Issues & Advocacy Archive
PR and the Buffett Rule, Part I
September 21st, 2011
Our last blog post discussed the decidedly poor website brand President Obama’s 2012 campaign created to combat political attacks. Since then, Obama announced his latest push to reduce the deficit, …
Read MoreThere Went Your Big PR Announcement – Now What?
May 4th, 2011
Wait… you’re reading this blog today?! And therein lies an important PR lesson. When something so monumental and historic suddenly happens, you can bet it will supplant every other major …
Read MoreWhich Is More “Dumb” – the Regulation, or the Effort to Repeal It?
January 25th, 2011
As promised in our last post, we now turn our PR analysis on President Obama’s recent declaration to dump “dumb” regulations from our federal codes. Such calls to cut cumbersome …
Read MoreYes, Virginia, Polls Do Matter!
January 25th, 2011
President Obama is rebounding post-November shellacking. He has 53 percent job approval rating, and 40 percent of Americans see him as a moderate. Still, the number that likely makes Obama …
Read MoreWe’re Crossing Our Fingers, Lance…
January 20th, 2011
Lance Armstrong‘s beating cancer to become a cycling great is the stuff of legend, there certainly is no quarrel with that. Still, the ongoing whispers and allegations about doping continue …
Read MoreMy choice, My message, My PR
January 10th, 2011
Just how much can a re-branding go to improving public perception? Get your notebook out as we’re going to school… An issue really heating up in Congress is the debate …
Read MoreYour Crisis Is My Crisis Too: The Tale of Brands and Microfinance
January 5th, 2011
A big part of PR is brand and association. When we say “computer companies” you might say Apple or Dell… we say “Wall Street” you say Goldman Sachs…. you get …
Read MoreRemember that Amazing Tweet? Of Course You Didn’t…
December 29th, 2010
In the most recent issue of Wired, Clive Thompson offers a smart analysis on how long-form content is superior to much-hyped online buzz communications. To support his argument, he cites …
Read MoreWhat’s the Price of Social Media? If You Have to Ask…
December 10th, 2010
As much as social media gets hyped as the ongoing, forever-happily-ever-after next big thing, this blog has soul-searched and been willing to criticize the grandeur often associated with the relevant …
Read MoreDialing back Electronic Privacy Expectations
November 16th, 2010
As smartphones continue to replicate or replace other daily means and devices, it’s only natural that the base technology will expand even further into individual users’ routines. The big news …
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