Jun 20, 2012
How do you approach to social media? Some people gracefully dive in and make it look so easy. Others might try a running jump, though hopefully they're careful not to land on anyone. You could wade in, slowly, one step at a time till you acclimatize. Or...
Jun 17, 2012
Many of you know I’m from Winnipeg and my parents were in the retail fabric business. It was something my Dad started when he married my Mom and moved out west. My Dad wasn’t formally educated but he was a smart and sociable guy who had two priorities:...
Jun 12, 2012
Well, another season of Mad Men has ended. And who knows how long it’s going to be before the next one begins? While many things have changed since the days when Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was a force to be reckoned with, each season offers me more...
Jun 4, 2012
I recently read Tina Fey's hilarious memoir Bossypants. And her personality, wit and charm are so interwoven into the writing and stories, it makes you feel like you know her – or want to hang out with her at a greasy spoon! In the book, Fey references the...
May 28, 2012
As someone who likes words and puns (and especially puns), the Social Capital Conference is a name that resonates for me on so many levels. But it isn’t the name that makes a conference. It’s the programming and people behind it. And what makes Social...
May 25, 2012
MESH conference in Toronto is all about ideas. Big ideas about social networks – where we are and where we're heading. Questions too. The organizers present some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators who, over two days, share insights and...
May 22, 2012
And it all began with a 50 watt podcast… When Gini Dietrich, Joe Thornley and I took over the reins of Inside PR, who knew it would be the start of a new vision for PR, communications and social media and an exciting partnership to boot? You may have...
May 19, 2012
If I can borrow Rodney Dangerfield's signature line, 'segues don't get no respect'. For anyone unfamiliar with them, segues are those bridges-between-thoughts that get us from one idea to another. And carry us across and through different parts of a...
May 17, 2012
This post was originally published on Inside PR 2.97. Live from New Orleans… well live to tape – Gini, Joe and I are together at PRSA Counselors Academy’s annual conference for agency owners/leaders (and we all had our parts to...
May 15, 2012
I've been thinking about this for a while…In social media, we're all in showbiz. We have our stage, whether blogs, video or other networks. Our shtick, that is who we are, how we present ourselves and what we choose to do and say. And our audience...
