For Marketers, the Road to Super Bowl 2014 Starts Now While the Baltimore Ravens plan their victory parade, and water-cooler talk bubbles over about Super Bowl ads, Beyonce, and game-changing power outages, it’s not too early to direct our attention to February 2014 and Super Bowl XLVIII. The extended blast of Arctic air that has [...]
We all could use a good pep talk now and then. Maybe it’s because we’ve lost focus. Or lack motivation. Or simply don’t get it. Whatever the reason, a swift kick in the rear and a cold dose of reality can really pay dividends – if you’re fortunate, for the balance of a lifetime. For [...]
It was one of those perfect early spring days that felt like we got a free pass right into June. But the calendar said March 23 – judging day for the PRSA Silver Anvil Awards — so I was confined to a crowded hotel ballroom in lower Manhattan. Despite missing out on the 72-degree weather [...]
Perhaps it was a make-good from Mother Nature for the premature blast of winter we had to endure on Saturday. After a February-like day in October, Sunday arrived like a blessing, the kind of crisp fall day that beckons me to football or photography. I did the football thing last week (plus, the Jets had [...]
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“Good morning. Are you the Actor?” I weighed the question with equal parts skepticism and humor. Were I to be brutally candid, my response would have been, “Actor? Me? Are you kidding? I’m just here for the shoot.” For the record, my last scripted acting role was in the sixth grade class production. But at [...]
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In an interview with Adi Ignatious for the current issue of the Harvard Business Review, Disney CEO Robert Iger discusses the delicate balance between tradition and innovation. “You can’t allow tradition to get in the way of innovation,” Iger said. “There’s a need to respect the past, but it’s a mistake to revere the past.” [...]
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This week, The Firm Voice, a weekly blog from the Council of Public Relations Firms, kicked off “Firm Showcase,” a new feature focusing on an inspiring agency, individual, team, or offering that is “boldly pushing the envelope, innovating, and creating new value in our industry.” We’re very proud and honored that the Council launched this [...]
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Every few years, I head down to New Orleans. The place has had a magnetic pull on me, ever since my first visit there more than 25 years ago. The last time was in 2007, less than two years after Katrina. When the city was devastated in 2005, I wondered if I’d ever make [...]
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Forty years ago today, I was sitting in my fourth grade classroom at Summit Park Elementary, anxious, excited, and greatly distracted. My mind was not on social studies, math, grammar or my trumpet lesson that afternoon. All I could think about was The Fight – and no ordinary fight it was. Not then, and not [...]
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A Sirious Issue
Siri doesn’t like me. Or maybe she just doesn’t understand me. Regardless, it’s not really working out between us. A few months ago, I made the leap from Blackberry to iPhone. It’s been an easy and gratifying transition, everything I’d hoped for — the intuitive design, the enhanced browser experience, the endless variety of apps. [...]
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