Everything old is new again

As I mentioned, Giovanni Rodriguez, communications practitioner, social media thinker and one of the founders of The Conversation Group was in Toronto last week to talk to my agency’s staff and clients and members of CPRS Toronto and have a chance to social-ize...

Toronto the Great

I have a confession: When I first moved to Toronto to attend York University, it wasn’t my number one city of choice. In fact, I had never been here before and didn’t even realize that York was far (very far) from downtown.I had my sights set on the U.S....

Less than perfect pitch

Thanks to BoingBoing, I read a cringe-worthy, yet thought-provoking post by Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson squarely aimed at PR people.In it, he states that he gets too many irrelevant news releases from PR folks who have no idea about what he’s looking...

Plug: Giovanni Rodriguez speaking at CPRS Toronto event

On November 7, Palette PR (my agency) and CPRS Toronto are pleased to present Giovanni Rodriguez, who will be at The Spoke Club in Toronto delivering a talk entitled, ‘Why We Call it Public Relations’ – PR and its role in social media.If you’re...

Wiki watch-out

I recently read about the Talk is Cheap social media ‘unconference’ for PR/communications practitioners, planned by Gary Schlee. It’s sounds like a great event, with the potential for lots of engaging face-to-face conversations. I’m looking...