Publications

Business Communications: Translating Jargon into English

The use of industry-related jargon has reached epidemic proportions. Effective communicators know how to translate what they say into language that all people can easily understand.

 Cut the Jargon, Communications World

 Technically speaking, it doesn’t work, The Business Journal, Serving Greater Tampa Bay

Media Training and Coaching-Related

Getting the media booking is just the beginning. It’s imperative to coach and support your spokespeople to ensure that they communicate what you want the public to know. Practice, coaching and more practice are the keys to successful media appearances. Avoid making the interview the “dress rehearsal.”

 The PR Manager as Coach – And Your Supporting “Cast of Characters,” PR News Media Training Book

 The PR Professional as Coach: The Missing Link in the PR Tool Kit, Florida Public Relations Association, Volume 4, No. 2, Media Training

Backgrounders

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts! If you’re wondering how Joan Lowery’s versatile background in theater, journalism, training and coaching weave together to create a multi-faceted career, this article tells the story.

Joan Lowery: A Passion for Communication – Diana Colson, The Landings Eagle, 2015 

Books

Health Care Change

CultureShift, A Leader’s Guide to Managing Change in Health Care, American Hospital Association (AHA) Press

Health care change is continuous, disruptive and stressful – requiring exceptional leadership. This book addresses the psychosocial issues involved in change and provides helpful ideas and a set of tools to help leaders fnavigate health care change throughout their organizations.