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Comment on Are You a Kool-Aid Drinker? by Meredith Gould

Meredith Gould — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:29 +0000

Hoisting my glass of vintage Diet Cream Soda!

Comment on Are You a Kool-Aid Drinker? by Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:16 +0000

I’ll drink to that!

Comment on Are You a Kool-Aid Drinker? by Amy Fitch

Amy Fitch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:15 +0000

Here here to Bordeaux, and the Pinot will be on its way tomorrow as well!

Comment on Shaking Things Up by Meredith Gould

Meredith Gould — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:33:04 +0000

What rant? This is simple wisdom, Steve. I’d love to see conference organizers declare their conferences a Power Point Free Zone. In my rarely humble opinion, PPT has turned presenters into intellectually lazy slobs. Imagine what would happen if speakers had to be engaging…even Socratic in their presentation style? [God, I feel OLD.]

Comment on Shaking Things Up by Dennis Urbaniak

Dennis Urbaniak — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:53 +0000

Steve,

While this is listed as a rant, it is right on the mark. It’s interesting that for the same reasons we are recognizing that we need to change how we listen and dialogue with our customers, many in our space, both manufacturers and agencies, are still practicing the same old approach to communication.

Dennis

Comment on Shaking Things Up by Olivier Blanchard

Olivier Blanchard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:01:20 +0000

Brilliant.

Comment on Does Comcast Care? by LEER: Listen Engage, Empathize, and Respond | Social Silk

LEER: Listen Engage, Empathize, and Respond | Social Silk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:09:30 +0000

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Comment on When Statistics Have Faces by Ken Burbary

Ken Burbary — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:20:44 +0000

Steve, I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ll never look at h1n1 again the same, and want to give a sincere thanks for this thoughtful piece, and your efforts in helping spread the word about Jamie’s situation.

Comment on Your Bullet Points, My Kevlar by How to Write a Successful Article | TheBizatHome.com

How to Write a Successful Article | TheBizatHome.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:05 +0000

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Comment on When Statistics Have Faces by Karen Rosenzweig

Karen Rosenzweig — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:23:38 +0000

I have had the opportunity to speak to a number of breast cancer survivors. Many of these brave ladies experience guilt at some point. Why did they survive and a friend or relative did not? And to make matters worse, some feel guilty even mentioning it to someone for fear that they will seem ungrateful for their treatment success. Emotional support, not just chemo and radiation, plays an important role in a successful outcome. Most likely true in any disease.

Comment on When Statistics Have Faces by Impactiviti Daily 103009 « Impactiviti blog

Impactiviti Daily 103009 « Impactiviti blog — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:18:30 +0000

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Comment on Hitting the Pinnacle of Buzzwords by Meredith Gould

Meredith Gould — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:22:48 +0000

I would rather than periodontal surgery without anesthesia than reread that press release.

Comment on Hitting the Pinnacle of Buzzwords by Sydney Rubin

Sydney Rubin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:08:53 +0000

Steve,

With all due respect, I feel you may be pushing the envelope with this post, so moving forward I hope you’ll do a bit more of a deep dive, a little more thinking outside the box, and then circle back with more innovative and meaningful strategic insights. But thanks for being so pro-active and keeping us in the loop.

Bingo

Comment on Hitting the Pinnacle of Buzzwords by Janice McCallum

Janice McCallum — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:04:44 +0000

Hi Steve,
It was really nice having a chance to talk with you at ePatCon. It was great meeting many other Tweeps, too.

I get the feeling that I should not have titled one of my slides “Emerging Trends and BUZZWORDS”! I agree that the unnecessary creation of a new term when an existing term works just as well–and is understood by a much broader audience–is counterproductive. In fact, it’s usually an attempt to own the new term. Just to be safe, I think I’ll delete the word “buzzwords” from the title of the slide before I post it…

For brownie points in my favor, did you notice that I used the word “obfuscation” during my talk?

Finally, thanks for the photo you took & posted at the Tweetup. Usually, I don’t like to see pictures of myself. I think being surrounded by Silja and Ellen Hoenig raised the quality of the photo to my benefit!

Cheers,
Janice

Comment on Hitting the Pinnacle of Buzzwords by Jeanne Male

Jeanne Male — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:38:13 +0000

Steve, I’m wondering if this post was spawned by days of listening to conference presentations and bloviations – love that word!

Hi Ian and Lon: Thanks for the chuckle Ian. Lon, I enjoyed your use of the word “hive-mind” – never heard it before. I’m wondering if the person that you’re referring to is over 50. If so, they may be a victim of a time when big words were valued as scholarly…and haven’t gotten the memo stating otherwise. Speaking strictly for myself, I would expect someone “very close” to me to clue me in on current thinking. I recently cut out an article from “Wired” magazine calling people that wear bluetooth ear devices, “tools”. I gave it to a friend (who wears one and considers himself cool) as a keep or toss FYI. It was safe coming from a 3rd party source. Then again, I’m the sort that would be grateful if a complete stranger told me that I had something hanging out of my nose. Yes, Steve – I went there.