If you’ve ever been in the dreaded debate club in high school or taken it up a notch to a college-level effort, you know there are many tricks to the trade. We saw many tried-and-true tactics employed during the first of several presidential debates. There’s the old idea that you present your opponent’s arguments for […]
Black and White? Or is it a Bunch of Gray?
A dictionary definition of “gray†says it’s a neutral hue. That makes sense. But when it comes to defining a person’s decision making — “it is either black or white†or “there is a lot of gray here†— the neutral tint is at the heart of good public relations. How’s that? Well, when I […]
Staggering Statistics — Get a job or go to graduate school?
The number of college graduates failing to get a job offer after school has become way too large. Recently, a poll showed that 50 percent of recent law school graduates had failed to receive a job offer in the profession after finishing the arduous coursework. What has happened? Sure, we’re in the throes of a […]
Texting – A Shortcut to Disaster
So, you think I’m going to write about texting and driving? No. How about texting and the way it’s murdering our language? Yep. May I proceed? K. To put it bluntly, texting is a lethal injection to the body of our grammar and English. No longer are sentences required. Today, it’s instant gratification and instant […]
Timing is Everything — Especially When It Comes to News Conferences.
In a hastily called news conference, J.P. Morgan announced it’s posting a $2B loss. Ouch. After the market closed on Thursday, May 10, 2012, J.P. Morgan went public with its really bad news for Wall Street and the world. Why was the conference held late in the day on Thursday and quickly thrown together by […]