A Few Kind Words – One Night Only
Our firm had the privilege of working in support of the recent Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. The event brought together President Obama and Governor Romney for an evening of lighthearted remarks and self-deprecation. Both distinguished guests lived up to expectations. The President said he was well rested for the evening after […]
More Money Can Cause More Problems for Political Donors
Originally published in the April 2012 issue of PRWeek. We heard a lot about the historical significance of the 2008 presidential election, but this year’s campaign is equally so. For the first time in more than a century, corporations and unions are able to donate as much money as they like to help a candidate […]
NO TALKING!!!
That scold rings loudly in my ears. It came almost daily from Sister John the Baptist, my first grade teacher at St. Matthew’s School in Baltimore as she herded her charges into rows of two for the march to the cafeteria. All these years later, I can see her stern glare and ominous habit as […]
GOOD JOB, Congress.
(Maybe A Little Positive Reinforcement Could Go A Long Way) School kids are heading back to classrooms this week and many will encounter the iconic assignment to write an essay entitled “How I Spent my Summer Vacation.” Consider this my version of that paper. I spent at least a small portion of my summer vacation […]
Dispatch from Dubrovnik: An International View on PR and Independence
At a recent meeting in Dubrovnik of public relations agency heads from nearly a dozen different nations, I was struck by the common emphasis on the importance of independence. At a time in our industry when it seems every firm is somehow owned or allied with one of the global behemoths, there remains a strong […]
Venting in the Age of WikiLeaks
Whether Julian Assange of WikiLeaks should be hung in the middle of Times Square, draped in Christmas lights and attached as a decorative ornament to the Rockefeller Center tree is a question I will leave to others, though I would be happy to help shop for rope and lights if needed. But the new revelations […]
Client Focus Goes Global
A group of public relations agency leaders met recently in Geneva to talk about their businesses, share ideas and consider ways to collaborate to better serve clients. The agency executives are members of ECP Global Communications and IPAN, two international networks of independent firms. Those in attendance were from countries as diverse as Great Britain […]
