Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 697 , Segment 2

Episode: Upheaval in Yemen, Workplace Myths, Backcountry Tragedy

  • Dec 5, 2017 7:00 pm
  • 20:42 mins

Guests: Cheryl Haggard, Founding Parent, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep; Cliff Lawson, Volunteer Photographer, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep One of the hardest things parents hope they never have to face is the death of a child. When a baby is stillborn or dies soon after birth, that grief is complicated by the fact that there was never really time to make memories.  A nonprofit called “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” connects grieving parents with volunteer professional photographers to help parents preserve those fleeting last moments with their child.   Find out more here.

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Workplace "Myths"

10m

Guest: Jacob Rawlins, PhD, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University Does it seem a bit silly when you go to a restaurant or retail store where the staff are insistent on calling you a guest, rather than a customer? Or they have some special name for their coworkers – teammates, associates. Or they add some little rhetorical flourish when they answer the phone, like the receptionist at my dentist’s office who always says, “This is so-and-so. I can help you.” Not, “How can I help you?” Just the confident “I CAN help you.” These touches might seem like gimmicks, but BYU linguistics professor Jacob Rawlins says they come from the stories companies weave about themselves and they really do matter. These stories are powerful tools.

Guest: Jacob Rawlins, PhD, Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University Does it seem a bit silly when you go to a restaurant or retail store where the staff are insistent on calling you a guest, rather than a customer? Or they have some special name for their coworkers – teammates, associates. Or they add some little rhetorical flourish when they answer the phone, like the receptionist at my dentist’s office who always says, “This is so-and-so. I can help you.” Not, “How can I help you?” Just the confident “I CAN help you.” These touches might seem like gimmicks, but BYU linguistics professor Jacob Rawlins says they come from the stories companies weave about themselves and they really do matter. These stories are powerful tools.