Deliberate Posts of Autumn 2025 (Q4)
- kevin paylow
- Dec 31, 2025
- 4 min read
Updated: Jan 1
Enjoy this collection of Deliberate LinkedIn posts from October, November, and December 2025. Organized by topic to get you straight to the content you want. Click on a link to read the original post on LinkedIn.
DELIBERATE EVENTS & PRODUCTS
Announcements on Deliberate events and products:
Recap: Webinar on planning great remote presentations
Recap: Open Deliberate Presentation Workshop
Recap: Communication workshop for veterans
Recap: Webinar on optimizing content & delivery for remote presentations
Review of 2025 monthly webinar series… and what’s changing in 2026
Invest your remaining 2025 budget in building skills
Give your team the gift of professional growth
Multiple posts on Black Friday / Cyber Monday discounts. This one introduced 2026 Talktoberfest. Expect to hear a lot more about Talktoberfest throughout 2026.
DELIBERATE MESSAGING
Posts on persuasive presentations, pitches, and messages that deliver results:
Anxiety when presenting to peers (it hits different)
Struggling with your Value Proposition? It may need some abstraction
Differentiation (what makes you unique?)
Only so much info can be effectively shared in a given discussion. Be selective.
Great individual presenters don’t always make an effective pitch team
Practice goals change as you get closer to your presentation
Where you practice matters
Keep your presentations and answers short
Snarky advice with an extra dose of sarcasm:
Death by PowerPoint (top ten Q4 post)
This one includes GREAT commentary from Simon Seaton.
(Short answer to) Why do so many remote presentations suck? (top ten Q4 post)
The unintended consequences of the Logo Slide
Contingency planning for critically important presentations
Too many cooks in the presentation kitchen
No time for questions
Deer in the headlights: Not prepared for Q&A
MESSY INTERSECTION OF MESSAGING AND INNOVATION
Most folks know me for my messaging work. But I have an innovation management background too. For me, the two are closely linked: Both should have a specific audience, be centered on the value proposition, clearly differentiate, and offer proof.
Quarterly innovation webinars scheduled for 2026
Differentiation (what makes your idea unique)
“What could our competition do with this idea?”
Managers have limited time, budget, and focus for new ideas. Carefully pick what you pitch.
Innovation scares management
Veteran Story: Military problem solving & managing your vets (top post of Q4)
5 words I want to use more often (4Q2025 Edition)
TRAVEL TUESDAYS
I like to share travel tips, insights, and stories every Tuesday.
Be careful when the waiter asks “Are you sure?”
Clothing choices when traveling (top ten Q4 post)
Packing an empty duffel bag
Traveling with kids / teens
Traveling with medicines and medical devices
Bringing back bottles
Traveling during the holidays (top ten Q4 post)
Thanksgiving in London
Christmas ornaments are my favorite souvenirs
Saint George & The Dragon
DELIBERATE BUSINESS UPDATES
It’s good to share opportunities, setbacks, and lessons learned while building a business.
Working with my adult daughter
Lessons learned from of 2025 monthly webinar series (goals vs outcomes, what’s next)
My volunteering focus is on giving back to the military community. I do that through free training events and coaching for veterans and spouses transitioning out of the military. I also volunteer as a career coach at FourBlock.
FourBlock event with Fugro (top ten Q4 post)
Wrapped up the FourBlock Fall cohort
IT’S A DATE
Lots of holidays and important dates this quarter. In chronological order:
Traveling during the holidays (top ten Q4 post)
Happy Diwali!
Halloween
Snatchmo! (spooky story from my Army days) (top ten Q4 post)
Happy Halloween!
Trick or Treat: Innovation scares management
Daylight savings doesn’t save daylight
Veterans Day
A week of reflection on military service
Veterans Day (top ten Q4 post)
Veteran Story: Military problem solving & managing your vets (top post of Q4)
Veteran Story: My hardest road march (top ten Q4 post)
Veteran Story: Land navigation in the jungle
Wrapped up the FourBlock Fall cohort
Thanksgiving
Week of Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving in London
Not everything fits on the plate. Make deliberate choices.
Happy Hannukah!
Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Christmas ornaments are my favorite travel souvenirs
Give your team the gift of professional growth
Have an epic 2026!
HUMAN CONNECTION!
It was great spending time with people this Autumn… some in person, some remotely. I enjoyed the engaging conversations, maintaining relationships, and shared laughs.
Caught up with Eric van Beest and Marek Rudak this week!
Spent time with Joe DaMico and Dave Zappa this week!
Meeting of the minds! (top ten Q4 post)
Not every meet up in Q4 was captured in a post. I don’t want to leave out Andrea and Michael Rodriguez, Bobby Kazmir, Craig Casipe, Dave Beard, Dave Wilson, Duane Fisher, Jeff Zurlo, Jeremy Beaudoin, Kevin Cuyler, Mark Mydland, Sean Peterson, Shane Motty, Tighe Cottle, and Timo Kohlt.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR MESSAGING OR INNOVATION?
Let me know. It's what I do.
And take a look at open events, webinars, products, and Quick Coaching available on the Deliberate website! Lots of choices to get the help your team needs – either on demand or coming up soon.
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