Tag Archives: PR
Why don’t my friends think exactly like me?
I see some of my friends’ Facebook posts and wonder: I know he’s a good, smart, open-minded person. How could he possibly support that greed-head Romney? I assume my friends who support Romney wonder something similar about me. Most of us follow the maxim of not talking about religion and politics in social settings, but [...]
Posted in Life, Opinion, What I figured out Also tagged change, communication, conversation, crowdsourcing, culture, dialogue, diversity, language, leadership, Life, openness, Opinion, persuasion, President Obama, public opinion, research, rhetoric, social media, social networks, storytellimg 1 Comment
Social networks: From campfires to Facebook
It’s alchemy: A group of people is greater than the sum of its parts. A hunting party keeps the tribe fed. A bucket brigade douses the barn fire. Thirteen colonies become mightier when they unite. An assembly line mass produces autos. A tech firm creates dazzling innovation. A Twitter community brings a despot down. What’s [...]
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Imagine all the people: Living life in health
Four conferences over two weeks … there’s so much swirling in my head that I could write a post for each of eight different topics. But tonight I landed on a central theme after watching the video of Regina Holliday describe the painting she created during the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco. She captures [...]
Posted in Health movement, Marketing and PR, Visual storytelling Also tagged change, communication, culture, health care, marketing, public opinion, research, storytellimg, video, visual Leave a comment
Put the “public” back in PR
Review: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations by Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge Key idea: Public Relations today means attending to relationships. Good PR starts with listening to the desires, needs and pain points of our customers and potential customers. It also starts with an excellent understanding of what our organization can offer to [...]
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What if you did PR for sausage makers?
On the bulletin board at the Longmont Times-Call in the ’80s there was a picture of four men marveling over a cold white lump of processed turkey. The men were agriculture officials from the Soviet Union and their object of fascination was the ingenious mash-up of turkey parts that normally are scraped into the trash [...]
Posted in Marketing and PR Also tagged authenticity, conversation, marketing, openness, spin, transparency 1 Comment
A cool app to help illustrate a story