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Curious Times
- 10/15/2009
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio
No CommentsIn a 5-year study of more than 7,000 growth companies, author and former CEO Keith McFarland found that a common characteristic of the best performing companies was that they employed people who were curious. Curious people are generally interesting people. They’re problem solvers, idea generators, innovators and experimenters. They draw others to them because they
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Faces of the Fourth
- 07/05/2009
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio, radio programming
We were first attracted to Milltown, NJ as much by what wasn’t here as what was. And what’s still missing remains one of the appeals. There wasn’t/isn’t much crime or chains or traffic or industry or high-rises. To date our borough of about 7000 still doesn’t have a Wal-Mart, a movie theater, a McDonald’s, or
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Speaking Like the Prez
- 01/26/2009
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio
Communications coach Steve Adubato analyzed President Obama’s inaugural speech and offered his thoughts/take-aways. I distilled Steve’s column to six bullets – many of which are common areas of growth for talent: • Be focused; have a clear theme• Be brief; don’t confuse quantity with quality• Disagreeing is OK but being disagreeable isn’t• Own your content;
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The Voice of Everyman
- 11/03/2008
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio programming
By Mike O’Malley Studs Terkel died last week. Studs was a National Book Award medalist, activist and Pulitzer Prize winning author. Over his 96 years he was also a stage and radio actor, disc jockey, Chicago and later nationally syndicated radio talk show host and TV star. Studs’ writing “celebrated the common people he liked
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Traits of Market Icons
- 10/20/2008
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio programming
by Mike O’Malley This weekend I was part of the reunion of New York City country radio broadcasters (starting from my left are the killer former WYNY staff: Bill Rock, Shelli Sonstein, Dan Daniel, Randy Davis and Jim Kerr). I’m not big on reunions – I’d rather talk about the future than the past –
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU
- 07/05/2007
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, coaching, DJs
What are the names of some of the people who’ve waited on you at McDonalds? Or the cashiers at the supermarket where you shop? Or the person who reads your water meter? We see it all the time, but it’s still mildly shocking (and discouraging) to see the blank expressions on the faces of people
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Coaching Talent: Lessons From A Kindergarten Teacher
- 10/07/2006
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio programming
Karen Ginty knows a lot about coaching talent. She doesn’t know that, but it’s true. Karen is a Kindergarten teacher in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey and she’s just been named the state’s 2006 Teacher of the Year. Here are six of her guiding principles: 1 – Be a nurturer2 – Provide a safe environment3 –
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The Surprising “Real” Reason to Rehearse
- 09/24/2006
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, DJs, radio programming
We’ve all heard it. In fact we’ve all heard it too many times: a great idea that just doesn’t come off on the air as powerfully as it should have. Sometimes a bit drags on far too long, lacking focus or a strong close, getting off track and struggling to right itself. Sometimes it doesn’t
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“Caring” As A Strategy for Managers and Talent
- 05/08/2006
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, DJs, radio programming
My visit to see my parents this past weekend included a couple of trips to Starbucks and some local radio consumption. Saturday morning I was listening to WIOD’s Aron Bender interview author A. J. Scribante (“Shelf Life: How an Unlikely Entrepreneur Turned $500 into $65 Million in the Grocery Industry) – not because I have