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Collaboration Done Right (no monkey business)
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted08/27/2010
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…these are projects where collaboration is limited: everyone creates singly and contributes, rather than creating collectively. Creating collectively, as we know from marketing campaign brainstorms, focus group film endings and themed bridal showers, often ends in inane results, no results, or hand-to-hand combat.
‘Overrated’ lists are sooo overrated
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted08/24/2010
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We all knew it was just a matter of time before the Canadian version of the Huffington Post andGuardian essays on ‘overrated’ authors came out.
Confessions of a Grammar Narcissist (sort of)
By Melissa Krone
Posted08/23/2010
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Confessions of a Grammar Nazi (well, sort of)
By Melissa Krone
Posted08/19/2010
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From the "learn to pick your battles" department comes a New York Post story of a crazy woman kicked out of Starbucks for refusing to use their lingo.
You know what I mean...
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Posted08/11/2010
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True Confessions
You know how some people use "like" or "um..." so often when they speak that it becomes, like, um, super irritating? For me, the offending phrase is 'you know what I mean', usually followed by a rather awkward pause during which I stare at you with a hopeful, 'maybe if I raise my eyebrows just to the right height...
Be “the star of the story” (…again!)
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted08/06/2010
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Run for Cover
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted08/03/2010
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