Blog Archive
On Twitter and tweeting*
*'Tw' pun alert...You may have noticed I've experienced a twepiphany recently and have been a lot more active on Twitter. And looking back to my first tweets, it feels like I've had to pass through a number of stages to get here.I started out as reluctant, moved on to...
Something old
In today's mail, amid the bills, solicitations and magazines, I noticed something a bit odd: a plain envelope, hand-lettered and with a name I didn't recognize on the return address.My interest was piqued so I opened it. Inside was a note with the generic salutation,...
Introducing the Twittionary
Is your head swimming from the seemingly endless stream of Twitter puns, apps, widgets, programs and...you name it? Mine is. So much so that last week, I half-jokingly suggested we need a Twittionary. Well, the more I thought about it the more I felt this might be a...
In the dark
Just under two weeks ago, there was a power outage in Toronto that left about 250,000 residents without heat or electricity on one of the coldest days of the year (-19C).I was one of those folks in the dark.When the incident occurred, just after 10 on a Thursday...
The other shoe
With more and more PR people wearing blogger's hats (a great addition to any winter wardrobe), the line between PR and journalism - citizen or otherwise - continues to blur.I was thinking about this when I received my first over-the-transom pitch a while back. And...
The blogosphere just got a touch of class
Ever wondered how to make a good impression on clients at a formal dinner? What about knowing where to draw the line between appropriate (or inappropriate) professional communications?My colleague, Louise Armstrong, combines her expertise in PR and etiquette in a new...