About the Authors
 Paul B. Brown is the author of 16 books, including the international bestseller Customers for Life, written with Carl Sewell, which has been translated into 16 languages and has sold more than 1 million copies.
A former writer and editor for Business Week, Forbes and Inc., Mr. Brown writes the “What's Offline” column every Saturday in The New York Times and the “Off-the-shelf” column for the Sunday business section of the paper.
In addition to his work on Your Attention, Please, Mr. Brown has recently co-authored The Entrepreneurial Imperative with Carl Schramm (Collins, October 2006), which will be the basis of a three-part PBS series, and The Art of War for Women with Chin-Ning Chu (Doubleday/Currency, spring 2007).
He received his B.A. from Rutgers College, where he was a Henry Rutgers Senior Honors Research Scholar, and his J.D. from the Rutgers School of Law.
 Alison Davis is the founder and CEO of Davis & Company, the award-winning internal communication firm that helps Fortune 500 companies reach, engage and motivate their employees.
Alison sets the strategic and operating direction for her firm. She leads the development of new products and services, and provides senior counsel to clients such as CIT, Dow Corning, Georgia-Pacific, Hewlett- Packard, IKEA, MasterCard, Merck and Wyeth.
Alison is a highly sought-after speaker on communication issues for such organizations as The Arthur W. Page Society, The Conference Board, International Association of Business Communicators, The Public Relations Society of America and the Society for Human Resource Management. She is co-author of the book, Your Attention, Please (Adams Business, September 2006) and has written numerous articles and industry reports. She also writes a weekly web log, “Insights,” at www.davisandco.com/blog. Alison is also a regular media source in stories dealing with employee communication issues.
A former president and current member of the Council of Communication Management, an organization of 300 leading corporate communication professionals in North America, Alison is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and Public Relations Society of America. She earned her B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
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