Posts by Joe Crescente
‘Taking care of business’: How karaoke can help you succeed
There are many people that hate karaoke, but I don’t think they view it through the same prism that I do. My goal here is simple – to shed a little light on how karaoke can help you in life and in business. This post will be a bit of a departure from the standard…
Read MoreWhat does it mean to have “stuff?”
Now that baseball season is upon us, you’ll probably hear a lot of references to pitchers and whether or not they have their best “stuff” on a given day. The really good pitchers, broadcasters will invariably say will be able to work through difficult counts with tenacious batters and handle the middle of the order…
Read MoreThe Art of Speechwriting: Or how to say what you want to say in as few words as possible
I recently took on a pro-bono speechwriting assignment for a politician just getting his feet wet here in Maine. I’ve written speeches before, mostly for an executive in an international non-profit. But that was easy: the executive has a captive audience and these speeches are usually given at black-tie events in the presence of fundraisers,…
Read MoreThe post that never was: a good beginning
In our inaugural blog post, we revisit an article that almost never was. Due to the deteriorating business climate in Russia in 2014 resulting from crippling economic sanctions, this article was commissioned by the business section of a major global affairs website, but then never published. June 2014 Business etiquette in Russia has undergone significant…
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