Conversation with Todd Van Hoosear About DEMO Spring
Todd Van Hoosear, one of the principals of Fresh Ground, a Boston-area communications firm, joined me on my Disruptive Dialogue podcast to discuss his recent trip to the DEMO Spring conference in Palm Desert, California. Presenters at the event get 6 minutes to convince an audience of media, investors, and entrepreneurs that their new product…
Julie Germany on SxSW and Geek Politics
My colleague, Julie Germany, joined me for a conversation on Disruptive Dialogue about her upcoming trip to South by Southwest where she will be speaking about online politics. As the former Director of the George Washington University Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, as well as the current Vice President of Digital Strategy at…
Don Bates on PR Writing
Next week my good friend Don Bates will be teaching a seminar on PR writing in Washington, DC. This practical and informative session is being sponsored by the PRSA National Capital Chapter and will be hosted at George Washington University on March 16, 2010 from 9 AM to 3 PM. In advance of this gathering,…
Help Find a Cure for Childhood Cancer
As a parent, I can’t imagine the challenge of dealing with one of my children battling cancer. That’s why when my friend Mark Story told me about a little girl named Lauren, I felt compelled to donate to Mark’s efforts on behalf of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
The Value of Professional Coaching
I have given a lot of presentations over the years. Too many to count. Some have been educational, others aimed at pitching a product or service. I have spoken in front of hundreds of people and presented 1 on 1. I have used props and slides, and I have gone without visual aids. I have…
The Tyranny of Weekend & Holiday Emails
Barbara Nixon, Shonali Burke, and I had some interesting dialogue on Twitter this morning, and it inspires this post. The conversation started when I remarked that I had not slept well last night and kept waking up with ideas spinning around in my head. Naturally, that led me to firing off a number of emails…
The Lost Art of Letter Writing
It has become increasingly common for me to find myself in conversations with colleagues where I recognize the reality that I have gone from being a young turk to a budding grayhair. I explain things that seem entirely foreign to the 20-somethings who I work with. For example, I did not have a PC or…
Digital Public Affairs and Thought Leadership
My good friend Mark Story has an excellent post titled “Top Ten Tips on How to Build a First-Rate Online Public Affairs Offering – Or At Least One that Doesn’t Suck.” In it, he offers up a number of great suggestions — many of which I’m keenly interested in as I build out a robust…