“Off the record” is a phrase that often crops up in pop culture. For example, in the 2005 movie “Thank You For Smoking,” there is a scene where an ambitious…
A recipe for bad PR
What happens when a fan-favorite chef mixes her desire to open a restaurant with Kickstarter? A lot of people are left with a bad taste in their mouths. Carla Hall,…
Facebook’s Hot For Teacher
Is it just my Facebook News Feed or is there a whole lot of teacher love going on? My News Feed feels light, cheerful and kind, as we enter this…
Lessons from the #IceBucketChallenge Keep Coming
I wrote a piece for PR Week last Tuesday (8/19) called “Seven Lessons for Communicators in the #IceBucketChallenge.” At the time the effort had raised $15 million. Videos of people…
Let’s put an end to click-bait headlines
It’s no secret that professionals in the online media industry love traffic. Not the road rage, bumper-to-bumper kind of course, but the online traffic that puts a spike in our…