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Compassion, Conviction, Optimism

When people are stressed and upset, they want to know that you care before they care what you know. Dr. Vincent Covello

The F Word

Samantha: Theres no such thing as bad publicity. Carrie: Of course you’d say that, you’re a publicist. Sex In The City No, I’m not referring to the four letter word that rhymes with duck. I’m also not referring to the beeped f word in those great commercials for frozen dinners. The word I am referring [...]

TV In An On Demand World

According to a retrevo.com Pulse Report, 64% of Americans get at least some of their TV content online. For those under 25 that number rises to 83%. Who wants to wait around for their favourite TV show to come on? Apparently not Americans according to a new retrevo.com Pulse Report. Or Canadians for that matter, [...]

If you don’t have anything nice to say…

Behind the anonymity of commenting, people hate others. It is disgusting… Keith Bilous, ICUC Moderation Services.

Working on my ABC

This professional designation, granted by the International Association of Business Communicators offers professional communicators a way to demonstrate their ability to think and plan strategically and to successfully manage the skills essential for effective organizational communication. About a year ago I decided that I wanted to go for my ABC, which to those not in [...]

Soda and the US Healthcare Debate

“Sugary drinks shouldn’t be a part of our everyday diet,” said New York City Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley. “Drinking beverages loaded with sugars increases the risk of obesity and associated problems, particularly diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, arthritis and cancer.” My name is Rob, and I have a sweet tooth. I do love [...]

Welcome to me VX.0

I have given up count of how many blogs and associated designs that I have. Suffice it to say there have been a few iterations since agentnumberone.com graced the Internets before most people even knew what a blog is. I blew my site up a couple of months ago, thought I had found a design [...]

RIP Ranger, Long Live The Sasquatch!

Well, its over. The Kokanee Ranger’s fate was decided. In the end the Ranger was killed off by a very slim margin. More than 430,000 people engaged in the campaign. It was a really great campaign. I love the announcement video.

Still Fantastic

I’m still bummed he lost at Wimbledon, but I love the video Nike did with Federer.

Are You LinkedIn?

Its always surprising when a colleague gets a request to join LinkedIn and they have no idea what it is. Now I have an easy way to explain it – this great video from CommonCraft. Share it with your friends!