My daughter and I are both at a wonderful age: she's at the age where I still matter, I'm one of her heroes, and all that fun stuff. And I'm at the…

Early morning on Mar. 14, 2020, I boarded a flight at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport after four wonderful days in one of Canada’s…

While productive communication is a two-way street, the path can sometimes get rough – especially when you're dealing with potentially contentious…

This blog is by no means political, but it can be inspired by politics. Why? Because at its root successful politics is about communicating a message…

Why does plain language matter? Especially in Canada where we have such a high literacy rate, doesn’t everyone know how to read and comprehend content…

“I’m really busy right now.” Or… “I’ll get to that when things slow down.” The thing is, things never really do slow down, do they? There may be odd…

I have a few posts running in my head, but none have tapped that vein which allows them just to spill right out on the page. So when the Twitters…

From a business point of view, it’s always smart to avoid using terms and phrases that could offend a portion of your customer base -- regardless of…

I firmly believe that if you want to improve your writing and editing skills, you have to take a not-by-the-book approach to skills development…

A couple of days ago, a reporter friend of mine asked “Are blogs dead?” People were quick to respond positively or negatively, but I think the…