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In Defense of Bad Behavior

July 24, 2009

Why the “watch what you say online” crowd is a festering anachronism I don’t know Sarah Soczka, but if I ever meet her, I’m going to buy her a beer. Sarah is the unwitting victim of the “watch what you say online” crowd, specifically one Jeff Bentoff, APR, of Bentoff, LLC from Wisconsin. Bentoff writes [...]

Shaping Green Controversies

April 16, 2009

Recognizing What Triggers Environmental Misinformation [This was published originally in the April 2009 issse of PRSA's TACTICS newsletter.]                            Environmental concerns are driven by good intentions and, often, a sense of urgency. There is a reason for this. Climate change indexes, regarded by [...]

The Art of Giving Advice and the Difference Between Strategies and Tactics

January 19, 2009

Strategic Advising FREE e-book Now Available Two weeks ago I mentioned that public relations inherently suited for emerging, social media. A (somewhat false) debate has arisen that, conversely, social media experts inherently know public relations. It’s an assumption that must be granted some sympathy given the many illusions these technologies generate. Despite public relations’ paradoxical [...]