Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Making a pitch? Try following rules for dating
Either way, it’s wooing someone desirable, so play it cool and don’t play the fool.
Archive for May, 2009
Ragan Insider Christine Kent
How CEOs can rally the troops in troubled times
Speeches need to be upbeat, without sugarcoating bad news.
Ragan Insider Bill Sweetland
Without measurement, intranets languish
Communicators must calculate cash returns from their intranets for executives to take notice.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
What juggling has to do with writing
Pick up juggling as a hobby and watch your writing and newsletter organization improve.
Ragan Insider Jessica Levco
American Express’ blog took the gold — and here’s why
Vice chairman’s conversational tone earns a 2009 Ragan Recognition Award — and employees’ kudos, as well.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
In today’s multimedia world, editors must focus on planning
Running your department like a hybrid newsroom will make stories soar — and lessen editing headaches.
Ragan Insider Michael Sebastian
CEO blogs: What you should know
Fifteen years and hundreds of CEO blogs later there are lessons to be learned—lessons to help you.
Ragan Insider Q.E.D.
How to start a speech: Begin already
The best way to write a speech is to plunge right in. Or so wrote Q.E.D., the pen name of a successful oil company speechwriter who contributed to Speechwriters Newsletter many years ago —ed.
Ragan Insider Lindsey Miller
Newsletter melds with intranet for full in-house coverage
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s print publication makes judicious use of content, context, and color.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Why it’s essential to keep the ‘social’ in social media
Corporate shilling can undermine credibility and alienate your audience.
Ragan Insider Gabe McDonough
Web Report CardNewman’s Own site easy to navigate
Basic design and content make this site user friendly.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Twitter’s #hashtag: Handy search device, or irksome clutter?
Tool is used to mark tweets about anything from #Aardvark to #zoology.
Ragan Insider Gabe McDonough
Web Report CardNewman’s Own site easy to navigate
Ragan Insider Jessica Levco
How a 1997 outbreak helped shape CDC’s crisis communication
From avian flu to H1N1, a world of difference in getting the message out to the public.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Why ‘no problem’ is a problem
Rampant use of the popular catchphrase concerns this communicator.
