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Tag: free advice
Telling the Right Story
Time for another look at the stories we tell, about ourselves and about our business. As one of the resident Story Folk for our local 1MC community, I give this advice on a weekly basis--though usually I don't have this kind of space to develop my thoughts. When thinking about your story, it's important to … Continue reading Telling the Right Story
Storytime
I'm an organizer for my local 1 Million Cups community, and I find myself often repeating the same advice in our weekly meetings: starting with the simple question: what's your story? Several of our organizers are language experts, and we've come to think of ourselves as the Story Folk (I'm trying to make Story Squad … Continue reading Storytime
Finding Your Type
Writing for our businesses can be overwhelming, whether or not we think of ourselves as writers in any other context. Sometimes it's even the last thing I find energy for because I'm more focused on writing for my clients--and I won't find energy for it at all if I don't have a clear motivating goal. … Continue reading Finding Your Type
Let’s be More Un-just
Welp, it's the new year and I'm just now getting to just my first blog, because it's been just a whirlwind so far. I just wanted to say just a couple of things about just the start of the year, and just move on to the part where I just crank these out on my … Continue reading Let’s be More Un-just
The forever undead five-paragraph essay
Close your eyes. Picture one of your middle school English teachers handing you a sheet of paper to prepare for an upcoming essay. It has a series of fill-in-the-blank lines that you've seen before, adding up to a series of five short paragraphs. With me? Cool. Now let's crumple that handout, throw it in a … Continue reading The forever undead five-paragraph essay
Tomorrow! Workshop Time
Jenny and I really *should* work together, so we are! The first of (hopefully) many collaborations to come, we're tackling some practical writing advice tomorrow at the Unstoppable Women's Conference in Greeley.
Putting your Face on, Rhetorically Speaking
When I was small, I thought "putting my face on" was my aunt's term for applying makeup. What I didn't understand was the role that morning ritual played in helping my aunt prepare her private self for public consumption; putting her face on meant she was moving through familiar steps to create a space between … Continue reading Putting your Face on, Rhetorically Speaking
I’m Back, Back Again
Well, I had the intention of getting ahead enough on writing to accommodate all the travel and visits and general busy-ness of the summer...but clearly even my best-laid plans aren't up to snuff. My writing, in all arenas, has definitely taken the time-management hit. As we move into the end of the third quarter, I … Continue reading I’m Back, Back Again
Let’s Know better: Articulate
This week, a man called me "the articulate one"; I was the only woman currently in the room and had spent the last hour pushing back on the wild assumptions of older white men. I don't embody the social strata markers most affected by this term, so I don't suspect it came laden with the … Continue reading Let’s Know better: Articulate
Something Polished 