Did you catch Sarah Palin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend? Were you as confused as I was?
I’m not sure what her handlers were thinking when they approved her Weekend Update skit. I’m not saying that political hopefuls shouldn’t appear on SNL. Hilary Clinton appeared earlier this year and showed that she could [...]

I attended the annual Health Work and Wellness Conference in Calgary last week and spoke on a panel discussion on the links between positive workplaces and giving back to society. Environics Communications was chosen because of our carbon neutral status that we achieved in June of this year. The audience was made up of 450 [...]

Career public relations professionals inevitably consider media interviews with a different ear and eye than regular folks. It’s no secret that we help to prepare spokespersons to help them make the most of an interview. Only a gullible person thinks that they don’t need to prepare for an encounter with a journalist. After all, good preparation [...]

My friend Jen over at Sequentia flipped me this Gartner Group teaser release about Generation V and corporate interest in establishing online communities.  The release states:
“To do business with the growing ‘Generation Virtual’ population, companies will need to provide, or connect to, social applications to attract and engage customers, gathering information about their future wants and [...]

Tonight’s second Presidential Debate is sure to be exciting, and the economy is certain to be a focal point once again.
I have noticed, though, the sudden preponderance of the “look” command in political discourse and pundit commentary. Barack Obama has always used the interjection, but now everyone is saying it.
“Look . . . the American [...]