Content Creation Optimized for LinkedIn/Social Media

images of various social media icons. Content Creation is Key

Content Creation Can Be Tricky! The goal is to attract consistent audiences and, simultaneously, not to “turn people off” by being too sales-oriented. Historically, it was easy to remember the Continue Reading →

Graceful Goodbyes: Retirement Speeches for Difficult Colleagues

Nancy (Ayanna) Wyatt 2023, writer of speeches

Why blog about “retirement speeches?” One of the joys of being a writer is that I have the opportunity to craft speeches for special events. Those occasions might feel happy or sad or both at the same time. They can be tricky, but they’re usually FUN! The times in which farewells are less fun to write and to present are when the person who is leaving has been highly controversial or has been extremely unpopular. In those cases, some finesse is needed to make the presentation adhere to these standards. I’ll share some tips here. Continue Reading →

Graceful Goodbyes: Retirement Speeches for Difficult Colleagues

Nancy (Ayanna) Wyatt 2023, writer of speeches

Why blog about “retirement speeches?” One of the joys of being a writer is that I have the opportunity to craft speeches for special events. Those occasions might feel happy or sad or both at the same time. They can be tricky, but they’re usually FUN! The times in which farewells are less fun to write and to present are when the person who is leaving has been highly controversial or has been extremely unpopular. In those cases, some finesse is needed to make the presentation adhere to these standards. I’ll share some tips here. Continue Reading →

Guiding Teams Without Micromanaging

business team of men and women in a circle, touching hands in the center

Question: “What do you do if your team members need guidance, but you don’t want to micromanage them?” Suggestions for Communicating with Respect In Team Building Communication, integrity, trust, and Continue Reading →

Nancy’s Novelty AI / Digital Art

In the experiments, I’m using many themes. They may be educational or useful for promotions, book covers, speeches, classes, or simply fun! I’ll also use many images (still or in video format) to illustrate my poetry and other writing projects. You can, too. It’s easy to try although results may be mixed, as #AIart is in its infancy still. Continue Reading →

Attention Adult Life-Long Learners!

writers sit in a circle and raise hands when they want to share examples of their mindfulness writing.

“It’s not just the kids who are going back to school! Many of us are “changing with the times” and continue to learn new things, whether they are related to careers, changing professions, new technology, or stuff “just for fun.” In that context, I love teaching adults things they thought they were too old or too set in their ways to learn. I do that for individuals and groups…” Continue Reading →

Logic vs. Emotional Appeal ~ Truth/Fiction

How Can We Recognize Attempts to Dupe Us Into Believing Untrue Things? Logic – is one of the key ingredients that is missing in the volumes of disinformation being fed to the public, worldwide. Regardless of whether it comes from the worlds of business, politics, religion, or cultural groups, so much of what we read and hear is based on appeals to our emotions to cause us to believe things that are untrue. BTW, most of us do some of this some of the time. Other people are paid professionals to do it to convince masses of people to do or think something they might not have done otherwise. It matters. Let’s learn about it. Continue Reading →