by Elaine Rosenblum | Jan 29, 2016 | Authenticity, Collaborative Communication, College Admissions, Personal Branding
I teach high school students to develop resumes and interviewing skills daily, and I know first hand what the Harvard University Turning the Tide initiative inspires. I have had multiple students ask me if we can “make up stuff” when they sense there may be a...
by Elaine Rosenblum | Jan 13, 2016 | Respect, Word Choice
Social media is often used to compliment or criticize a business based on the customer’s experience. But it can also backfire on the poster as seen in this recent example that went viral. A woman recently left a post on a restaurant’s Facebook page, saying she would...
by Elaine Rosenblum | Oct 8, 2015 | Low to No Tech, Respect, Self Improvement
Have you noticed more and more people are promoting getting off our smart phones and having more face to face time? Sherry Turkle makes some valuable points in her NY Times’ article “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.” that I encourage my...
by Elaine Rosenblum | Sep 11, 2015 | Authenticity, Respect
I vote “yes” for friends at work. However, I think it best to separate “work friends” from “personal friends.” The word friends is overused and diluted (think Facebook). I suggest shifting the term toward specificity and reframing “work friends” as “colleague...
by Elaine Rosenblum | Aug 31, 2015 | Personal Branding, Respect, Self Improvement
Sherry Turkle is spot on about the art of conversation in her January 2014 article “Saving the Lost Art of Conversation” in The Atlantic. Smart tech has us speaking AT each other rather than WITH each other. We need more in-person conversation. Our psyche...
