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Thinking Before You Load Up the Corporate Jet

Posted on Nov 21 , 2008 in Communication & PR & Strategy

photo credit: mallamace The beauty of armchair quarterbacking is that you get to see the instant replays. Most strategic communicators never work as armchair quarterbacks. You need to have a sense of the possible outcomes before you act if you want to become a strategist. Which brings me to discuss the corporate travel of the [...]

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Persuasion vs Participation

Posted on Jan 25 , 2008 in Communication & Persuasion & PR

The beginning roots of public relations contains a history filled with efforts to manipulate and persuade people to do something. A recent history (2001+, give or take) of public relations chronicles attempts by PR people to engage their audiences in conversations to find out what makes them tick, and then presumably find the golden key [...]

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Goodwill with Chocolate Chips

Posted on Jan 10 , 2008 in Communication & PR & Recipe

I met Ben Graham as a member of the Leadership Clark County Class of 2001/2002. We were the guys from the courts. He has served as a District Attorney for much of his career and I was a newbie to the county from Texas working as the first court information officer for the Eighth Judicial [...]