Two speaking gigs in two days might be a regular sort of week for some people, but for me it’s kind of a big deal.
Thursday night I gave a full hour presentation on this subject for the Ann Arbor Ad Club and right now I’m ramping up to deliver a brief version of of the [...]
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April 10, 2009
Overcoming Obstacles to Social Media Integration
October 6, 2008
My role in Startup Weekend Detroit
Update: Startup Weekend Detroit has been postponed to March 27 – 29, 2009.
I am working on organizing Startup Weekend Detroit and my friend and fellow organizer, Shauna Nicholson wanted to interview me about why I chose to take on this responsibility and what I thought it might do to help the struggling Detroit economy.
The original [...]
August 7, 2008
PR people prefer print despite consumer preference
In a survey conducted by U.K.-based Parker Wayne & Kent public relations, nearly 53 percent of PR professionals said that offline (print) coverage was more valuable than online news coverage for their company or client.
Other findings from the survey include:
63.8 percent of PR professionals believe their stakeholders refer to print coverage more than online, [...]
August 3, 2008
The PR industry desperately needs PR
The plumber’s sink always leaks, right? Maybe that’s why the reputation of PR people and the industry at large always seems to be suffering.
People either don’t understand what PR does, or they think PR is evil. Obviously, neither is ideal.
An unfortunate side effect of this perception, combined with newsroom financial woes, is that pay for [...]
July 29, 2008
We tried to change things before; it doesn’t work. This is the way we’ve always done it…
If you’re anything like me you run into this attitude a lot. Just for fun, I have been compiling a very short list of responses that diffuse rote contradiction and unnecessary conflict when I encounter this mindset.
1. “There is no try. I really think we can make this happen.”
2. “Maybe it just wasn’t the right [...]
July 25, 2008
Is everyone in PR wearing the same dress?
Earlier this week, two of my coworkers showed up to the office wearing the same exact dress, and of course they were both horrified. However, this got me thinking about how important recognizing individuality in ourselves and others is to our ability to feel seen and heard, as well as our ability to see and [...]
