by CPhillips | May 16, 2018 | Communications, Community Building, empowering women, motivation, personal growth, Social connectedness
It’s politeness and courtesy in speech and behavior. It’s reasonable and respectful behavior. It is dialogue without heated debate. Looking around our communities and spending any time on social media, it’s becoming harder and harder to find. Nasty comments left...
by CPhillips | May 8, 2018 | Communication Planning, Communications, digital communications, Media, public relations, strategic communications, writing
The last few months, I’ve had the privilege to learn about civic health and social connectedness as part of our leadership group. Civic health encompasses social connectedness, community involvement, political action and the level of confidence people feel in...
by CPhillips | May 1, 2018 | Campus Life, Communications, Community Building, event planning, Social capital, Social connectedness, writing
Our leadership groups project dealt with social connectedness and how that feeling translates into the health of a community. Social connectedness is simply studying how people feel about the relationship they have with others – from your spouse, to your kids,...
by CPhillips | Apr 26, 2018 | Communication Planning, Communications, speech writing
As a writer, it’s your job to take control and stay in control of your story so that it is interesting to your readers. You need to develop a strong narrative voice. There are two primary voices – first person and third person. In first person, the narrator is...
by CPhillips | Apr 24, 2018 | Communications
If you took a journalism class, you’ve been taught the pyramid concept of putting a story together. However, there are lots of things to consider as you being to write your story. You always start with a lead. There are many ways to intrigue your reader and create...
by CPhillips | Apr 19, 2018 | Communications, storytelling
Have you thought about combining your news style articles (the who, what, when, where and why) with interesting and entertaining feature style? This combined style adds information in a tight concise manner while still having the flair and appeal of a feature story....
