I have some news…

A little over a year ago, I co-founded energi PR. I was looking to start something new.  What I didn’t realize then was that my dream was to work pretty much exclusively in social media. I wanted social to be the core. So, after many sleepless nights and lots of...

Counselors Academy 2012: call for presentations

I’ve said this before: my PR highlight of the year is PRSA Counselors Academy conference, which features some of the smartest agency leaders you’ll ever meet. In fact, it means so much to me that I’m chairing the 2012 event in New Orleans, May 6 to...

Five stages of social media acceptance

In my recent post on why PR industry leadership should to take up the gauntlet to reinvent the profession, I reference the ‘grudging accepters’ of social media. That’s one of five stages I use in presentations to humorously describe the journey to...

Inside PR 2.65: To leave or not to leave… that is the question

This post was originally published on Inside PR 2.65. We start this week with a question from a listener, LaBrandon Dates: How do you know when it’s time to search for a new job and can a person stay positive in a company with a negative or non team-oriented culture?...

Inside PR 2.55: Counselors talk about Counselors, Academy that is

This post was originally published on Inside PR 2.55: Gini, Joe and Martin are back at PRSA’s Counselors Academy Conference in Lake Las Vegas for the second of our two shows. For those who may not be familiar with the group, Martin explains it comprises PR agency...