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 [...]
April 20, 2012
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 [...]
April 17, 2012
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 [...]
April 12, 2012
The next big thing in social media
Share Want to know what it is? The answer might surprise you.
April 9, 2012
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 [...]
April 5, 2012
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 [...]
April 1, 2012
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 [...]
March 25, 2012
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 [...]
March 22, 2012
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 [...]
March 20, 2012
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 [...]
March 18, 2012
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 [...]
April 22, 2012
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