Blog Archive
What’s new: week of June 20, 2013 – Instagram launches video and the adtag is born
The rumours are true. Today, Instagram announced it's adding video to its platform, currently home to 130 million monthly users. The goal is to offer motion while staying true to their core principles of simplicity, beautiful images and community. So what...
A tribute to Arthur Yann, APR
Many communications people were shocked over the weekend to hear the sad news that Arthur Yann, APR, vice president, PR, for the Public Relations Society of America died suddenly at age 48. It was a tragic turn of events for a person in their prime. You can read...
For Father’s Day: lessons I learned from my Dad
It's hard to believe it's been nearly 13 years since my Dad died - he's still such a big presence in my life. I think of him often and remember things he taught me that I use personally and professionally every day. I will admit that a few of those were grudging...
Travel lessons we can apply to our work lives
I recently got back from a vacation in Japan. Two weeks in a place I've never been to before and what an amazing experience that was. (Except for a bad case of jet lag. :)) Virtually everything in Japan is different than what I'm used to and that meant I had to look...
Three reasons to attend Counselors Academy Conference
Since 2005, as many of you know, PRSA Counselors Academy has been my annual must-attend PR event. In fact, I get so much out of the conference I volunteered to be its 2012 conference chair. This year #CAPRSA is being held in Austin, Texas June 9 to 13, and in addition...
What’s new – week of May 8, 2013
Convergence of new and traditional media was an idea that got a lot of play around the turn of the century (I love saying turn of the century and referring to 1999). The biggest example of course, is the ill-fated Time-Warner/AOL merger. In its day, it was considered...