Tell inconsistent stories and you lose credibility. “Some of my fondest memories are of things that never happened,” a prominent lawyer and raconteur told hundreds of guests at a retirement party, poking…
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Beware Shiny Objects
Assess the situation before it devours you. In the parlance of PR strategists, shiny objects are fleeting distractions. More often manufactured than real. They’re the causes célèbres of today that will be…
Don’t Underestimate Discretion
What if your digital world became public? Ashley Madison has a simple lesson for all of us, even non-adulterers: The digital world isn’t secure. Don’t entrust it with your secrets. It seems…
I’ll Never Forget, Jack.
“To be, or not to be?” ~ Hamlet If you can’t Google it, does it exist? Did it even happen? We’ve joked before about how the Internet is like an elephant. It…
Farewell to the Wild West?
To post or not to post? Reddit & Gawker may decide for you. “A bad story can have a terrible impact on our reputation, and that affects everything we do and every…
“You Lose.”
There’s an old adage in Crisis PR: “Lose focus, and you lose control. Lose control, and you lose.” A prominent litigator smiled when he heard it. “My version is quite similar: ‘Never…
Filling the Void
Not a lot of facts? No facts at all? Speculate. The media does it every day. In life, timeliness is important. Miss the window and you’re SOL. In dating: Meeting the right…
KA-PAO!!!!!
How did headline writers miss that one as Ellen Pao lost a second highly visible battle this year? The latest came this month as Pao was forced out as CEO of Reddit…
Up in Smoke
A story as old as time: Tension of old vs new. When is standing still falling behind? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is finding out. True, the Chamber’s role is to represent…
Timing Is Everything
“Wishing it could plug a leak as easily as deleting a tweet.” ~ The Economist Last week, Twitter fell victim to its own service. Its first-quarter earnings were accidentally published half an…