Nov 11, 2007
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...
Nov 5, 2007
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....
Oct 31, 2007
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...
Oct 30, 2007
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...
Oct 28, 2007
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...
Oct 15, 2007
I wanted to congratulate and thank MasterCard Canada, for their generous donation to the City of Toronto, helping ease a municipal budget shortfall and ensuring our outdoor public skating rinks can open in early December, in time for the holiday season.It’s a...
Oct 11, 2007
First off let me say that I’m not a political animal. I usually follow election campaigns from the sidelines, reading and watching whatever I can stomach and disbelieving much of what I hear. So it’s with a generally bemused and frustrated interest that I...
Oct 11, 2007
It’s happening everywhere. That seemingly never-ending deluge of emails, filling up your in-box, often to overflowing. It’s like gridlock every time you look at your computer screen. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to inch two cars ahead.And it doesn’t...
Oct 9, 2007
A lot has been said/written about the benefits of working at home. And having spent many years both on my own and in a more traditional environment, I have to say I prefer the comfort of an office, with the flexibility to work offsite sometimes when I need a break in...
Oct 8, 2007
I’ve decided to convert my past blog headlines to CP style (i.e. sentence case). It’s a bit of an edit, so I’m going to do it a few entries at a time.
