Tomorrow morning I have the privilege of speaking at an inter-faith seminar on peace : Stories of Hope and Dialogue. It's a joint seminar sponsored by three local universities of applied science, along with the Helsinki Union of Parishes and the Finnish Ministry of Edu...

Where: Urban Mill, Otaniemi

When: Saturday, 26 August from 10 to 2 (but especially at 12!)

And now the most important:

WHY?

Urban Mill is providing space to showcase all the great things that are going on down there. Buses, wines, headphones, 3D printers and on and on.

And...

Teachers and school administrators are born communicators – that’s why they are in education! Every day of their careers, they stress over how best to deliver their message to their students.

A crucial strength of the Finnish school system is the communication between s...

I'm teaming up with the folks from WebAkatemia for a 3-part webinar on writing well.

The first session - 3 May at 1 pm - is about getting rid of mistakes that aren't huge, but they are constant and they make a negative impression. And they aren't too difficult to elimin...

I am very pleased to announce that IMP Communications has a re-vamped website. It’s fresh, it’s clean and it has a few features that the old one didn’t have.

Many thanks to the partners, friends and family who helped me to get this right.

This re-launch represents anothe...

A week of mourning has passed and I’m ready to look at the US Presidential election with a little bit of professional dispassion.

The statistics will eventually point to some of the reasons why Trump beat Clinton, but the fact is that he communicated something that reso...

The Demo Day at Otaniemi's Urban Mill is coming up soon- Saturday the 27th. I'll be joining loads of co-workers and co-creators with great ideas: 3D printers, magnificent headphones, Finnish wine, huge tablets, you name it.

You can see the full list here: http://tag.urb...

I'm very excited to take part in the celebration of my adopted hometown. Espoo Day is 27 August and I'll be joining Urban Mill's Demo Day. There will be a whole bunch of cool products being demonstrated at Urban Mill and the Design Factory.

My demo will be a little diff...

Any time we communicate, our deep-down goal is to impress someone. We want them to follow us into battle or buy our product or agree with our choice for lunch. If we don't impress them in some way, they are less likely to go along.

Three ways to IMPress our audience

Sur...