Artie Isaac, a Columbus native, co-founded SpeakerSite, an online community of public speakers and event planners; and Young Isaac, a marketing strategy and advertising agency. He teaches creativity, consumer behavior, copywriting, and the history of advertising at The Ohio State University and the Columbus College of Art and Design; and ethics to seventh graders at Temple Israel.

In this CMC forum, Isaac explores the topic "The Demise of Polite Conversation: Is Communication on the Brink?" His humorous and thought-provoking insights of modern communication offer a fresh perspective of a sometimes overlooked subject.