His master’s voice: Contract Charlie goes live
It’s hard to pull off humour in the middle of a pitched labour battle — the stakes are high, and earnestness has a huge gravitational pull all its own — but the locked-out CBCniks have done it. Meet Tokyo Rose’s match, Contract Charlie:...Write if you (want to) find work
You’re heading into the workforce. What’s the one skill you need more than any other: computer networking certification? the latest management techniques? a driver’s license? Or is it the ability to string a sentence together? That last answer would...Is CBC Unplugged the future of labour communications?
Pay very, very close attention to what’s going on at CBC Unplugged. If you’re active in the field of labour relations, that site may just be a crystal ball into your future. It’s the latest project from locked-out CBC producer Tod Maffin (whose name...Mambo missteps: a major split at an open-source CMS
Last week, Peter Russell was proudly reporting that Mambo, an open-source content management system, had beaten out Firefox for top honours at Linuxworld. Exactly one week later, he and the other members of Mambo’s development team published an open letter...Risk communication 101
Want a crash course in the basics of risk communication? The Pan American Health Organization (a.k.a. the Americas branch of the World Health Organization) has an online course available, free of charge. Check it out.
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
