washington, D.C.
Now, it’s [...]
Mark Sanford’s Tricky Path To Redemption
Ike Washington is a made up character but Mark Sanford – U.S. Congressman Mark Sanford – has a story that is stranger than fiction.
Yet the two are connected. Both commit a grievous wrong that begins in secret and ends in disgrace. Discovered, [...]
Be Gracious – Especially When Things Don’t Work Out as You Hoped
It’s a week after the election and Mitt Romney continues to put his foot in his mouth.
In a call with big donors to his campaign the other day he said, “The president’s campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a [...]
Post-Election Prospects
From the broadest viewpoint – i.e., all is one – what purpose is served by the intense political dichotomy of our era, and how does it look to play out now?
One reason why I (like other, reputable astrologers) had predicted a Romney [...]
Can Politics Affect Creativity?
I woke up this morning thinking about starting my paintings, still stuck in my head and ready for moisture and brushing.
Then I turned on the news and heard all the same crap about the presidential and other upcoming elections. “The Final [...]
How To Beat Your Post-Election Blues
So we have a new President.
Or, better stated, our President has been re-elected. Do we “congratulate,” or “co-miserate?” Many people don’t know, many people are very disappointed while many celebrate. It was a very close contest, [...]
Political Statements
Victoria: As we near the presidential election I find myself discussing politics quite a bit with my writer friends. Some of them have much more to say about the election than I ever thought they would. Frankly, it’s more than I care to [...]
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