Agency lessons I learned from Mad Men, part three

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...

Arment Dietrich and Thornley Fallis – a social story

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...

Counselors Academy: a double major in business and PR

  This is a slightly revised version of the message I wrote as chair of the 2012 PRSA Counselors Academy conference, which is, as I've said on a number of occasions, my PR highlight of the year. I've learned more about running a business, understanding...

Forecast from my social media barometer

PodCamp Toronto is an unconference at its best – a volunteer planned two-day event every February on the campus of Ryerson University – where URL meets IRL with equal parts learning and socializing. The casual atmostphere takes you back to days when...

So you wanna quit your job

I often get calls from people looking for work. And I’m happy to help. Over the past few years, I’ve written several posts on how to get a job in PR. You can find them, here, here, here and here. But one thing that never comes up is the flip side –...