From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Me, Me, Me! The Effect of Personal Branding

I had coffee with a PR student I mentor this past Friday – exhausted from my Tucson trip, but I wanted to catch up and see how he was doing. Anyway, I was answering all of his questions, pretty much on my A game considering how tired I was… and then he asked it. A [...]

You Can't be a One Person Army

This past week, I was fortunate enough to attend ASAE Future Leaders 2009 in Tucson. With only 56 attendees (and 25 of those being a part of the Leadership Academy) – the conference can only be described as fast-paced and intense. We spent 2.5 days with roughly 14 hour days.
To my readers – The Leadership [...]

Men in PR: What's the Big Deal?

There was a lot of justified uproar last week concerning the Flashbelt conference. While the threats of violence were not, the disgust and outrage that many felt was.  You can read more about it here, as well as an apology from the presenter that came four days later (another sigh from me.)
So, the events that [...]

#FollowFriday for 6/12/2009

It’s Friday – which means it’s my busiest day and I can’t wait to be poolside/lakeside in just hours. So two people of the week to interact with on Twitter, I present: (For my blog post from this morning on ethics, scroll down.)
Lady of the Week: Jenna Oltersdorf, @JennaSnacks
Jenna and I first started talking because [...]

Unethical Client: Does that Mean an Unethical You?

Earlier in the week, I asked my PR crew this question:  “If your client is unethical, are you?”
I received great feedback and some rather interesting comments. To me, ethics is black and white. You are either doing it right, or you’re doing it wrong.  David Mullen wrote a great post this week about admitting your [...]

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