Back in the day, when I was working on messaging for the Democratic Party, one of the periodic…
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Stepping back today and sharing a refreshed and updated post from the early days of OBrien On Message….
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Paul Simon wrote the above lyrics nearly 50 years ago. But as the Los Angeles Times notes, his…
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I’ve long argued that we nonprofit communicators can learn a great deal from expert writers and storytellers beyond…
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Today I am writing about a problem to which I have no easy solution. But it’s something we…
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Sometimes visual artists can offer wisdom that directly applies to the writing and storytelling craft. So it is…
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Over the course of my career, I’ve conducted hundreds of focus groups – first as a political campaign…
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At the time, Kris Kristofferson was an unknown songwriter. He pitched “Sunday Morning Coming Down” around Nashville. It’s…
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Donald Trump intended to cow us into submission with a $45 million parade, a showy affirmation of his…
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Recently, one of my readers asked me an interesting – and challenging – question: Do you always take…
