Tag Archives: messaging

The language of DEI is failing

April 30, 2024

If companies want to be inclusive, they need language that is inclusive. Today’s DEI is confusing and ineffective, at best, and polarizing and antagonizing, at worst. Check out this piece by CEO Michael Maslansky as he shares some key tips for changing your diversity language to be more successful with your programs.

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The Language of the Candidates

March 27, 2024

In this new episode of HearSay, Lee Carter and Ben Feller look at what the two presidential candidates are saying, what’s important about it – and what people should be listening for in the political months ahead. 

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The Real Cost of Corporate Speak

March 14, 2024

In this episode of Hearsay, Michael Maslansky, Lee Carter, and Ben Feller explore different moments of crisis and share their insights on what the challenges of corporate speak are, what it cost corporations that do nothing, and the different solutions to manage a crisis.

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How AT&T Got It Wrong

March 4, 2024

Check out VP Maria Boos’s quick, sharp review of AT&T’s crisis response messaging after the service outage: what they did right, and where they went wrong by not focusing on four classic crisis communications principles.

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