The national anthem kneeling crisis escalated further Sunday when Vice President Mike Pence demonstrated his viewpoint by walking out on an Indianapolis Colts home game. There are claims of staging, theatrics and planned performances showing up all over the internet. I don’t know, but I will say that when I was working for the executive […]
Pick up the phone or have lunch: Connectivity is not just a digital phenomenon
There has never been a time when we’ve been more connected and in the know. Think about it. Settlers often didn’t know about an approaching blizzard, people didn’t have days to prepare for a hurricane and, even after 1962, we didn’t fully comprehend the near disaster of the Cuban Missile Crisis. But are we really […]
Customized Content: Reaching people like never before
Richard Edelman said it best: We are moving from mass communication to mass customization. No longer is it necessary to blast messages and advertising across broad numbers with the hope of snagging a few would-be customers. Now, armed with the internet and people’s online fanaticism, there is more data on consumers than has ever existed, […]
Unnamed sources: anonymity and Beltway bloviating
My, my, oh my. Things have really changed in Washington. Now a fired FBI director admits under oath that he leaked sensitive documents to an intermediary to give to a reporter. Wow. Novel. Amazing. And standard operating procedure in Washington D.C. Anonymous sources are the lifeblood of reporters who aspire to the “Hallway of Heroes,†[…]
Don’t let facts get in the way
We all learned in school that it’s good to back up your argument with facts. If you don’t justify yourself, then people may not believe what you are saying. Simple enough. But how does that work in today’s warp-speed world with constant actions, reactions and rebuttal to broad spectrum statements voiced by thousands of people? […]