What’s the Difference Between “My Friends and I” and “Me and My Friends”?
Learn when to say “my friends and I,” as opposed to saying “me and my friends.”
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Is Valentine’s Day Only Celebrated In The U.S.?
The answer is no and this video explains where else Valentine’s Day is celebrated. This is a brief follow up to my Twitter post on the traditions of Valentine’s day. Special thanks to History.com for your wealth of information on the subject. Check out Davis Hovey’s Youtube video at this link:
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Here’s a great way to make a disgusting snack, that does not taste good, on a college budget!
Read more "How Do You Make A Disgusting Snack On A College Budget?"Thematic Beauty to Encourage an Audience
I had to read a book recently for my public relations management class, Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others*. Kouzes and Posner, the authors of the leadership guide, realized that there were seven prerequisites to effectively leading through encouraging the heart (x). These prerequisites are: Set clear standards Expect the best […]
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What makes a good story? Upon first looking at the prompt, I thought this was an easy question. As my thought process continued, the complexities of this simple yet loaded question began to unveil itself. After further assessment, I came to a conclusion that I had never thought about until now; the storyteller is what […]
Read more "Why the Storyteller Matters More Than the Story"Fergie was wrong. Big girls DO cry.
Sometimes I feel like a good story is a rare phenomenon in today’s world of shallow stories meant to fleetingly entertain. We can all agree that no one has to tell you when you’ve stumbled upon a good story. Knowing if a story that has impacted you is instinctual. It’s a gift to be able […]
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Throwing it back Stories can be brought to life by written words in ways that spoken words cannot. The aim of writing a story is to bring the reader back in time to understand why something is presently relevant. An author strings together events and moments in time, but then provides context that allows the reader to know why […]
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In 1949, Joseph Campbell published The Hero With A Thousand Faces. In the book, Campbell tracked the mythology of a variety of civilizations, and noted common threads in the storytelling of each. In civilizations across the world, that had no contact with each other, their mythologies were characterized by a 12 step process known as “the Hero’s […]
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What makes a good story? A good story isn’t just a beginning, middle, and end. A good story makes you feel something, relate with the narrator, or leaves you wanting to know more. What’s interesting about songwriting is that the authors can make you feel so much without having to use words. By using […]
Read more "Good Storytelling through Song"A Good Story Inspires
When people think about stories in the realm of the communications world, most think journalism. However, I like to believe that stories – good stories – can exist in mediums other than a newspaper in the world of journalism. So, to stay true to my advertising roots, I want to focus on stories being told […]
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