Tamsen Webster, MA, MBA's Recent LinkedIn Posts

If your ideas are solid but your messages don’t travel, stick, or convert— That’s not a visibility problem. It’s a message design problem. At Social Media Marketing World 2026, I’ll be teaching how to design messages that increase the chances people understand, agree, and act—without manipulation or pressure. Joi…

One of the hardest parts of sharing an idea isn’t explaining it. It’s knowing what the idea actually is. I wrote Find Your Red Thread to help people identify the single throughline that connects what they do, why it matters, and how to explain it clearly—without oversimplifying. If you’ve ever struggled to keep yo…

I used to think persuasion meant convincing people. I was wrong. For years, I assumed the only way to “sell” an idea was to push harder—to out-argue, to explain better, to overwhelm resistance with logic. But the harder I pushed, the more resistance I got. And what I eventually realized is this: people don’t chan…

Join Tamsen for her monthly virtual "office hours" where you can bring your most pressing message design questions and challenges. Whether you're struggling with a specific piece of your Compact Case, need guidance on communicating a difficult change, or want advice on crafting a compelling core case—bring your ques…

If your ideas are solid but your messages don’t travel, stick, or convert— That’s not a visibility problem. It’s a message design problem. At Social Media Marketing World 2026, I’ll be teaching how to design messages that increase the chances people understand, agree, and act—without manipulation or pressure. Joi…

Every January, I watch smart, capable people decide they’ll be “different” this year— and then quietly watch old habits sneak back in. Here’s what I’ve learned (often the hard way): Change doesn’t fail because motivation fades. It fails because the strategy doesn’t defend against the old version of us. That’s why…