Google extended their employee work-from-home plans into next summer because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Businesses opened, only to close again. In-person school is up in the air. And what about you? Has your client prospecting been on hold? Do you feel disconnected from customers because you can’t meet in person? With no immediate end in sight, it’s time…
What is TikTok and how it compares to other social media platforms.
A lot of companies are coming out with their formal response to the Coronavirus, along with sage advice on what to do. Thinking of that reminded me of the time I worked for the Department of Aviation. Among other things I managed the contract for services for people who were homeless. I got a call…
How can you expand your business’ online footprint? Leverage the power and networks of everyone on the team! Here are five easy ways to get started. Social media: Ask everyone on the team to follow your company social pages. Then ask them to invite their friends to follow you. It’s an easy way to jump…
You are, hopefully, just about to spend time with a lot of people who presumably love you. And for most of the clients I work with, that includes adult children and grandchildren. That can be a considerable sized group. Three ways to leverage your Thanksgiving gathering to jump start your online presence. If everyone in…
So excited to share this new video series for client The Juniper Center. The theme is “Mom to Mom” when one of the moms is a licensed clinical psychologist. That would be Dr. Margo Jacquot, Chief Care Officer (and founder and director of The Juniper Center. The series is an example of how easy it…
Boomers vs Millennials. Or not really “versus.” We just have totally different cultural contexts. From Ellen to Oprah to Eugene Levy and his son, the Boomers and Millennials compete to see who knows more about the other.
A big ‘hullaballoo’ came across my Twitter feed this week. “Would a Person of Color (POC) be assigned an article like this for a major publication?” the chain started. The “article like this” in question was by a middle-aged reporter who was white, covering a group he was first hearing about: BTS. Beware Outsider Syndrome…
I saw the familiar panicked, trapped face of a party guest from across the room. She stood next to the stuffed mushrooms, across from Edgar. “I wonder what kind of mushrooms these are,” she innocently asked. That was all Edgar needed to start his monologue on genus, family and habitat for every mushroom that ever existed.…
Here’s a scene you wouldn’t typically associate with Shakespearean theatre: People ages 8 to 80 whoopin’ it up as they learn about the six wives of Henry VIII. That was just the scene during Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Six. How? The historical characters were presented as pop stars, mimicking the likes of Beyoncé and…
