tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1743134 2011-01-20T10:54:31-08:00 Pointed information about the art and science of communicating. TypePad ToneAndHabithttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010534d29ea7970c0148c7d14fc4970c 2011-01-20T10:54:31-08:00 2011-01-20T10:54:31-08:00 John Fleming To pose the question bluntly, will jerking around the Capitol Press Corps really hurt Gov. Rick Scott? Absolutely. My own advice to people is to be as accessible as you can, provide as much information as you can, and always...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?a=A5TrJFnLxWg:4qAgw-43PtQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010534d29ea7970c0147e0fcd658970b 2010-12-24T07:25:18-08:00 2010-12-24T07:25:18-08:00 John Fleming A man down on earth needs our help. Splendid! Is he sick? No. Worse. He's discouraged. -- From “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 1947 I know it’s a holiday, and we’re supposed to be in good cheer, but can we admit...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?a=tvJ-ig3aj7I:RCtpo7b6eEc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61644542 2009-01-20T07:20:25-08:00 2009-01-20T07:20:25-08:00 John Fleming When US Airways Flight 1549 belly-flopped in the Hudson River, you had to be moved by the story, even watching for the 10th time on CNN. Everyone lived. It was good news, and this is one of those years when...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?a=OWk0YqNI8tg:OIBlk16J3-A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-60867510 2009-01-04T19:01:21-08:00 2009-01-04T19:01:21-08:00 John Fleming If there is a book for communications professionals to read in 2009, and read again and again, it is Peggy Noonan’s Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now . “Being able to persuade, to explain, to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?a=c3upQoxLayg:iJmWKLWBvyc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ToneAndHabit?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>