Posts Tagged ‘public-relations’

Thinking Before You Load Up the Corporate Jet

21 Nov 2008 at 17:14

Michael Sommermeyer

Communication, PR, Strategy

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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 [...]

Persuasion vs Participation

25 Jan 2008 at 11:49

Michael Sommermeyer

Communication, PR, Persuasion

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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 [...]

Goodwill with Chocolate Chips

10 Jan 2008 at 12:26

Michael Sommermeyer

Communication, PR, Recipe

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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 [...]