April 22, 2012

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I don’t want our child to be best friends with Siri

Share    About six months ago, Maggie and I walked into our neighborhood Apple Store. She needed a new MacBook for her business and it was right by the Roasterie, so I obliged. For those of you reading this who don’t know Roasterie, think of the best coffee you’ve ever had and imagine it was [...]

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April 20, 2012

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Manager stories

Share  This collection of stories is a follow-up to this week’s #pr20chat, which covered the topic of people management — managing direct reports, managing peer-to-peer and managing up. First story I am not the most confident person in the world. Second-guessing and I have become good friends during my professional career, even though it’s a [...]

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April 17, 2012

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Why are we obsessed with adults in costume?

Share  As kids, we were all scared of certain things. The dark. Brussel sprouts. Monsters. As adults, we are all scared of certain things. Caffeine-free anything. Brussel sprouts. Tax day. But that’s the best part about today. Even if you’re scrambling to get that last-minute return done before midnight tonight, after today we won’t have [...]

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April 12, 2012

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The next big thing in social media

Share  Want to know what it is? The answer might surprise you.  

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April 9, 2012

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Perspective

Share  Today was just like any other Monday. Until it wasn’t. I got into work early for my first of many meetings and began asking myself how I was actually going to get any work done today while in so many meetings. Then I procrastinated starting any of that work so I could go make [...]

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April 5, 2012

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Opening Day memories

Share  The first Royals game I remember was Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. I was 6. And I only remember the 9th inning. The bad call by Denkinger. The bloop double by Iorg. The comeback win in the 9th. How could I not be a Royals fan after that? The thing is…the Royals [...]

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April 1, 2012

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My love/hate relationship with Whole Foods

Share  If you haven’t stood in the checkout line at Whole Foods when they finish ringing you up, then you haven’t felt my pain. Three bags worth of gorceries for the low, low price of $125. Talk about a sucker punch. Someone at least could have told me what was coming. I might have flexed [...]

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March 25, 2012

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5 from South By: I’m on Twitter and LinkedIn…Why won’t you hire me?

Share                Usually when we talk about social media on this blog, we’re talking about how brands use the tools to connect with customers. But at SXSW, my Fleishman-Hillard teammates and I got to talk with Social Media Club about using these  tools for a different reason — to [...]

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March 22, 2012

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52 Comms Mixup video 21: Kansas City YMCA and #KCCacheDash

Share  How much do you know about geocaching? No matter what your answer is, you probably knew more than me when Jake Jacobson invited me to participate in this weekend’s KC Cache Dash — a scavenger hunt combining GPS technology and social media connectivity to pit teams against one another in the search for treasure [...]

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March 20, 2012

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5 from South By: Shrink It and Pink It…Designing Experiences for Women

Share  5 from South By is a series of five blog posts covering some of the most interesting news and trends from South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, earlier this month. Ok, I know what you’re thinking. Let’s get it out of the way right from the start. No, this was not a [...]

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March 18, 2012

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5 from South By: Ambient social networking, a Highlight of SXSW

Share  5 from South By is a series of five blog posts covering some of the most interesting news and trends from South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, earlier this month. Today’s post is a guest entry my FH colleague, Steve Bauer, wrote while at SXSW — Steve was talking up the new [...]

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