Let’s be more curious and willing students. We still have much to learn from our military past. And please share with others in your network and on social media. Please enjoy this article (and the true British English spelling) by guest contributor, Emma Campbell Visick. By studying history you might just realize that we’ve been here before. It is also a good reminder of the power of propaganda to shape our thoughts, feelings and actions about contemporary issues. We have much to learn from the past, and hopefully this knowledge can help prevent us from repeating the same mistakes. We owe it to ourselves to be more curious about what has happened in the past. There is so much we don’t know, don’t remember, and are no longer taught about history. I hope you will read through to the very end as I did. It is with joy that I share Emma, her knowledge and perspective with all of you. When I received Emma’s email response to my question, “What’s the backstory of the Keep Calm and Carry On slogan,” I knew I had a blog post in the making. ![]() It’s a very good thing to have a well-read jobbing historian (her words, not mine) in your professional network. I have enjoyed many dinner conversations with her and her husband Richard, and come away astounded by how much I don’t know about what transpired in WWI, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and other conflicts that have shaped the world. She is a brilliant thinker, writer, and student of history. Not wanting to believe everything that I read online, I reached out to a good friend in my network, Emma Campbell Visick, who lives and works (and writes) in the United Kingdom. But it was only recently that I became curious about the backstory of this clever slogan.Īfter a quick Google search, which led me to a Wikipedia website, I realized that this slogan has been around for a long time and has historical reference. In fact, I have purchased products from their website and created my own versions of it, like Keep Calm and Finish Strong as the lead image for my four-part blog series on presentation closing techniques and options. ![]() I have long admired the “brand” of Keep Calm and Carry On. Photo credit: Minnesota Playlist magazine.
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