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Execution Message and Case for Support • Jan 12, 2009

Friend and brilliant thinker, Jim Mahoney, has this quote on his calendar for January 12th. “Some people miss their MESSAGE...

Message and Case for Support • Dec 12, 2008

Martin Luther King Said, “I HAVE A DREAM.” He didn’t say, “I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.” Then, Andy Grove said,...

Message and Case for Support Simplicty • Nov 4, 2008

Check out this tool at nytimes.com. Choose one word (not six) to describe your feeling. I wanted to share for...

Message and Case for Support • Oct 8, 2008

Put a wrapper on it and sell it as an ‘initiative’. Increasing enrollment in economically distressed areas is a mouth...

Message and Case for Support • Aug 26, 2008

I’m begging you not to short-change the power of a CLEAR, CONCISE and COMPELLING MESSAGE. Think of this 6-WORD MESSAGE...

Message and Case for Support • Aug 22, 2008

“SUMMARIZE YOUR LIFE IN 6 WORDS.” I came across references to a really cool little book in a newspaper article...

Message and Case for Support • May 8, 2008

I just returned from Ireland, where we did our first FOR IMPACT TRAINING. Wonderful, incredible people. A country and economy...

Message and Case for Support • Jan 17, 2008

If you could pull together the last two emails on AUTHENTICITY and STORYTELLING... you will see a HUGE CONNECTION! To...

Message and Case for Support • Jan 17, 2008

What follows should be SIMPLE. CLEAR. DIRECT. It's had a HUGE IMPACT on everyone with whom we have "SHARED". Be...

For Impact Ideas Message and Case for Support • Jan 14, 2008

BusinessWeek featured a story about the world's top philanthropists in November. The most striking line of the story: "Most philanthropists,...

Message and Case for Support • Sep 28, 2007

"Why do we cultivate people?" As Tom always reminds me, "Cultivation is that thing you do with plants and manure."...

Message and Case for Support • Jul 25, 2007

One of the most important questions of every investor is "WHERE does the money go?" Parenthetically, they're also asking "WHY...