In taking the microphone at the Council of PR Firms’ recent Critical Issues Forum, co-hosted by Ketchum’s Rob Flaherty and Council prexy Kathy Cripps, I had hoped to balance the reality of agency existence with its social media aspirations.In a nutshell, the industry, including the largest independent, remains possessed, if not hunkered down by the…… Continue reading Stuck in the PR Past
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PR’s Great Expectations
Stopped in to Brightwaters at the South Street Seaport this morning to take part in the second annual Council of PR Firms-sponsored Critical Issues Forum.With the Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop, the 100+ “who’s who” agency dwellers were treated to four speakers including former CBS News prexy Andrew Heyward, IBM’s SVP, communications Jon Iwata, Pete…… Continue reading PR’s Great Expectations
PRSA Sunday
You gotta love the Acela. Boarded at 12 Noon at New York’s Penn Station, arrived in Philly at 1:20pm ($80 poorer). Alas, if only Amtrak could make it work going northbound.Arrived at the downtown Marriott in the middle of PRSA keynote Mia Farrow”s speech. I was tempted to watch part of it, but there was…… Continue reading PRSA Sunday
PR in PA
With the promise of torrential rain in New York this afternoon, I’m gearing up to head on the Acela to Philly this weekend for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual confab.Looks like Jack O’Dwyer’s favorite industry trade group has drawn a big crowd of pros to the City of Brotherly Love. They’re expected…… Continue reading PR in PA
Geeks Rule
Greg Miller opened the panel discussion before a packed and overheated room of PR execs gathered for the Bulldog-sponsored 2007 PR Agency Summit at the Williams Club in NYC.He ran through some Google-centric slides, with a warning to the attendees to pay attention to the search, advertising, intelligence-gathering monopoly…or perish.He finished, looked over at me;…… Continue reading Geeks Rule
The Loudest Websites?
No it’s not a New York City subway map, nor some Google map mash-up. In fact, the image owes much of its graphic look to the Tokyo subway system. It’s admittedly an unscientific representation of the “loudest” 200 websites. An explanation (based on last year’s list) can be found here. The illustration arrived on my…… Continue reading The Loudest Websites?
Ethical “Media Conduits”
New York’s top PR man tackled the topic of ethics in PR in a Friday post on the Huff. Contrary to Ken Auletta’s gushing profile of the PR power broker in the New Yorker earlier this year, Ms. Huffington’s readers took a decidedly negative take on Howard Rubenstein’s “remedy” for what ails the industry: “Is…… Continue reading Ethical “Media Conduits”
Sixty Minutes with David Pogue
Renaissance gadget guy David Pogue is one very bright and entertaining fellow. In fact, he can be downright hilarious, plus he has a real New York sensibility.Yesterday he delivered a rousing PPT (is this an oxymoron?), infused with video, that kept hundreds of PR types wired to their seats at the Bulldog Conference in DC.…… Continue reading Sixty Minutes with David Pogue
Scobleizer vs. Micropersuader
The beauty of the blogosphere lies in the diversity of opinion one can find…with the right search engine, of course.Two widely divergent POVs emerged today on the subject of search, and specifically the revamp of blog search’s big brand name — Technorati.A-list bloggers, the Scobleizer and the Microspersuader, seemed quite at odds on the re-make…… Continue reading Scobleizer vs. Micropersuader
Top Job Interview
It’s no secret that the 2008 presidential campaigns will fully embrace (and experiment with) many of the latest digital tools and strategies in disparate (and desperate) ways to engage the widening swath of online denizens old enough to vote. Over the next 18 months, we’ll see many of their new media maneuverings emerge — for…… Continue reading Top Job Interview