Monthly Archives: November 2021

How to Ramp Up Your Company’s Video Capabilities

A few more notes on the position paper I published last week, “Remote Media Interviews Are Here to Stay: How Your Spokespeople Can Thrive.” Following is an excerpt based on the report: “Reliance on video interviews with the press is here to stay. Which means it is now safe for businesses to devote additional resources […]

Remote Media Interviews Are Here to Stay

I tend to be a scout. Not a Boy Scout (I’m not that brave, clean, reverent, etc.). Not a baseball scout (while I love the game, there are plenty of nuances of which I’m ignorant). Rather, I like to scout around for issues affecting communications and government relations executives that haven’t received the attention they […]

Radio Roundup

It has been a while since we’ve summarized the programming on C-suite Blueprint Radio. Let’s take a moment to recap the past months’ offerings. SOFTEN Your Communications Skills with Arnold Sanow The “Get Along Coach” reveals how you can become more likeable, approachable, and trustworthy through use of your nonverbal qualities. How the Pandemic Changed Advocacy […]

Additions to Ed-itorial Lineup Deal with Slide Shows, News Sources

What is the cardinal sin when displaying slides during a Zoom presentation? The dreaded phrase “Next slide please” provides the answer. Does it drive you nuts, like it does me, when you settle in to watch the evening news only to be confronted with anonymous sources? I’ve had it with both situations, so have produced […]

SOFTEN Your Communications Skills with Arnold Sanow

How can you appear more likeable, approachable, and trustworthy? Arnold Sanow has some answers. Sanow is known as the Get Along Coach. He says, “A big part of how people come across is their body language, their tone, and the words they use.” His nonverbal approach called SOFTEN provides a means of maximizing those qualities. […]