This platform was created for global women leaders at all levels – across the public, private and non-profit sectors. Here you will find tools, strategies and the latest research  to help you overcome challenges, bias and  self-limiting beliefs that so often hold women back from both contributing fully and moving up in their organizations. 

When trying to highlight the best parts of your company, the best way to tell your organization’s story is to focus on the employees who live your culture every day. At Ragan’s Future of Communications Conference, we were lucky enough to hear from three comms pros on how they find the best employee stories within their companies.

When a senior citizen dials 911, the assumption is that they must be having a medical emergency. But more often than you might think the reason for the call is not that at all -- they're just lonely and want someone to talk to. And it’s not just older adults who seek a sense of belonging.

‘Breaking up is Hard to Do’ - the top 40-hits song by Neil Sedaka was huge in the Sixties and Seventies. In 2022, breaking up is back!

National Cliché Day is observed on Nov. 3, along with National Sandwich Day. I only became aware of this riveting fact last week.

Networking is paramount in business. For professionals at any stage in their career, who you know matters far more than what.

Purpose communications can play a big role in this process by helping employees identify a sense of meaning and purpose in their work.

Innovations in the financial technology (fintech) industry are changing how individuals, businesses, and banks handle, move, and use money. These innovations and solutions have changed how we engage with money. Even with how successful players in this industry have been in recent years, they still must face and overcome some challenges. Here are some of those challenges.

Given its inherent capabilities for immutable, transparent, decentralized, and extremely efficient ways of recording and exchanging data and transactions, blockchain is fundamentally altering practically every business. This has major implications for businesses, including managing the global supply chain, executing interbank transactions, and even purchasing and the sale of the property.

Here are some media pitching examples from my latest book WORDSHINE MAN.

Some are calling them exemplary that are among many in my highly available new book, jumping up and down and pounding its front cover chest on Amazon.  

Join Michael in his discussion with Hugh Eakin about his new book Picasso’s War, How Modern Art Came to America which recounts the determined effort of a tiny group of people who, for nearly 30 years, fought to bring modern art to the United States impeded by war, economic crises, and a deeply skeptical public.

Ever since I can remember I have been interested in two subjects –sports and politics. I have been fortunate to spend a large portion of my working days in those two areas.

Today’s special guest is Helen C.  Shelton, Global Chief Diversity Officer at Finn Partners.  

How good of a listener are you? Do you truly hear and understand what your colleagues, customers, friends or family really want? Frankly, people are just not good listeners. We always get very excited about what we can say or do next that we sometimes forget to be in the moment and listen and learn from what we can hear from others.

Remember how easy it was to make friends as a kid? It was as if you could walk up to anyone and instantaneously become best friends with them.

Have you ever spoken to someone who dismissed everything you said? With all the distractions around us, sometimes the people we talk to may not be listening to us at the moment. Maybe they are trying to multitask. But no matter the reason, being ignored can leave us feeling rejected and unimportant.

I recently received LinkedIn connection invitations from two different recruiters – It’s nice to be wanted; although, it’s nicer when the people pursuing you actually exist, which I’m certain wasn’t the case for either.  As rapidly advancing technology helps blur lines between fact and fiction, does marketing have any obligation to stand for truth?

The 2022 Future of Communications Conference gathered hundreds of communications professionals at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, New York to refine and align their strategies around moving from order takers to strategic advisors whose judgment is material to the growth and success of their organizations. Attendees had the opportunity to brainstorm, reconnect with colleagues, make new friends and learn real-world tips and tactics from dozens of leading communicators.

Customer service and digital banking have advanced significantly. Our daily lives are being revolutionized by technology, which is always evolving. In nearly every sector, it has been standard practice to adapt to the constantly changing environment, cutting-edge competitors, and changing client expectations. One of the earliest sectors to embrace technological improvements in the banking industry. Since the banking sector plays a significant role in the economy, it stands at the pinnacle of digitalization. 

Accessibility is about improving the web experience for everyone. Accessibility barriers make it difficult or impossible for visitors who are blind, deaf, hard of hearing, or disabled to use your site.

WebAIM analyzed one million homepages for accessibility issues and found that 98% of websites had at least one Web Content Accessibility Guidelines failure on their homepage.