by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
I spent an hour downtown with photographer Eliza Kommer taking pictures this week. My website imagery is old, and my main corporate headshot is a selfie I took on the subway. So, it was time for a rebrand. Before we started shooting, Eliza gave me two tips. One,...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 30, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
I was chatting last week with a new cause-driven communications consultant. She’s a former journalist, she got disillusioned with journalism, then got a comms role. But working in-house for a major foundation also disillusioned her. Now she’s got an anchor...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 22, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
It’s always a pleasure to meet a client who’s interested in working with me to communicate better. As a consultant running my own business, I’m at an unusual end of the spectrum of options for many of my clients. There are several large consultancies...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 16, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
As a young journalist my ideal job was to be a staff writer at the New Yorker. The idea of writing long-form pieces about any subject I liked was so intoxicating. Somebody told me about the writer Joseph Mitchell, and after reading Up In The Old Hotel, I fell in love...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’m spending this week emceeing the Open Squash Classic, a squash tournament here in New York City. If you’re in town the finals are on Thursday night with tickets available all week. Hope to see you there (all proceeds support the community’s junior...
