"What do you think of when you hear that someone is “smart?

"Crisis communications practitioners don’t have a choice: they must integrate social networks into their planning or risk having their response to any incident become totally irrelevant," declares Patrice Cloutier (photo, left) in a guest blog at The Crisis Intelligence Blog.

"Want to get ahead?

According to Dean Evans (photo, left), "Poorly written or edited copy will adversely affect how people view your content.

"When it comes to building your personal brand online, you have to constantly examine whether or not you are being presented in the right light.

Learn why stories are usually more effective than plain data when it comes to changing minds.

"Sometimes your job can really be a grind — but quitting isn’t always a realistic option," says Eric Barker (photo, left).

David Reese (photo, left) offers a post on the topic at the Harvard Business Review blog.

'You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.

"Does human rights language matter?

Jennifer Frost, with GrammarCheck.

Milton Kazmeyer presents a quick rundown on the topic.

"Audiences are often startled into silence when I ask them which workplace liars they are most grateful for.

"Emotionally intelligent people aren’t ruled by their thoughts; they are the master of them," declares Daniel Wallen (photo, left).

"We need new rules on when you should text, when you should call, when you should email," writes Nicholas Carlson (photo, left).

"In this post, I talk about 5 pivotal actions I made in the last year to ignite my blog growth to take off, raise my profile online and get results for my business," says Donna Moritz (photo, left).

"The modern world is fast paced and time often seems to slip by with us barely noticing.

 "I wrote this about four years ago, originally as an ebook.

"Unfortunately, candidates aren’t judged on how well they do their jobs; they’re judged on how well they describe how they do their jobs.

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"If you’ve ever found yourself writing an email (or contemplating writing an email) to a Very Important Person, you know how intimidating it can be.

"Welcome to 2014, where chronic stress becomes the new normal and our fast-faster society juggles a never-ending to-do list even as we're still frantically catching up from last month's agenda," writes JJ Virgin (photo, left).

Nicholas Carlson (photo, left) writes about meetings.

Randy Krum features an infographic on the topic.

Adele Cehrs covers the topic drawing upon lessons from Delta, Abercombie and Taco Bell.