by Margot Lester | Training & Workshops
Whether or not you're worried about AI coming for your job as a writer, a skills upgrade is a smart investment. And now's a good time to do it. You've got professional development or training budget you need to use or lose before year-end You desire a better...
by Margot Lester | Training & Workshops, Writing/How to Write
Updated May 2023 Effective advocacy includes the voices of people directly involved in the cause. These "ambassadors" bring authentic, front-lines voices to outreach and are vital to successful advocacy campaigns. Some people love speaking at events and rallies,...
by Margot Lester | Training & Workshops, Writing/How to Write
You're busy. You probably don't think you have time to invest in nice-to-haves like professional development or personal coaching. I get that. But if you've got one hour, you can become a stronger, more influential and faster writer. I've been a professional writer...
by Margot Lester | Training & Workshops
Like a lot of folks, we've using some of the time we can't spend socializing on education and skills development. We've taken a lot of free webinars -- the low-hanging fruit of learning and development. Those sessions have focused on content marketing, SEO, detecting...
by Margot Lester | E'ship, Training & Workshops
It feels good to help other people be successful. So this week I took time away from the office for two events designed to advise and support entrepreneurs pitching their companies and graduate students looking for jobs. Executive Coaching: Investor and Business...
by Margot Lester | Training & Workshops
I'm still floating a bit on the energy from last week's National High School Journalism Convention in DC. Over the course of two days I spoke to more than 400 scholastic journalists -- reporters, editors, columnists, yearbook staffers, radio show producers -- and a...