Why I joined the Minnesota Women in Marketing Communications
Here’s a testimonial for a great network in the Twin Cities for women in the business of marketing communications.
See the MWMC web site for the feature.
Blog Essays
My Whine Column
For a new Whine column, tell us about customers you’d like to put in the grape squash pit. Then share how you artfully changed that customer relationship into a “resolved” situation that saved your reputation. Let’s toast to you! Dealing with the public is not so different from the art and science of how you do your job.
Today, I am whining about the post office. I send out the newsletter across the country to 1600+ readers who like a hard copy versus email versions. I send out CDs of Back Issues and DVDs of trade show classes on sharpening knives or shears or clipper blade repair. While first class is cheaper, it is definitely worth sending items with priority mail tracking. Now where is my glass pf wine to toast to solutions?
A Mother to Remember: From Polio Twisted Limbs to High Heeled Shoes in Heaven
As I sit down to write a Eulogy honoring my mom, Rosemary, I may first write the one I won’t say aloud. This quote helps to get the process going from a One Day at at Time book:
“Painful experiences come from the thorns that wound us. They make us forget they also have roses!We cannot expect to enjoy life’s colors, beauty and fragrance, without accepting the thorny challenges and learning how to deal with them.” — (an Al-Anon.fellowship quotation.)
Here is her life story.
Mom was stricken with the polio virus at age 4. After 7 operations to straighten legs, kneecaps and feet, at age 12, doctors told her and her alone, that she would never bear children. She did not share this news with her own mother, fearing the weight of her burden on the family would be greater with more sad news. After repeated summer physical therapies, once casts were removed, she adjusted her gait to walk “as normal” as possible. She did what other normal girls did, play with dolls, sell girl scout cookies, and sang in a school choir. At age 12, she was on the Maurice Sachs first television show and sang for an audience to win a prize. [Read more…] about A Mother to Remember: From Polio Twisted Limbs to High Heeled Shoes in Heaven
Digital Connections: Are Printed Business Cards Relevant?
Recently, I conducted an informal study of business peers about the use of digital business cards.
I wanted to know: Are vCards the future? Is it goodbye paper cards?
Check out the Minnesota Women in Communications web site for my full article on this topic.