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How To Lead An Important & Challenging Conversation to a Positive Conclusion

My daughter is a fourth-year medical student in a highly prestigious and difficult program with crazy hard finals. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?…
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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง?

Some CEOs and business owners “bring the lights”(as they say in the Media/Communications business). They LOVE interviewing on camera and presenting in front of…
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The Three-step Communications Strategy to Inspire Good Customer Service

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž? I know I do. I pride myself on delivering it and get annoyed when I’m…
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

A recent LinkedIn post by my friend and fellow speaker, the amazing Karen Farrell got me thinking. She commented about how difficult it is…
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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž?

A client recently emailed me with a request. Earlier that month, an article on their industry had been published and it didnโ€™t include their…
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐š๐ข๐ฅ?

Earlier this summer I traveled to attend a conference in the UK held at a four-star business hotel. I was assured that the conference…
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Can You Bring PR Spin Home?

During a live TV interview, a reporter surprisingly asked me a question NOT on the pre-produced list of questions: โ€œPeople think PR, and they think spin. They…
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How PR Persistence Helped Save the Day

Very recently I was reminded that we ALL not only use public relations skills in our professions, but how these same skills can also…
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The Oct 7th Massacre – One Year Ago Today and What It Means for You

(Image: The bomb shelter where some of the participants at the Nova peace music festival hid when the attack began.) It’s October 7, 2024….
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Finding the Perfect Words for Rachel & Jon

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How to Phrase Your Request To Achieve Success

I was recently watching an Instagram reel, where this parenting expert recommended NOT forming a request in the question form, along with the word…
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New Year. New Beginnings. Second Chances

Happy 2024! I hope you rang in the new year in good health and with your heart full of joy and enthusiasm for whatever resolutions…
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Looking at the Israel-Hamas War Through an International PR Lens & A Lesson For Our Kids

In international public relations we work with people worldwide to share the stories of our clients. The teams are diverse — everyone comes from…
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What to do when kids or adults lie?

Have you ever caught your kids lying? Maybe they broke something, skipped school, played a hurtful prank, or were aggressive with their sibling or…
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3 Tips to Make Party Planning Confidence-Building, Family Fun!

The holidays are coming up fast! Already overwhelmed just thinking about it, given your already full schedule – advancing your career, raising your kids,…
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The Sounds Of Silence, Special Edition

I wrote The Power of PR Parenting based on 40+ years of retrospect and offered examples and practical advice to help make your journey…
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Good vs Evil – What’s happening in Israel

You may have noticed that I generally blog once a month, with the goal of inspiring you, providing a helpful PR Parenting tip, and/or…
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A gift from me to you for my birthday!

I have a present for you.ย Yes, really! On October 25th, I will begin my last year in my 50s. (I know!ย I canโ€™t believe it…
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How many family videos are too many?

Iโ€™m wondering: How often do you take family videos? During special occasions? When you see your kids doing something cute? I have a PR Pro…
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3 Back-To-School PR Parenting Tips

How goes the summer? I hope you and your family are having a great one!! Iโ€™ve been busy spreading the word about the PR…
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Myth: Donโ€™t bring the job home.

Around two years ago, while sitting on my couch chatting with my older daughter, Noa Lee, she told me about an army friend who…