There is little question that the impact of social media on the 2012 elections is something that every professional communicator will be following and commenting on. As an old politico and a comms pro, I love this stuff. From the Arab Spring to America’s 2012 Presidential Election, the impact of social media is as fascinating [...]
We can be our own worst enemies in Cincinnati at times. Whether driven by a quaint midwestern humility, Catholic/Jewish residual guilt, or a too-insular perspective, we tend to think it happens only to us or that we have it worse than everyone and anyone, everywhere and …
Full disclosure, I am more XU than UC and typically cheer for the Muskies in this annual classic. There were no winners in yesterday’s game, only two schools coming away with damaged reputations and kids …
The recent firing of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod over her suspected racist comments clearly demonstrates the dangers of going into crisis mode before understanding all the facts. It looked like damning evidence. A video of Ms. Sherrod delivering a speech at an NAACP banquet, …
After six weeks of canned sound bites and verbal gaffes (courtesy of BP’s Tony Hayward) regarding the Gulf Coast oil spill, I’d like to extend a sincere thanks to President Obama for getting real in an interview with the “Today” …
Saying nothing about the time that lapsed before this statement was issued and its glaringly obvious observations, I have one real question. Is Facebook the appropriate outlet for an apology?
On April 20, an explosion aboard Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig leased by BP, killed 11 crew members and created a leak that has spewed 85,000 barrels of oil to date into the Gulf of Mexico. For BP, the re sponsible party, it is …
Two seemingly unrelated references in the past several days and it feels to me like back to the future : Google and China; and, Twitter and the telegraph. Google & China: Some are predicting that Google will leave China (Reuters article) in a few weeks rather than continue …
“Public Relations” has to be one of the most overused and misunderstood words in our language. That really honks me off. Now comes an article in the Sunday NYT’s magazine titled “Optics: A scientific-sounding buzzword for ‘public relations’,” (On Language, Ben Zimmer; p. 14) tracing the evolution of “optics” (or “optiques” for French and Canadians) [...]
Wikipedia and PR – The beat goes on
At a conference this past week of IPREX, Jay Walsh, Head of Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation (this is Wikipedia), shared insights on February’s SOPA/PIPA blackout. Fascinating discussion.