What Is Strategic Communications?
We asked NATO. (Actually, we stumbled across this searching our own name.) But to our delight and surprise we found some extremely good...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
KemPound's Success Formula - Lowest Prices, Fastest DLV, Focus On Seniors & Marginalized Patients
Profiles of today's local/global innovators and industry leaders. KemPound Compounding and Repackaging Pharmacy is unique among other...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
Facilitating Board Strategy Workshops That Won't Bore The Board
Donovan has facilitated many successful strategy workshops for Boards of Directors and Senior Executives. Here are eight ways to keep...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
How To Write A Blog Post In 15 Minutes Or Less
Writing doesn't have to be hard if you practice a few simple tricks to get things flowing. Now, if you're terrible at typing, you might...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Best Way To Collaborate With Teams And Clients
Ideas are fragile things - and so are people. If you want to get the best out of your teams and your clients in collaboration, there are...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
How We Made It - Alberta Fire Chiefs Association
Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. Attraction and retention...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
5 Things A Three-year-old Can Teach You About Branding
Children are delightful - they are also smarter than the average adult who makes life so complicated. Here are five things a...
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Michael Donovan
- Mar 9, 2022
- 4 min
Marketing Communications Agencies - How To Choose What's Right For You
Marketing communications agencies come in all shapes and sizes, just like clients do. Finding the right marketing communications agency...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
Is Brand Storytelling Better If It Comes From Your Company Or Consumers?
Ample research confirms that brand storytelling is the most powerful strategy for brand building. But is that brand story better if it...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 24, 2022
- 3 min
How To Be More Like Google And Tim Cook
I'm not sure why we nod our heads agreeing that creativity and innovation matter in business. I'm almost convinced that no one but the...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
How To Create Your Strategic Brand Position: Part 1
Branding is a multi-phased approach, beginning with all-important research and stakeholder engagement. Over a 20-year period of...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 21, 2022
- 3 min
How To Create A Simple And Effective Marcomm Plan
If time is money, and the competition are at your heels, and the windows of opportunity are closing, then getting quickly down to the...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 19, 2022
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
What is BAT? How To Get Paid For Simply Surfing The Web
A few years ago, a new browser called Brave was launched and, with it, a new digital token called BAT. BAT is Basic Attention Token,...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 12, 2022
- 6 min
Seriously, Would You Do This With Your Heart On The Line?
You have a serious heart condition. You look online for a surgeon. Just any old surgeon, really - because a surgeon is a surgeon is a...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
How Listening Might Change Your Life - Again
I don't know what it was anymore to hear music for the first time. I'm sure it was deeply exciting and psychedelic and awakening in a way...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
What Is Your "Vivid Vision"?
Something that is in vogue these days is called a “Vivid Vision”. What exactly is a “Vivid Vision” and how can it help shape your...
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Michael Donovan
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Invent Yourself And Then Reinvent Yourself
And stay out of the clutches of mediocrity.
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Michael Donovan
- Jan 31, 2022
- 3 min
"Do The Work For The Work's Sake"
In the years Donovan has been in existence as a branding and advertising strategy firm, we've done a lot to move the ball forward and...
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Michael Donovan
- Jan 29, 2022
- 3 min
Thinking Beyond The Boxes You Make
Life is hard. Anything involving other people and gravity is hard. As Sartre said, hell is other people. And as Martin Amis said, the...
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Michael Donovan
- Jul 19
- 7 min
10 Expert Tips for Crafting a Winning Strategic Communications Plan
Effective communication is the backbone of any successful organization. To become a famous, top-of-mind brand goes a step beyond into...
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Michael Donovan
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Mastering the Art of Strategic Communications
In today's rapidly evolving world, the power of effective communication cannot be overstated. For individuals with an advanced...
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Michael Donovan
- Jun 11
- 3 min
Harnessing the Untapped Power of Strategic Communications in Marketing and Sales
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, where consumer behavior is constantly changing, and markets are increasingly competitive,...
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Michael Donovan
- May 14
- 6 min
7 Things I Learned Building An 8-figure Strategic Marketing Agency Over A Decade
Michael Donovan, Lusaka, Zambia, 2023. From 2000 to 2013 I built and then sold my first strategic marketing agency, Donovan Creative...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 30
- 5 min
Unlocking the Power of Strategic Communications: 5 Campaigns That Got it Right
Strategic communication campaigns are an essential tool for businesses, governments, and organizations to achieve their goals of...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 24
- 2 min
How to Create Critical Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness is a term bandied around a lot and often confused with operational efficiency, which is a set of strategies...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Africa's Cannabis Market Worth 7 Billion US - But What About Its Commercial Hemp Potential?
Business Insider Africa recently wrote that the African cannabis market is potentialls worth more than 7 billion dollars USD, noting that...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 10
- 2 min
The Reality of AI Marketing Automation Still Requires A Human Touch
The explosive convergence of content, channel and AI automation is a dream to any marketer. It's truly amazing to think how far we've...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 10
- 2 min
Psyops, Sex, Boiled Bananas- 10 Tested (Help Me!) Sleeeep Tips from A Professional Insomniac
Back to the blogs again after a crushingly busy Spring, and the sudden, unexpected death of my mother from Covid. Accessing a...
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Michael Donovan
- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min
What Is Strategic Communications?
We asked NATO. (Actually, we stumbled across this searching our own name.) But to our delight and surprise we found some extremely good...
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