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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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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TED simulcast available for free

By on February 14th, 2011 In Hype!, Professional Development

My TED podcast feed is one of the most interesting, informative and educational slices of media I subscribe to in iTunes. It’s packed with great thinkers and doers from around the world and lets me in to their world, albeit temporarily. I’d love to attend a TED conference one day, but it’s invite-only and the [...]

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Why you should care about (insert cause here)

By on February 7th, 2011 In Hype!, PR Fail

There is no bigger night for advertising creatives than the Super Bowl. You know this, they know this and the world knows this. As millions of American and international fans sit and watch the most popular TV event of the year, featuring highly paid athletes who we treat like prima donnas, the most exciting and [...]

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What if you had one shot?

By on February 7th, 2011 In Hype!

The web is all abuzz about a Super Bowl ad this morning and it’s not because there was a hot chick in it or some dude got nailed in the bollocks by a beer can. Green Bay may have won the game, but it’s neighbor to the southeast seemingly won the ad war. Did Chrysler [...]

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Startups are so hot right now

By on February 1st, 2011 In Hype!, Professional Development

If the backbone of the American economy is small business, then the spark is startups. New companies, not only in the tech sector, are key in many community and state economic plans, including right here in Arizona. As such, the Arizona Commerce Authority recently received 108 proposals for the Arizona Innovation Challenge, which will reward [...]

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