Archive for August 2013

You may turn your leadership meetings into a lively quiz bowl tournament. Or maybe even a Jeopardy reality show. But that’s really not how I’m recommending you use these buttons. Monday’s Encourager featured the Staple’s “easy” button as an effective visual and I suggested that we school communicators deserve a few customized buzzer-buttons of our…

Does the “easy” button at Staples really work? Staples is the #1 retailer of office and school supplies. And in my opinion, they deserve the honor. But I still have to ask? Does that “easy” button of theirs really work? For the longest time I’ve been relying on a genie’s lamp I found along the…

It was the best kind of surprise… while it lasted. My mood perked up a notch upon hearing it. “Hey, Tom. That Encourager you wrote the other day about those six second videos and that Mary Poppins remix was pretty good,” she said. “Thanks,” I said nonchalantly, trying to give the impression that I receive…

Leaving July behind means that our “balancing act” is ahead. And I’ve still got some ballast to shed, unfortunately. But I’ve been in the midst of several retirement parties for co-workers the last couple of days. So some of my congratulatory over-eating was unavoidable. (That’s my feeble excuse for this week.) But I’m serious. Today…