I am a big one for research in all areas of life, including parenting, and one of the evidence-based recommendations I took to heart is to have dinner with your family as often as possible. Apparently, research showed that sitting …
Category: Communications
Communications 2.0: Being human
Sometimes I feel as if the universe is trying to teach me something. Not a spoon-fed chunk of wisdom, no. It’s more of a feeling that as I stumble my way through the different phases of life, I start to …
The Joy and Pain of Communicating (Professionally)
After decades of working at jobs with “communications” in the titles, I am now prepared to put forward some definitions pertaining to the practice of communications (in the professional sense), and some observations (based on a N of one–me) about …
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Don’t stop believing…hold on to that feeling.
I have been on small teams and very large ones, and what’s interesting to me is that no matter what size the team, I always found myself struggling with the split between “doing the work” and “writing and thinking strategically …
We the People, Revisited
Thanks in large part to Schoolhouse Rock, I have been word-perfect in the preamble to the Constitution ever since I was, oh, yay tall. The tune is so rollicking, so delightful. And no matter what, I hear the opening lines …
What’s the brand strategy to win back our country?
This post is about how branding strategy works, and how the basic components of branding strategy are playing out in our political situation today. This topic may strike some people as superficial, and therefore, morally repugnant, because there are terrible …
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That horse I rode in on…
I’m in the midst of a…directional change. I set up this website originally for the purpose of hanging out my independent consulting shingle. And I knew perfectly well, when I did this back in February, that it was NOT gonna …
Content/Strategy: Both matter.
For this week’s post, I’m going to choose a smattering of thoughts from the mass that churns through my brain on a daily (hourly) basis. Today’s topic has to do with me reading RFPs and emails seeking contractors/consulting help and …
Communications: Egg to Adult
Throughout my career, many people have either approached me or been referred to me for advice about careers in communications. I always try to make time to accommodate these requests (although I can’t respond to them all), mostly because during …
Lists: Internal Communications
I have never held a job with “internal communications” in my title. I have also never held a job where internal communications hasn’t ended up being a huge part of my job. Doesn’t matter how junior or senior the position was: …
Minna Jung Consulting 