Playful Brands 2017: My Roundup of Fun Brands
I love brands that play! Here is a list of some of my fave brands online. No, I am not getting paid. I love their fun, fresh voice and playful way to approach content and [...]
The Top 5 Worst LinkedIn Business Pick-Up Lines
A few years ago, I wrote this post about bad linkedin notifications. I am happy to say I am getting less spam, although I think it's because I'm filtering more, or the AI bots are [...]
Conference Cartoon – Kathy Klotz-Guest
Friday Fun: Conference Cartoon Introducing the Friday cartoon. Today it's the Conference cartoon. I am learning to draw freehand. As a writer, comic and strategist, I think in punchlines that create a visual. I am [...]
Scary Things Bosses Say (And True Leaders Don’t)
Boring content, bad storytelling and poor leadership are all scary. In time for Halloween, here are a few scary things bosses say (and true leaders don't) to employees. We've all hear crazy, scary things. If [...]
Putting Fun in Entrepreneurship – A Chat with Joel Comm
Entrepreneurship, Passion and the Creative Process In this episode of #yesandbrandshow, Joel and I chat about the creative process and why passion must be a driver in business. We also discuss putting fun in entrepreneurship [...]
The Marketing Podcast: Kathy and Douglas Burdett
What Improv Taught Me (and Can Teach You) about Banishing Boring! In the July 28 release episode of The Marketing Podcast with Douglas Burdett, Kathy talks about how great business storytelling can be and how [...]
Improv in Business Communication Leadership (video)
On June 2nd, Gary Ware and I did our 2nd live stream discussing improv in business and this time we chatted about improv in business Communication (Leadership). A recent #workforce17 conference presentation revealed that 35% [...]
Improv in Business Customer Service and Crisis Communications (video)
Improv in Business Customer Service Source: etherspeak.com On May 25th, Gary Ware, fellow improviser and marketer, and I chatted about improv in business customer service and crisis communications. We do a few exercises [...]
Business Satire on Medium From Kathy Klotz-Guest
Business Satire on Medium Business Satire on Medium - Kathy Klotz-Guest (image: Kai Oberhauser Unsplash.com) I love writing on the blog and other places including on Medium, especially love to write satire. You [...]
Embrace the Suck that Comes with Creativity (video)
First, Embrace the Suck. Then Pull Out of It. Embrace the Suck. Dealing with the creative ups and downs is hard. Really hard. Sometimes we feel uncertain and uncomfortable because creativity can be messy - [...]
Creating Collaborative Cultures with Yes and! Ep 13 of #yesandbrand
Creating Collaborative Cultures On March 31st, I had Mike Ganino as a guest on the #yesandbrand FB Live show to talk about creating collaborative cultures with yes and! The words "yes and" are not [...]
Warren Whitlock Chat: Kathy and Warren Discuss Stop Boring Me!
Kathy and Warren Whitlock Chat About Kathy's Book, "Stop Boring Me!" In this episode, Warren Whitlock and I chat about my book, "Stop Boring Me!", why improv and marketing are about making your partners look [...]
8 Traits of Improvisational Business Leaders
We're All Improvisers in Business: Traits of Improvisational Business Masters The following is an excerpt from my new book, ""Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of [...]
Creating Ballsy Content with Jon Burkhart
Creating Ballsy Content - Why it Matters, What it Means, and How to Do it Jon Burkhart and I had a blast on a blab we did Thursday August 4th on how creating ballsy content [...]
Idea Orgasms: Playfulness and Creativity
Idea Orgasms! Image source: gratisography.com Idea Orgasms - How Play Fuels Creativity On Friday, June 24th, I did a great blab with my friend, Gary Ware, on achieving breakthroughs with playfulness and creativity. [...]
Bust Boring Content! Sheet Fitters Example
I hear this a lot: "I work in a boring industry or I have a boring product. There isn't much I can do." I disagree. You can bust boring content. There is no boring product [...]
Why John Oliver Rocks Content and So Can You
John Oliver, Source: Youtube.com, This Week with John Oliver Why John Oliver Rocks Content I love John Oliver. He's up there in my comedy pantheon along with Key and Peele and Jon Stewart (who [...]
Generate Creative Marketing Ideas Using Improv Comedy
This past week, I had a blast reprising a blab I started about 10 months ago: how to generate creative marketing ideas using improv comedy. This is the 4th installment in the series with my [...]
