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Share Throughout history, countless individuals have made outstanding contributions to our world, all while living with various mental health challenges. From artists, writers, athletes and musicians to explorers, activists, industrialists and scientists, these individuals changed the world. They bear witness to the tremendous value of moving beyond the stigma and stereotypes that force [...] May 15th, 2013 | Tags: activists, advocacy, artists, communications, explorers, history, mental health, mental health blog, musicians, scientists, statesmen, stereotypes, stigma, writing | Categories: Social Issues
One comment | Share: Share Have a thought, type it up on the extension of your hand now known as the smartphone and hit “send”. The time from thought to tweet seems to be getting smaller every day, but just because we have a public way of sharing our every idea or opinion doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t take a few [...] October 22nd, 2012 | Tags: Chris Cooley, Facebook, grammar, New York Giants, punctuation, social media, tweet, Twitter, typo, Washington Redskins, writing | Categories: Design & Editorial
Leave a comment | Share: Share Last month, we asked Vanguard staff about books that made them want to be a better communicator. Then, we asked our InSites readers to help us narrow our list to a Top 5. Image from Microsoft Office Clip Art Check out those special few who made the cut, books that inspire us to do our [...] September 6th, 2012 | Tags: books, change, chip heath, communication, communicators, community, community: the structure of belonging, dan heath, jeff haden, jonathan gottschall, made to stick, malcolm gladwell, nine beliefs of remarkably successful, peter block, Policy Communications, reading, reading list, social change, stories, storytelling, the storytelling animal, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, the tipping point, Vanguard Communications, writing | Categories: Communications Heroes
One comment | Share: Share OK all you physicists out there — try explaining quantum electrodynamics in terms that the rest of us non-physicists, non-scientists even, can all understand. Admittedly, that’s a tough one … how about starting with something a bit simpler, like fire? That’s the basic premise behind “The Flame Challenge,” started by actor Alan Alda and the Center for Communicating Science [...] March 15th, 2012 | Tags: 12 Year-Old Nephew Rule, Alan Alda, audience, Brad Philips, Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, challenge, clarity, communication, communicators, jargan, Mr. Media Training, physicists, PR, professional, public relations, science, scientists, teacher, The Flame Challenge, USA Today, writing | Categories: Design & Editorial
Leave a comment | Share: Share Picture this: You’re in a staff meeting, and a colleague serves up the great idea you expressed during an earlier brainstorm as her own. You want so desperately to raise your hand and say, “Um, excuse me? That was MY idea.” Source: webster.edu Perhaps this is because, of all the ideas we generate during say, a [...] January 25th, 2012 | Tags: citation, citing, communications, communicators, Congress, inventors, online, online piracy, PIPA, plagiarism, PR, Protect IP Act, public relations, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act bill, words, writers, writing | Categories: Design & Editorial
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