Perspective — Seriously?

By on February 28th, 2011 In Advice, Agencies, Best Practices, Employee Communications, Hype!, Marketing, Media, People, Professional Development, Valley PR Blog

My goal is to to rattle the gilded cages of those who want nothing more than to keep people who think, look or love differently than them, out of their cage.

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It’s a mo…mo…mo…mobile world

By on February 28th, 2011 In Employee Communications

I’m reading a strange and interesting novel right now called Super Sad True Love Story by a writer named Gary Shteyngart. It takes place in a dystopian future where America is owned by the Chinese and the country is a sort of information police state in which all citizens are required to carry around small tablet [...]

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Now Revolution (book review)

By on February 26th, 2011 In Professional Development

If you are like me, you won’t get much from this book. If you are up to date with social media and new marketing and advertising techniques, you won’t get much from this book. If you are the arrogant sort that expects books to weave a tight narrative, you won’t get much from this book. [...]

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Stressed Out!

By on February 25th, 2011 In Advice

What stresses you out about your job in PR? I bet we’d have a different answer for every day and client and media outlet. (And probably co-worker if you are in an office.) For all the excitement and variety we endure, there sure is a lot of sh*t that can go with it some days. [...]

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The Domino Project

By on February 25th, 2011 In Hype!, Professional Development

I’m a Seth Godin fan. Have been ever since I read (listened to) Tribes while training for my first half marathon at the end of 2008. While I don’t always agree with his blog posts, his books have always made me think. And now I’m kinda working for him. Not for pay or really anything [...]

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The Write Stuff

By on February 23rd, 2011 In Professional Development

Writing a book is hard. Getting it published is hard. Marketing it is hard. But it isn’t something that must be tackled alone. Friends of the Chandler Library will be presenting a workshop, on April 9 from 10am to 2:30pm, to “inspire your creative spirit and launch your writing career” as part of an effort [...]

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