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Reflections on Hurricane Sandy

If you’re like me, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy you took all of those ominous-sounding warnings seriously. After all, last year’s Hurricane Irene was pretty darn bad. Last year in my area of northern New Jersey, we … Continue reading

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What do Paid-For Twitter Followers, Santa and the Easter Bunny Have in Common?

As I read this article in Forbes last night, I could not help but jump right on my social media high horse to rant about the idea of companies paying vendors to get them Twitter followers. If you have not … Continue reading

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Soda Ban Needs A Sweeter Message

Mayor Bloomberg’s “soda ban” has caused a stir and been met with objections from many Americans around the country, particularly conservatives. To this camp, the Mayor is a prime example of big brother government trampling the rights of individuals. I … Continue reading

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Baseball and PR – How to Create a Winning Team Dynamic

The longer I continue to work in a PR agency with small, close-knit teams assigned to each account, the more parallels I’ve been able to draw from my passion for baseball. And as my beloved New York Yankees picked Ty … Continue reading

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Campaigns: Cauldrons of Communications Errors

Nothing gives us crisis communications professionals agita like a good long presidential campaign.  Every political campaign is a mini crisis all on its own. The unceasing media attention, the unrelenting schedule, the exhaustion of the players, and the fast-paced, heat-of-the-moment … Continue reading

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