Danielle Dayen tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-316684 2008-07-14T23:12:12+01:00 Writer / Editor / Communications Professional TypePad Communication Experts Help You Avoid Communication Disasters tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52696328 2008-07-14T23:12:12+01:00 2008-07-14T23:12:12+01:00 When I'm referred to as a communications expert, I sometimes find myself thinking: Who? Me? This is not modesty or a lack of confidence in my specific skills and abilities. It's just that I've always believed that much of effective... Danielle Even Professionals Can Use A Refresher tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52694760 2008-07-14T22:29:31+01:00 2008-07-14T22:29:31+01:00 I've always been an editor. From the age of nine, when I sat at my mother's typewriter transcribing the sci-fi stories of my precocious three-year-old brother—automatically correcting his grammar mistakes and making plot suggestions—I have always loved the process of... Danielle Shape the Message, Control the Story tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49705560 2008-05-11T18:56:35+01:00 2008-05-11T18:56:35+01:00 While I can't say that I agree with the politics and policies of the Bush Administration or the Pentagon, this recent New York Times article outlines the highly-effective campaign they used to control the message being presented to the media... Danielle Pitfalls of Public Speaking: The Dreaded "Um" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30632792 2007-02-19T10:10:58+00:00 2007-02-19T10:10:58+00:00 I recently came across a great quote on Ask Oxford, the online version of the Oxford Dictionaries. "Actors use pauses. Mortals use 'um'." —Simon Jenkins (1943—), British journalist Nearly all of us are called upon to do some sort of... Danielle Do You Labour or Labor Over Your Communications? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30459066 2007-02-14T13:49:32+00:00 2007-02-14T13:49:32+00:00 British English or American English. Which to use? It depends on who you are and who your audience is. If you are a British company selling a product or offering services in Britain, you are obviously going to use British... Danielle The Perils of Misjudging Your Audience tag:typepad.com,2003:post-15594351 2007-02-03T15:22:29+00:00 2007-02-03T15:22:29+00:00 This past week Boston went into anti-terrorism mode as various "light installations" placed around the city as part of a promotion for the movie version of Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force were mistaken for bombs. While clever marketing and... Danielle