On the menu today: A media training tip about how to organize your talking points for an interview, a story about the first speech I ever wrote, and a book review of Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy.

On the menu today: A media training tip about how to use a message diamond to structure your answers, a book review of Good to Great by by James C. Collins, and  a story sexism in the U.S. Census.

On the menu: a media training tip about the elements of effective storytelling, a book review of Code Girls by Liza Mundy,  a story about a missing sheriff in South Carolina, and an interview with BLANK.

On the menu today: A media training tip about the three elements of effective advocacy, a book review of Act of Congress by Robert Kaiser, and a story about the launch of the first Twitter account in the Washington diplomatic corps.

On the menu: A media training tip about effective body language, a book review of Digital Diplomacy, Edited by Andreas Sandre, and a story about swimming in the Senate Pool.

On the menu today: A media training tip on how to visualize statistics, a book review of When the Tea Party Came to Town by Robert Draper, a story about the islands of the Indo-Pacific, and an interview with Alex Karjeker, political strategist and blogger at TexasPlenty.com.

On the menu today: A media training tip on non-verbal communication, a book review of What I Saw at the Revolution by Peggy Noonan, a story about election night in Mexico, and an interview with Pablo Manriquez, Congressional Correspondent for Latino Rebels and La Politica Online