Monthly Archives: March 2009
So Much Going On…
I’ve been busy and there’s been so much happening: Talk of newspapers being bailed out. Politico share its view. Facebook redesign backlash The launch of MemphisConnect’s blog. @elizlemmonds rocks Memphis and throws an amazing launch party I’m told. I still … Continue reading
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Crisis Day 2
When I was in school and early in my career I would go to PR conferences and hear professionals discuss working in a crisis. I used to think it seemed exciting, challenging and something I’d want to do. Day two … Continue reading
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I Had a Great Blog Post Ready but…
I had a great day. Until 5:09. Then this happened: news.fedex.com/narita
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The Key to Social Media Adoption: Value
I’ve seen presenters, tweeters and bloggers talk about the keys to social media. The list includes transparency, credibility, authenticity, etc. This is all true. Sort of. If you are a content creator, all of these things are important. Take me … Continue reading
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The Rome Rant
For some reason the Jim Rome rant about Texas A&M came up the other night and of course I went and found the transcript. I have to share. As Rome would say, especially about something he said, un-be-liev-ahhh-ble: “They won’t … Continue reading
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Update: Business of Newspapers
Ugh. The plight of the newspaper business continues. Here are the latest headlines: Seattle P-I Goes Digital In an earlier post, I described a world where a newspaper only prints one paper a week, well the Seattle P-I trumps that … Continue reading
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SXSW Day 2 Wrap Up
SXSW is awesome. Simply put. I went from a very entertaining session on how to create and maintain ideas in an organization to a very interactive round-table session on how to blog on company time – which turned into a … Continue reading
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Daniel Hope – teaches classes on blogs, a blog coach and is a blogger, but does it for other people now. Lessons for implementing corporate blogs: 1. convince boss you need a blog. it’s a new website. it’s not a … Continue reading
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Making Ideas Happen – SXSW session
Why Ideas need to be studied. These are my notes from the session. Sorry for the disorganized nature of the post. Lack of Leadership Disorganized & isolated networks – no real approach to building network, lack of feedback exchange Interviewed … Continue reading
