Category: Communication

#Stories May 20

The best public speakers, parents, teachers, ministers, coaches, business leaders, sales professionals, and elected officials know how to utilize STORIES to deliver a powerful message. My reading this past month I came across two...

#Newspapers May 11

Khary McGhee is a friend of mine. He started out his career as a NEWSPAPER journalist but moved on to become a respected higher education administrator. He has worked at Duke and is currently...

#Motel6 April 24

People are not traveling so nights spent in hotels or motels are way down. If you hear about or see a MOTEL 6 you might be like me and immediately think of the phrase...

#Rerun April 23

Today’s post is actual an edit of one I wrote back in 2014. I call it RERUN. I chose to revisit it because COVID 19 is requiring leaders to make changes. In 2014 I...

#Confusion December 21

I am pretty sure all of us have circumstances where we suffer from CONFUSION. We mistakenly identify an individual as someone else is a case in point. We may also be in a conversation...

#Subjunctive December 16

have spent a lot of time the last two weeks listening to a number of podcasts called Ted Radio Hour hosted by Guy Raz. I came across an episode from 2013 that featured Phuc...

#Pencils December 11

Some items that are nearly two hundred years old continue to thrive in a high tech digital age. One of them is No. 2 yellow Ticonderoga PENCIL. Yesterday I heard something remarkable from Jim...

#Interview September 12

My granddaughter Bryleigh has a number of older cousins that worship her. One of her cousins Genna is the niece of my son-in-law. The photo below depicts them a couple of months ago. Next...

#Advisory September 7

Since late August if you live in the Southeast you have been bombarded with the latest ADVISORY on Hurricane Dorian. On September 3rd the total had reached 40. It is not uncommon for universities...