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Mourning the Pre-Pandemic Life

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Bart Leahy

I learned about the “stages of grief” model about ten years ago, when I was facing a major program shutdown and, potentially, loss of my job with NASA at the time. The agency provided discussion groups for those of us … Continue reading →

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Proposal Team Colors

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Bart Leahy

The larger and more important the proposal and the larger the organization, the more proposal reviews you are likely to have. The most reviews I ever recall participating in for one proposal was three. The proposal review teams consist of … Continue reading →

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Latest on the Book

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Bart Leahy

Some writers are accused of having “The World’s Greatest Unpublished Novel” lurking in their computer. I’ve got something like “The World’s Most Plausible Unpublished Technical Writing Book” in mine. I’m in the home stretch on the writing portion, so with any … Continue reading →

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Reader Response: Tech Writing in the Hospitality Industry

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Bart Leahy

Today’s post was born out of a response to a reader who wishes to remain anonymous (FYI, I did receive her permission to share this as long as I didn’t include her name). Nice to know you folks think I … Continue reading →

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Why Mentor? Revisited

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Bart Leahy

Monday’s post talked a bit about how to mentor and how some of the reasons people don’t want to mentor can be overcome. However, I’m not certain I answered the fundamental question posed in the title (I see a future … Continue reading →

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