For those of you who are not subscribers, the Barnes & Conti Holiday Newsletter—along with our “virtual feast” of six tempting recipes—is available online. To further entice you to read the entire newsletter, here is one of my favorite articles …

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Our CEO, Kim Barnes co-wrote an excellent article on training programs for  Professionally Speaking, the blog for the Executive Communications website. Kim co-wrote the article with John Castaldi, formerly a trainer with Sun Microsystems. John is currently in a similar …

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A colleague sent me a link from a Fox affiliate in Philadelphia in which the “journalist” goes on a rant because the State of Pennsylvania spent nearly $20,000 for four days of communication skills and leadership skills training. The anchor …

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