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Carrying Grief and Gratitude through the End of Summer

You can have the perfect s’more toasted over a fire that crackles orange against the luminous blue backdrop of a rare sunset over Lake Huron, which typically marks the “sunrise side” of Michigan. You can sit shotgun in your youngest brother’s truck on the way home from your middle brother’s birthday dinner at the onlyContinue reading “Carrying Grief and Gratitude through the End of Summer”

Notes from 2023

By Lauren Slagter I wanted to share some of my favorite pieces I wrote in 2023. These eight vignettes touch on themes that continually came up in my writing this year and offer snapshots of what’s been going on in my world. I hope you find bits and pieces that you relate to or maybeContinue reading “Notes from 2023”

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Why Personal Narratives are so Persuasive – and How to Make Your Narrative Especially Compelling

A whole body of research points to what makes personal narratives an especially persuasive form of communication.

How to Create an Effective Communication Plan

Want to learn more about what goes into a strategic communication plan? I’ll send you a template to get started. Read More What is ‘Strategic Communications’? And Why Do You Need a Plan for It?

Why I Want to Amplify Stories from the Margins

As I delved deeper into the world of strategic communications, marketing, and how to elevate experts’ opinions in public discussions, I realized there isn’t always a good mechanism for including the stories of marginalized groups in conversations with decision makers.

What is ‘Strategic Communications’? And Why Do You Need a Plan for It?

Strategic communications is a high-level strategy that brings alignment to your other communications activities — like internal communications, public relations, media relations, marketing, and social media — to ensure your efforts send a cohesive message that advances your organization’s mission.

Notes from 2020

Things to Do in Captivity Pace the room and look out the windows. Watch spring’s warmth slowly green the grass and call buds from the barren tree branches. Greet birds on their northerly migration. Glare at the neighborhood cats making themselves at home in your flower beds. Laugh with your partner, cook with your partner, fight withContinue reading “Notes from 2020”