Apr 23 2008
Archive for the 'Public Relations' Category
Jan 14 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR
A happy and healthy New Year to all!
Well after two plus weeks of vacation plus a week of getting caught up on work and some traveling — things are finally getting back to “normal.” I haven’t had the opportunity to post like I had planned despite a well intentioned New Year’s resolution. Mostly because there are so many things going on that I haven’t had the ability to focus on any one thing long enough to complete it. Things are finally getting better as these past few days it’s all started coming together!
Last Thursday I was in Boston at the invitation of Laura Fitton (aka Pistachio) to be a part of the Boston SMC/PRSA event at Bentley College. As you could imagine, I was on a panel discussion about post 2.0 communications. With me on the panel were Laura, Ian Lamont of COMPUTERWORLD, Lois Kelly of Foghound Communication and our moderator C.C.Chapman.
After the panel we held “break outs” on various topics like Twitter, Social Networking, Podcasting, blogging and blogger relations, etc. The audience was incredibly participative and they asked a lot of good questions. You gotta love that! Plus the best part of the event was that I made some great new friends in the process – Susan Getgood of GetGood Strategic Marketing & Doug Haslum & Todd Van Hoosear of Topaz Partners.
I want to thank everyone from the Boston chapter of the Social Media Club and the Boston PRSA for making me feel so welcome and including me in your program. Thank You!
Oct 25 2007
Public Relations? Is that Like Advertising?
I had to laugh when I saw this. Ogilvy PR is hosting its “First Ever ‘Bring Your Parents to Work Day.’” Brilliant concept, but why?
“Employees have found that their parents are often confused about PR, even though they are exposed to it every day when they read a great review about a new product or respond to coverage of a company’s crisis, to name a few. Ogilvy PR realized that this was an opportunity for the company to illustrate the connection, while strengthening its ties to its employees.”
Hey, there are many people in my family who don’t understand what I do for a living — and with social media, even more are confused. I think Ogilvy is onto something. To take this to the next level I would propose they host a “Bring Your Favorite Blogger to Work Day.”
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