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Standing ovation… then crickets

February 22, 2021 By Susannah Fox 25 Comments

People in a crowded theater clapping, many are standing and smiling

About a decade ago I saw someone give the exact same speech in two different venues, with dramatically different results. The first time was in a packed Lincoln Center concert hall in New York, in front of a warmed-up, internet-savvy conference audience. Their response? A sustained standing ovation. They knew they had just learned something […]

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Public Q&A: Acronyms, protocol, and other lessons learned from switching fields

July 29, 2019 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

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If you have switched career tracks, what lessons did you learn? What advice would you have for someone entering a new company, organization, or even a new culture? Here’s an excerpt from my 2016 interview with The Public Manager about working for the U.S. government: Most of your career was outside of the federal government. What have […]

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Perseverance

September 25, 2017 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

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I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by pulling out some of their best comments and quotes. Fard Johnmar, in response to “Public Q&A: career advice” (2014): What do I say to people when they ask me for career advice? One word: persevere. Why? Because no matter what you do or […]

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Public Q&A: career advice

September 2, 2014 By Susannah Fox 36 Comments

I made a big career change recently and received quite a few emails asking how & why I did it. I also get a regular flow of inquiries from people new to the health/tech field who ask how I navigated my path up to this point. First of all, pretty much everyone tells a good […]

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