by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Nov 13, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
Donald Trump’s re-election as President of the United States changes a lot of rules. As a professional communicator, I wouldn’t work for Trump, period. Aside from his well-documented behavior, he also doesn’t appreciate expertise of any kind. As an...
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...
