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  • Amber Taggard of the Organizer Chicks: Helping people reclaim their 17 minutes per day

    As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community. If you like what you hear or read, visit my Fertile Ground Communications page on Patreon and find out I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with the delightful, upbeat Amber! My family is in a huge time of transition, and what better time to create a more peaceful space. We help organizations and people discover what makes them special and help them share that with the world

  • Mahlena-Rae Johnson: Finding her fertile ground as a Black expat creative in Canada

    This week on the Finding Fertile Ground podcast, I interview Mahlena-Rae Johnson. After graduating from the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University, earning her MBA like to create your own dream board, check out these articles Mahlena wrote about dream boards: How I As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community.

  • Eight ways to welcome LBGTQIA+ People wherever you are

    When I told HR I couldn’t work for a company that is okay with this, the HR person told me they were going to restructure so I would no longer have to report to that boss. I just couldn’t do it.” In my 20s, I had a calendar on my wall showing two dads and their son at a Pride parade. I was floored and told them to leave.

  • Five ways to stop reply-all responses in their tracks

    CH2M HILL, the global environmental firm where I worked for 28 years, had outstanding information technology As a communications manager, I felt lucky when I received access to send all-users emails to various CH2M HILL hired smart and talented people…but I was baffled by people's ignorance. I help professional services firms avoid BORING and boost employee engagement, productivity, and readership I translate technical, complex, and lackluster language into accessible, dynamic, story-driven text.

  • Just don't do it!

    That's what you get paid the big bucks to do. With 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, I am passionate about sustainability corporate citizenship, equity & inclusion, businesses that use their power for good, and doing everything I We help organizations and people discover what makes them special and help them share that with the world

  • Lara Smith of Dad’s Garage: Making theater fun, a part of the community, and financially sustainable

    As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community. If you like what you hear or read, peruse my website to find out more about my work. You’ll have to listen to the podcast to hear what it is! Next week I interview David Brackett, founder of Linguava, a language interpretation/ translation company We help organizations and people discover what makes them special and help them share that with the world

  • Cut out excess words

    I cut out more than half the words in Version 2. Isn't it much easier to read? I KNOW every word you’ve written is important. I KNOW readers will not understand unless you say everything. Believe me, I’ve heard it repeatedly. I help professional services companies avoid BORING by making communications painless and boosting employee I turn lackluster, jargon-filled or technical prose into clear dynamic narrative.

  • Erin Shakespeare of the Macquarie Group Foundation: Employee-driven corporate philanthropy

    As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community. If you like what you hear or read, you can subscribe to this podcast or my newsletter. Until I interviewed Erin, however, I had no idea of the incredible scope and depth of Macquarie’s employee-driven “Every day I wake up and I'm just so grateful I have this job,” said Erin. We help organizations and people discover what makes them special and help them share that with the world

  • Farheen Raza: Unapologetic Modern Muslim Woman

    I asked Farheen what she likes about being Muslim. What critics do not understand is that Maïmouna Doucouré wrote this film in response to her shock at As she said, “When little girls and little boys watch this, they assume that this is what you need to She was only doing what she thinks is done.” Because we both have boys, I asked her what kind of messages she wants to send her boys as they grow

  • Building connections with remote workers

    I managed people in 6 different offices for 13 years, long before the pandemic sent us all home with With 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, I am passionate about sustainability corporate citizenship, equity & inclusion, businesses that use their power for good, and doing everything I We help organizations and people discover what makes them special and help them share that with the world

  • Mike Ganino: A NICU baby in Mexico during a pandemic = grit and resilience

    This week on the Finding Fertile Ground podcast, I interview Mike Ganino, a storytelling and communication I loved hearing Mike’s life story, starting with growing up poor and getting diagnosed with diabetes He also shared about coming out as gay in college and finding what he was meant to do in the world. And as a preemie mom myself, I was fascinated to hear Mike’s story about being a NICU parent in another As a podcaster for justice, I stand with my sisters from the Women of Color Podcasters Community.

  • Ten biggest proposal mistakes

    Ideally, develop relationships before the request for proposals (RFP) is submitted so you’ll know what Don’t even talk about yourself until you’ve outlined what your client needs. I have so many memories of misspelled words like missing the letter “o” in “County”). Using a professional proposal manager enables technical staff to do what they’re best at: figuring out One of my favorite terms to ask proposal teams is “so what?”

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