The International Association of Business Communicators recently held its conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Speaker handouts are online. The next weekend, the American Advertising Federation held its conference in San Francisco. It filmed some of its presenters, and has published…
Communication Skills
One of the seminars I hold for clients is entitled Make Data Come Alive. It’s a afternoon’s course in which participants learn the basics of turning reams of data into well-designed charts that instantly convey an unmistakable message. For many…
A few months ago, I noted I was standing in tall cotton just to be invited to contribute to the Marcom Blog, where older communicators go to trade notes with the new communicators issuing from Auburn University. Now three other…
Elizabeth Albrycht brings us a coolio slide by Ansgar Zerfass. My first sense is that it needs tweaking — crisis blogs might help solve some conflicts, but not complex ones — but I like the idea of mapping this.
The Sprint Ambassador program got around to me today, which I guess ranks me about like Niger or Mali on their diplomatic list. I mean, they got to Rubel (France?) and Jarvis (NATO?) months ago, and we all know those…
Friend Neville Hobson — oh, you don’t know Neville? The guy, the guru, the mentor who has pretty much created whatever awareness European biz has for social media? Yes, that guy — has a new blog at NevilleHobson.com. Now, I…
I’ve signed on again to be a contributor to the Marcom blog, the blog of Robert French, his PR students at Auburn University and a handful of lucky contributors. It’s a terrific initiative that must be getting Robert some serious…
A final, final, installment of the Bacon’s & Cluelessness series that started here and continued here… In this segment: Bacon’s SVP admits error and inadvertantly attaches email from underlings begging Bacon’s SVP to call off the Desirable Roasted dog. Back…
I hope you all will forgive me for leaving you hanging. My post Is Bacon’s Information, Inc. utterly clueless? I’d say it’s possible was posted Thursday, and some of you have been waiting breathlessly for the next installment. [Update: the…
It’s no surprise that my blog has been pinged into virtual submission by the eager beavers at Bacon’s. What’s interesting is that Bacon’s totally slaves to the idea that Internet Explorer is the only browser for right-thinking corporate drones. Memo:…
