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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gendered Pronouns. Just Stop It.
By Tracy Thomas
WaPo, You Should Stop Using Gendered Pronouns ImmediatelyIs Anna Kendrick an actress or an actor? Is it ever okay to refer to her as a comedienne? These days, gender-specific nouns are often…
Marketing Brain Fodder
Leadership, Communication and the Gift of Self-Awareness
Extraordinary leadership -- the kind that inspires and motivates over the long haul -- comes with an uncanny awareness of both circumstance and self. Most of us have known that…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Public Speaking: How to Connect with Your Audience
I made presentations to construction contractors at their association events probably close to 100 times. I believe that over time, I learned how to connect with my audience. If you…
Marketing Brain Fodder
Want To Instigate Dialogue and Lead? Choose Your Words Carefully.
Words matter. If the goal is to connect and build bridges, you'll choose them carefully. They set tone, dictate parameters and conjure experiences that shape interpretation. The right words can…
The Rainmaker Blog
8 Entertaining Out-of-Office Auto Responses
Are you back at work from your 3-day holiday weekend and thinking about your upcoming vacation? When preparing to leave on vacation, there is probably one thing you don’t think…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
FINRA Requests Comment on Rules Regarding Communications with the Public and Gifts, Gratuities and Non-Cash Compensation
By Ross Pazzol
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued Regulatory Notice 14-14 and Regulatory Notice 14-15 announcing that it will initiate a review of certain of its rules to ensure that…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Why blogging will always matter for lawyers
Some things will come and go, but I agree with Euan Semple (@euan), a leading authority on the impact of the web on business, that blogging still matters in business…
Marketing Brain Fodder
For A Message That Motivates, Begin With Intentional Listening
NOTE: This post on Intentional Listening originally appeared at MENGOnline. With thanks to the MENG folks for the Guest Shot, we now re-post here. Name the venue -- sales and business…
Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
“The Curse of Knowledge”: Thinking About How We Explain Things
By Gerry Riskin
_______________ "People will not buy what they do not understand." – Lee LeFever _______________ A recent article in the Harvard Business Review makes a compelling argument for not only explaining our…
The Legal Whiteboard
Lawyers can use emotion to be more effective
That is the message of Larry Richards, a JD-PhD consultant who runs a company called Lawyer Brain. At the 18th Annual Law Firm Leaders Group Conference here in NYC, Larry…