Best Deliberate Posts: Summer 2023 (Q3)

In case you missed them, here are the best Deliberate posts from July, August, and September 2023. Organized by topic. Click on a link to read the post in LinkedIn.

DELIBERATE MESSAGING

Posts on message development & delivery.

Pitches:

• Investment Pitch vs Strategic Deal Pitch

• Urgent request for Pitch Coaching

• Shitty AI pitch deck platform

A week of posts on Questions & Effective Answers:

• Question Week kickoff!

• What does your audience need?

• Don't interrogate your audience

• MVA

• Worst Presentation Practice: No time for Q&A

Worst presentation practices to avoid (warning: snarky):

• No time for questions & discussion (hint: that's a bad thing)

• Irrelevant content (confusing & distracting)

• No message strategy (random stuff, random order,

Q3 Messaging Events & Feedback:

• Message coaching: board presentation testimonial

• Message coaching: conference presentation testimonial

• Back on campus

• Portland

Persuasive Message Training:

• Back to school

• Invest your remaining 2023 budget

DELIBERATE INNOVATION

Most folks know me for my messaging work. But I have an innovation management background too. For me, the two are closely linked. Most popular posts:

• My snarky translations of corporate innovation statements

• Asking the right questions is critical for innovation

• Innovation overload in the military (Repost with my take)

• Problem vs Solution

REMOTE WORK

These posts drove a lot of views and discussion:

• The Work from Anywhere vs. Return to Office debate

• Relationship building is critical for distributed/remote teams

• More tips for managing a distribute/remote team are coming next quarter

DELIBERATE BUSINESS UPDATES

• New contracting approaches

• COVID's impact on workshop delivery

PERSONAL

Some travel tips:

• Kick off Travel Tuesdays

• Tip: Travel Light

• Tip: Packing Essentials

• Tip: Photographic Evidence

• Tip: Known Traveler Programs

• Tip: Getting Around

• Tip: Airport Lounges

• I'll shift from travel tips to travel observations next quarter

Plus I brag about some of my favorite people:

• David Wilson

• Brian O'Keefe

• Jeff Zurlo

• Dave Beard

• Jenn Hohman

• William Singleton III

• Cathy McGrane

• Merv Swan

Let me know if you want an introduction to any of these amazing people. This series will continue next quarter, too.

NEED HELP WITH YOUR MESSAGING OR INNOVATION?

Let me know. It's what I do.

And take a look at the tip sheets you can buy & download:

• Managing Presentation Anxiety

• Optimize Your Remote Presentations