One story, the story of Jerome James, at the BOTS Center for Creative Learning commencement ceremony. It was the culmination event of one of Charter Oak Cultural Center Program's for members of the homeless community in Hartford, CT. With arts-based classes for adult learners, taught by local experts in their fields, graduation from the Center qualifies students for a scholarship to Goodwin College to continue their education.

Key Messages: KNOW – Company leadership knows Black history is more than a day | FEEL – The Company is taking steps and plans to do even more and supports employee-directed efforts | DO – Tune in to this panel |

In my work, I usually think about four things when I begin to develop a communication plan within an overall change management program:

#1: The Receiver - who has to get the message and what you want them to know, feel or do when the message is delivered.

#2: The Type of Message - strategic, tactical, urgent, informational, inspirational.

#3: The Sender - Executive/Senior Leaders = Strategic/Company/Inspirational messages. Manager = Tactical/Urgent Action/Inspirational messages. Respective Function = Informational.

#4: Company Culture​

"Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends." - Wikipedia

A modern communication super power is the ability to take a large amount of information and distill it into an infographic with a delightful design and compelling content that tells a compelling story that drives action or emotion.

In 2011, 2019 and 2022, I said goodbye to work colleges. What do the words I've chosen to use say about the nature of my time in those companies, with those people?