Blog List | Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.

03 May

Giving Good Clip

I went into the media training business about 20 years ago because I had interviewed plenty of politicians who seemed to have no clear position. They didn’t seem to be up on their files. They seemed guilty of something. In those days, there were a lot of misconceptions about how to deal with reporters—ask questions

26 Apr

A Case Study: 9/11 World Trade Center, New York City

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Event: 9/11, World Trade Center, New York City Date: 11 September 2001 Summary The terrorist group al-Qaeda coordinated suicide attacks on the US. They hijacked four airplanes, crashing two into the World Trade Center Towers, another into the Pentagon and a fourth (probably destined for the White House or the Capitol) near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Some

18 Apr

A Case Study: Hurricane Katrina

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Date: 23-30 August, 2005 Summary: The storm began over the Bahamas, strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, then weakened before hitting land for the second time on the morning of August 29. The worst damage in New Orleans occurred when the levee system failed, with many failures after the hurricane had moved inland. Eighty per

30 Mar

Technology is making things worse | Troy Media

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For example, you can no longer simply call your lawyer to set up a one-minute meeting. It now requires an exchange of emails In the olden days, lawyers had a schedule of service charges, as garages do. A will was so many dollars and so was a muffler. Simple. Then the accountants got a hold

25 Mar

Mastering your Voice

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Your voice can radically affect your personal image as well as the impact of your text. Constant use of the telephone and voice mail makes your vocal quality more important than ever before. Even if you rarely make a speech or presentation, once you master your voice’s abilities, you can achieve your full potential. Speakers

13 Mar

Rube Goldberg infects the tech world | Troy Media

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There are workarounds in technology that are just as funny as any Goldberg cartoon What a Rube Goldberg! American cartoonist Rube Goldberg invented chain reaction – machines intended to perform a simple task in a complicated and nearly impossible way. You’ve seen a version on TV – hundreds of falling dominos pushing the next one over, releasing

13 Feb

How to Prepare for Earthquakes

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On February 6th, 2023, Turkey and Syria experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing tens of thousands of people. It is a reminder to prepare ourselves for any disasters that could come our way.

09 Feb

Why do businesses make it is so difficult to close the deal today? | Troy Media

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Closing the deal has become secondary to establishing your account and following the proper procedures There are 500,000 procurement officers in North America. It’s obvious they were not procuring before and during the pandemic. Yet procurement officers have professional (sic) bodies, co-procurement agreements, hold conferences in sunny spots in the winter, and so on. Sales

25 Jan

Aspirational

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Many personal coaches and therapists try to get their clients to stop using the “woulda, shoulda, coulda…” terminology. We can all get a little down by focussing on what we would have done, should have done, and could have done, had life unfolded differently.

20 Jan

Analytics create databases just waiting to be hacked | Troy Media

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Political parties’ fixation on analytics poses a threat to your personal information In the olden days, there were lots of ways to disrupt elections. In at least one Canadian jurisdiction, gifts would be waiting for you outside the polling place. That’s disruption. One of the first national elections I covered was in the days when

10 Jan

Auckland

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Auckland’s Emergency Management Group Plan is a wake-up call for the rest of the world. In my study of 100 urban emergency plans from the top English-speaking cities in the world, none face up to lack of preparedness the way Auckland does. Auckland’s plan notes that only about 7% of its residents are prepared for

05 Dec

The Changing Media

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I began writing news on a typewriter. In our small and cheap broadcasting station we cut audio tape with a razor blade and even edited silent, negative film by ripping out black spots with our fingers and splicing the two pieces back together with ordinary, clear, sticky tape! You don’t have to be an expert

18 Oct

DISCOURS ET PRESENTATIONS

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Le besoin Pourquoi avons-nous besoin de bien parler? Après tout, je n’ai jamais rencontré quelqu’un qui ait été affamé – du moins dans son propre pays – parce qu’il ne pouvait pas demander à manger. Peu de gens sont à ce point timides qu’ils ne peuvent pas flirter, se marier ou postuler un emploi. La

12 Oct

The Media and You

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Like it or not, it’s almost impossible to cut yourself off from today’s news media. Step into an elevator in any office tower and you are likely to find your eyes drawn to a television monitor with a stream of numbers and stock symbols scrolling through. Restaurants, bars, waiting rooms, lobbies and even airlines have

05 Oct

CARING, KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION

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America is so polarized that I have to be careful about writing only about Democrats or Republicans in Winning Campaigns. I’m in constant danger of alienating 50 per cent of the readership. Below, I had the good fortune to be able to use both Presidents Clinton and Reagan to illustrate a similar point. There are

27 Sep

SIMULATIONS AS A LEARNING TOOL

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Teachers of dispute resolution are constantly grappling with the question of best practices and methodologies. One of the most popular methodologies is simulations, whose value is in harnessing different learning styles. Some people learn by reading, some by writing and others by speaking. Some learn through spirituality, emotions, the physical (kinesthetic) and as a result

21 Sep

PROCESS DESIGN

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Disputes are thieves. They rob us of time, energy and money. Disputes can even lead to death. Preventing disputes and resolving them quickly is imperative. Many disputes are of the kind we tell stories about over coffee in the workplace. A misunderstanding with one’s spouse, an argument with teenage children, and a difficult conversation at

15 Sep

CRISES ET TROUBLE DE STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE

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Un vaste débat porte sur la durée et l’étendue réelle du stress causé par un incident grave et du trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT). Cette section fera un tour d’horizon pour aider les lecteurs à évaluer les techniques d’intervention appropriées. Cela dit, personne ne remet en question l’impact des victimes sur le site d’une catastrophe.

08 Sep

DRAW ON ALL YOUR RESOURCES

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Miscommunication in personal and professional life costs time, energy and money. Despite that, business leaders are generally poor communicators. As a fact-finding tool, asking disputants to draw their perspectives can help achieve clarity. It may sound odd, but even rudimentary stick figures help focus a speaker’s message. A bag of money can represent budgets, a

31 Aug

SURVIVING RADIO

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Fredericton radio morning show host Terry Seguin did his introduction, and then began grilling me about urban emergency planning. Journalists are supposed to be provocative, and he was. Since Fredericton has no designated evacuation centres, he asked: “What’s wrong with telling people the day of an incident where they should go?” Using old reflexes, I

Blog List | Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc. - Part 2

Giving Good Clip

A Case Study: 9/11 World Trade Center, New York City

A Case Study: Hurricane Katrina

Technology is making things worse | Troy Media

Mastering your Voice

Rube Goldberg infects the tech world | Troy Media

How to Prepare for Earthquakes

Why do businesses make it is so difficult to close the deal today? | Troy Media

Aspirational

Analytics create databases just waiting to be hacked | Troy Media

Auckland

The Changing Media

DISCOURS ET PRESENTATIONS

The Media and You

CARING, KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION

SIMULATIONS AS A LEARNING TOOL

PROCESS DESIGN

CRISES ET TROUBLE DE STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE

DRAW ON ALL YOUR RESOURCES

SURVIVING RADIO

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