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September 13, 2006

Interview 9.2: Dr. Tammy Lenski, Mediator, Coach, Blogger

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 4:09 pm

How Does One Mediate from a Blog?

Dr. Tammy Lenski

Dr. Tammy Lenski helps folks sort out a dispute and converse constructively, even when they’re frustrated. That’s her role as mediator — part coach, part strategist — in helping people solve communication problems. Tammy began blogging early in her business. Let’s take a look at what she has to say about it.

Welcome back, Tammy! About blogging, how and why did you bring your business to blogging?

I heard of blogging years ago when it first began, created a Blogger account, and put up a few posts. Back then it was mostly teenagers writing about their lives and I just couldn’t figure out how to get my clients interested, so I dropped it. Then, a couple years later, I read about the ways that blogging platforms can serve as content management systems. That got my attention, because I had hundreds of e-zine articles I was trying to manage effectively on a standard website—way too much work. So, I got a WordPress account, started educating myself about blogs (the idea of business blogging had been born by then and was in its earliest stages), and jumped in. I got to write about things that interest my clients, had an easy way to manage lots of articles on my site, and could interact with and learn from my readers.

What’s been the biggest surprise about bringing your business to blogging?

How easy it’s been to create real connections with people—like you—via the digital world. Though I was creating web pages and using email very early on in the development of those technologies, I was skeptical about real relationships being possible via the web. I thought that only happened with weird people who sat alone in their apartments at 2 a.m.!

Next the challenges and important issues of a mediation business.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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3 Comments to “Interview 9.2: Dr. Tammy Lenski, Mediator, Coach, Blogger”

  1. September 14th, 2006 at 2:09 am
    The “Something To Read” Thursday Remix « chartreuse (BETA) said

    [...] Smart chick Liz Strauss has an interview with a doctor who put her mediating business online. [...]

  2. September 14th, 2006 at 8:43 am
    TechZ said

    Relationships, it’s a quick thing on the internet, and good ones last long. In the world of brick&mortar, those same relationships take ages to form, trust & confidence take time, compare that with the online world and its astounding (some might say scary) how fast people trust others.

  3. September 14th, 2006 at 8:45 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Techz,
    Some might say scary. Some might say hopeful. :)

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