Stumpin’

I keep an eye on what’s going on in government as every PR person should, but I’ll admit I’ve never been a political junkie. What I am, however, is a key message junkie. And these days I’m getting a great fix.
Here in Canada, signals are that the government will be brought down by a vote [...]

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Missing the connection?

I was chatting with a colleague recently about the ways that social media sites – and the internet in general – help us connect with people from our past. 
Last year I was reading the Torontoist, and one of the writers had the same name as a kid I used to play with when I was young [...]

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Crisis communications at digital speed

Our recent support for clients facing issues or potential crises has included a new dimension of communications best practices – the real-time monitoring of conversations in social media channels. Without this proper social media monitoring, it would be flying blind to attempt true crisis management.
Early in my career, I had the good fortune to work [...]

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No small i when leaders become the brand

One wonders today what the biggest news is and will be: the iPad 2 or the presence/absence of Steve Jobs. Leading up to Apple’s event, there seems so be more media attention on the latter.
There is ongoing debate as to whether CEOs should or shouldn’t become part of their company’s brand.
Richard Branson aligns himself with [...]

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