I Can Name That Tune….
Recall how a piece of music can get in your brain and keep repeating (ear worm)? You begin to hum and even sing it, sometimes unconsciously. Before you visit a prospect, start humming "I can help these people, I can help
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/1/16
The Olympics begin at the end of the week, and Brazil has been getting quite a rap: disease, pollution, corruption, crime, poor construction, huge debt, questionnalbe security, withdrawals by some competitors—the list goes on and on! Yet the games will
Prisoner of Platitude
Alan's Fourth Law of Platitudes: For every supporting quotation there is an equal and opposite dissenting quotation. This applies to philosophy, theology, management, politics, sports—you name it. "Haste makes waste," except, "a stitch in time saves nine." "No man is an island,"
DASM: CVS (Once Again)
I'm at the register paying my bill when the nearby theft protector goes off at the door as two people walk out, and a recorded voice asks them to stop until store personnel arrive. I ask the two employees nearest
Guest Column: How to Find Nonprofit Partners that Support Your ROI
Guest Column: How to Find Nonprofit Partners that Support Your ROI By Karen Eber Davis To create ROI around your partnerships and sponsorships: Be proactive. Create a short-list of potential partners. To find great partners, explore the following questions. The questions come from
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/25/16
The great, unexpected benefit that Facebook provides us with today is a view of the alarmingly simplistic thinking patterns of a great many people. I'm not referring to abjectly poor taste—the pictures of wounds, illness, and use of gratuitious profanity—but