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I overthink so you don’t have to.

The Red Thread® Newsletter

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The Key to Enduring Messages and Brands – EP018

Create an Enduring Message for Your Brand When my husband and I took a vacation to Amsterdam, we stopped by Manchester, England. With a free day, we asked our local friend for advice, and he suggested we take a visit to Chetham’s Library
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Can Your Message Survive an Edit – EP017

The Power of a Great Red Thread in a Commencement Address What do you do when you have less time to present your pitch or speech than you thought you had? It can be terrifying, especially if you’re not in charge of what the product of that edited message is going to be.
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How to Get “Presence” – EP016

Message, Platform, and Audience Presence is something we all aspire to cultivate, but it’s something we struggle to define.
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Find The Red Thread in Your Job Search – EP015

Do Your Red Threads Match? When we’re in the middle of a job search, we often get fixated on a single question: “What should I do?”
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Is Your Info in the Right Order? – EP014

How to Create Anticipation How do you make your message more interesting? You’re often told to tell people what you’re going to tell them, tell it, and then tell them that you told them. But that’s not very interesting because it doesn’t have suspense.
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How to Match Message to Mindset – EP013

  Psychological Reactance This week on Find the Red Thread, we’ll discuss the concept of psychological reactance. It’s the very human response that if we’re told to do something we often want to dig in our heels and do the opposite.
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How to Find Meaningful, Memorable Stories – EP012

The Tortoise and the Hare “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a classic fable with a memorable moral: slow and steady wins the race. However, if you asked someone in Ancient Greece what it meant, they would tell you that idleness can ruin even the greatest gifts.
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Who are you for? – EP011

A Focus on Your Audience’s Perspective Because the Red Thread is critical to what you’re trying to say, it’s critical that you understand who they are first. That’s why we need to start with a simple question: who are you for?
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What’s Missing from Your Message? – EP010

Meaning in Your Message that Drives Change When we’re trying to get someone to make a change, there are certain fundamental questions that they need to be answered in your message before they will give it a try.
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How to Move Your Audience to Action – EP009

The TED Thread with Jill Bolte Taylor This week on Find the Red Thread, you have some homework to do. Take a look at “My Stroke of Insight,” a TED Talk by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Challenge yourself to find the four statements she makes that capture key pieces of the Red Thread.
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The Red Thread® Newsletter

Stories, examples, images, and data you can use to help bring your ideas and messages to life.
The best ideas aren’t found — they’re built. Get a weekly dose of strategies, studies, and stories — direct to your inbox from me — to help you make your ideas strong enough to build change on.

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