NASCAR returns to live racing this week for the first time in more than two months. You don’t have to be a racing fan to appreciate the return of live...
If you’re measuring the effectiveness of your communication in time instead of understanding you’re not actually communicating. You’re talking to hear...
Were you one of the record-number of people who tuned into the virtual NFL Draft?
Were you also among the group of viewers who enjoyed seeing coaches...
Small talk isn’t just about being polite or finding something to say before a meeting starts. It’s the beginning of conversation that could unlock cre...
Functionality over cleverness today.
It’s important to stay in touch with people. You need things to talk about. There are only so many conversations...
We’re going into week four of zero live sports on TV and my husband has decided the new go-to background TV programing is Food Network. Apparently me ...
Do you find yourself craving the conversations you once took for granted?
Like the kind that happen when you bump into a colleague in the hallway, or...
Life without live sporting events doesn’t mean we don’t have sports to talk about. There are still stories making headlines and an opportunity to take...
I never thought I'd write a weekly blog about sports conversation starters without a single sports event on the calendar, or while social distancing i...
A week ago I was preparing to write an article about using sports conversations to maintain connections while offices started working remotely and “so...
The topic dominating headlines isn’t always the best conversation starter.
I mean, how much more do you really want to talk about the coronavirus (An...
We lost power for two hours Sunday. It wasn’t a big deal, or even much of an inconvenience … although it did delay baking my blueberry coffee cake by ...