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I’m watching Michael Phelps win another gold medal on CBC and notice that the 2008 Olympics are in Bei-JING (as in jingle all the way). I watch diving on NBC and the Olympics are in Bei-zhing ( “j” like the French pronounce it in words such as “jupe” or “jolie”).
So…is there a right way [...]
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The Barenaked Ladies’ PR problem
Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page was charged with possession of a controlled substance after New York state police found him with cocaine and marijuana, as reported extensively in the Canadian media yesterday. Apparently, he had just finished snorting the stuff with a Canadian dollar bill when police entered his apartment. Why media [...]
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Saying you’re sorry
I’m continually interested in how principles of good communication between individuals can easily be applied to organizations. Prime Minister Harper’s apology yesterday to aboriginal Canadians is a case in point. In his statement, Harper apologized completely and took responsibility for the terrible way that aboriginal children were taken away from their parents and forced into [...]
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Tags: aboriginals, apologize
Facebook: a military threat?
Yesterday, CBC reported on the Canadian Defence Department advising its soldiers to not post personal photos or information on social networking sites such as Facebook due to security concerns. It highlighted how these sites are popular with soldiers to stay in touch with their families back home.
I can definitely see why terrorist organizations, such [...]
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Tags: Facebook, military
Trying out Radian6
After a couple of people on Twitter wrote about Radian6, a tool for tracking issues in social media, I thought I would call them up for a demo. After that, I decided to try it out for a free 7 day trial.
It took about an hour of training by salesman Tim Tozer for me [...]
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Tags: blog monitoring, Radian6
I’ve been reading David Meerman Scott’s The New Rules of Marketing & PR upon the suggestion of Joseph Thornley and his social media bookshelf. It’s very readable with some good info.The chapter that has me nodding my head repeatedly is his section on good writing…or the lack thereof…in business communications. He advises against [...]
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Tags: business-to-business, cliches, David Meerman Scott, grammar, jargon, technology
Roger Clemens’s PR strategy
Last night, I watched 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace interview Roger Clemens about his alleged steroid use.
It wasn’t exactly the most thrilling interview I had ever seen and Clemens isn’t exactly eloquent. In response to Wallace’s question about former trainer Brian McNamee injecting him with human growth hormone or steroids, Clemens answered, “My body never [...]
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Tags: Brian McNamee, Mitchell report, reputation, Roger Clemens, steroids
8 things you don’t know about me
As challenged by David Jones at PR Works, here are 8 facts you probably didn’t know about me.
1. I lived in Kathmandu, Nepal when I was 15 years old which really opened my eyes to how the other half of the planet (or other 85% of it I should say) lives.
2. I was born [...]
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Not that I’m going to do this too often but it had to happen eventually. Here’s a pic of me and my son Ittai who is just over 2 months old. We put him on his stomach every once and a while to help with his physical development.
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