Communications Strategy- Comms Strategy When Everything Keeps Changing - The NonProfit Times April 27, 2026
- City hones communications strategy - Traverse City Record-Eagle April 24, 2026
- Rozelle Laha joins ZETWERK as Corporate Communications Lead - Exchange4Media April 22, 2026
- VCU Health names inaugural AVP of marketing and communications - VCU Health April 20, 2026
- Aligning Strategy, People, and Communications During Facility Closures - BDO USA April 20, 2026
- ScanSource Advances Converged Communications Strategy With Dedicated CX Team and Arrow McLaren Partnership - marketscreener.com April 16, 2026
- ScanSource Advances Converged Communications Strategy with Dedicated CX Team and Arrow Mclaren Partnership - marketscreener.com April 16, 2026
- Anomaly Names Kira Montgomery Executive Strategy Director, Head of Communications Strategy - Little Black Book | LBBOnline April 14, 2026
- University Governance
- Gaurav Gogoi to raise university governance issues in parliament, writes to PMO over NE institutions - MSN April 27, 2026
- President Tebboune: The new and victorious Algeria is steadily moving toward establishing modern university governance based on efficiency and accountability - AL24 News April 25, 2026
- Are WA’s universities ‘scaremongering’ over merger plans? - WAtoday April 21, 2026
- NCKU Tops 2026 CommonWealth University Citizen Award for Sustainability Governance and Social Responsibility - Ncku.edu.tw April 21, 2026
- Digital push for university governance - The Times of India April 21, 2026
- Draft CUC Code of Governance - Wonkhe April 20, 2026
- South Africa’s biggest universities are collapsing - Daily Investor April 19, 2026
- South Africa’s universities are outgrowing a transition-era governance settlement - The Mail & Guardian April 16, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Update
The Atlantic has fired Kevin Williamson. Odd, though, that the publisher cited workplace-environment concerns as the impetus rather than the “especially violent belief” itself: The top editor emphasized that Williamson’s firing was not a result of his being anti-abortion—a common … Continue reading
The New York Times – subscription cancelled
Very few times in my life have I not believed my eyes. And the news on these occasions was never good. This morning I had such an experience, reading a column in the New York Times by Bret Stephens, who … Continue reading
Mindfulness … and exasperation
As a Stanford University graduate I am a bit sickened to have read this: “Mindfulness begins with leadership,” said Dr. Leah Weiss, who teaches compassionate leadership at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. told CMO.com. “The best way to introduce mindfulness … Continue reading
Readiness
“Talent alone won’t make you a success,” noted Johnny Carson. “Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is, ‘Are you ready?’” This quote came to mind while watching … Continue reading
Don’t think with your fingers
Biographer Robert Caro’s books are marathon-long, though very much worth the time it takes to read them. His laceration of Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” is almost 1300 pages. In a wonderful interview published in The New York Review of … Continue reading
More on editing
In an early NoContest.CA post on editing, I described “the 9 C’s” I use when evaluating another writer’s work: completeness conciseness clarity convincingness currency correctness consistency congruency courtesy I added: Almost all writers need a second set of eyes to assess … Continue reading
Grad School is tough enough already
The Republican House of Representatives’ tax plan would transform “tough enough” into *impossible* for tens of thousands of graduate students who receive fellowships that allow them to study “for free.” (Of course these students also usually teach as well, and … Continue reading
Transformative learning and student autonomy
No Contest co-founder Tierney Wisniewski has written a beautifully conceived and composed Master’s Thesis. Here’s the abstract. [I’ve added some paragraphing for ease of online reading, because abstracts by requirement are very, very fat.] Self-determination theory (SDT) is a well-established theory … Continue reading
No plagiarism foul
A super-smart student in my Advanced Professional Communications class asked me whether using an app that generates a citation for you in proper APA, MLA, Chicago style was plagiarism. My first thought was “I doubt it,” but in my line … Continue reading
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Writing in the Sciences
“The more that you take care with your writing, the more you might explore uncertainties in your thinking,” suggests Stanford University Environmental Earth System Science Professor Julie Kennedy in this excellent Writing Matters video. Kennedy helpfully stresses the primacy of … Continue reading