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As we all grieve the immense loss of actor James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King), I wanted to celebrate one his funnier milestones, reading Letterman’s best Top Ten List, reciting commercial jingles with his spectacular, powerful, booming voice. #RIPJamesEarlJones

Solid communication from a local library!

Showing compassion is not a sign of weakness. It’s a source of strength. In the early days of COVID, the more CEOs expressed concern for employees, the less company stock prices fell. Each statement of concern was worth 2.5% better returns. It pays to care about people.

@QBryner @Hersheypark Beautiful ❤️

Watching the sunrise on the opening of the @Hersheypark waterpark never gets old - here’s to a great summer season! stories.hersheypa.com/hersheypark-no…

Love to see a FULL house (especially so many students) at tonight’s #pprshbg event. (And I may be slightly self-conscious about this post since the entire event was about social media. 😂) #hashtags

AI-hyperpersonalization has arrived. @PublicisGroupe chief exec sent a message to each employee, thanking them personally, by name and in their first language, for their hard work. It was all powered by AI and well-received. Good can come from this. ft.com/content/0ac1fe…

Me, thinking about all the exercise I need to start doing…

So good. Such a smart ad (pun somewhat intended). youtu.be/-lfHXKbsMLE?si…

The Phillies have toppled the Braves to advance to the National League Championship Series for the second consecutive season 🍾 ➡️ inquirer.com/phillies/live/…

We’re in the pierogi pocket? That sounds delicious.

I'm not like a *regular* mom, I'm a *cool* mom.

@QBryner I mean, when you’re presenting under a disco ball, clearly you have to bring the tunes!

When the first thing we’re exposed to is positive, it sets the tone for better outcomes says @ccronkright (after playing music to kick off their presentation). The research shows small shifts in the way we communicate can lead to huge efficiency and business results. #pprshbg

By far, one of the coolest things we have in Pennsylvania that not many people know about. You have to go see these magnificent animals!

Hurry - the registration deadline for our September meeting is less than one week away! Join us Thursday, Sept. 28 to hear about The Secrets of Behavioral Science for Effective Communication! Register now for the final regular meeting of 2023: buff.ly/3R6g4S1

It seems crazy that I could be on any social media platform for this long, but here I am.

@sarabozich Ohhh computer labs…those were the days. I can still remember the time I typed a 20-page paper up only to have the computer crash and lose it all. I feel like our kids will never know this pain (because AI will just write it all for them in 30 seconds 😭). Cheers to old moms! 🥂

I realize I'm not only old(er) but an old mom (for instance, most friends around my age are becoming empty nesters, and I've just only sent my only child to kindergarten last week).

Last night members of our Women's Leadership Network gathered at @TroegsBeer for Vino and Volunteering. They assembled 500 period kits for girls and women in our Contact to Care initiative, which helps increase access to health care. #liveunited #volunteering #leadership

@QBryner Ha! This is so good.

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In 4 minutes, Kurt Vonnegut explained stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard. “The shape of the curve is what matters. Not their origins.” He plots stories on 2 axes: X: Time Y: Good fortune / ill fortune He goes on to say, “Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.” Point 1: Stories have defined patterns. In Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a Thousand Faces, he makes the case for the Hero’s Journey. Since then, it’s become the most famous storytelling structure in the world. Vonnegut argued stories could be divided into 8 shapes. Each story, he said, fit one of the 8. Point 2: Vonnegut says, “Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — so the reader may see what they're made of.” To see who your characters really are, you have to make them suffer. Only then does your audience have someone worth cheering for. Point 3: End on a high note. Vonnegut says, “It’s not accidental that the line ends up higher than where it began. This is encouraging to readers.” The way a story makes people feel when they finish is how they remember it. It’s called recency bias. Lift people up and they will love you. *** “There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.” I wrote this with @RobbieCrab. Follow him for lessons on storytelling + fundraising. And I talk about creative storytelling. Follow @nathanbaugh27 for more like that.