Results Map Insights: Jan 31, 2014

“It’s easy, when you’re planning a communications strategy or project, to get caught up in the reams of material to read and the plans to be written.

But there’s no substitute for leaving your desk and going to talk to people.”

Results Map Blog: A penny for your thoughts

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