May 7, 2011
For the last two years, I’ve been president of the board of CPRS Toronto, an organization I continue to support and believe in. I’m coming to the end of my tenure and wanted to share my (almost) parting thoughts (originally published in the May eblast):...
May 2, 2011
Today is election day in Canada and an opportunity for us to exercise a basic democratic right. And regardless of what we may think of our leaders or the number of times we’ve visited polling stations in recent years, it’s important for all of us to make...
Apr 27, 2011
I have a confession. I didn’t push the red button on my Zoom this week and had to re-record the first part of my tracks for this week’s show – solo. I had a listen and think the podcast sounds pretty smooth. And I want to give a big thank you to our...
Apr 25, 2011
When I started out as a comedy MC, I used to think killer material was all that mattered. If you had the best jokes, sharpest lines and coolest concepts (and I don’t mean props), you’d win over the crowd every time. It didn’t take me long to realize...
Apr 19, 2011
Last fall, my good friend Gini Dietrich asked me and 30 other senior PR and marketing folks to contribute to a project she was working on. She was compiling a collection of letters to an unnamed CEO offering our honest perspective and advice. The result is the...
Apr 18, 2011
Every year around this time, I write about the Counselors Academy Spring Conference – a gathering of some of the smartest PR agency leaders you’ll ever meet. It’s happening May 13 to 15 in Lake Las Vegas (where gamblers go to drown their sorrows :))....
