BREAKING NEWS! Good Stories Sell… Even During Osama Bin Laden News Cycle
Osama Bin Laden Dominated Headlines Throughout The Week Scanning the PR industry trades last week, an article about the impact of the Bin Laden news on PR professionals caught my eye. The article...
View ArticleMen Behaving Badly
The American TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly aired for only one full season, from 1996-1997. Today, 15 years or so later, there would be no shortage of content to keep a show with a title like this...
View Article“Life Would Be Sunny, With Plenty of Money and You”
Over the last few weeks there has been no shortage of public bickering about money. From Democrats and Republicans battling over how to solve our nation's debt addiction to NFL players and owners...
View ArticleTen Years Later
On September 11, 2001 I was in Paris. I'd traveled from LA to Paris with a classmate from UCLA business school as part of an international field study project. On that day, as the world had changed...
View ArticleListen Up, Then Speak
"If you think it’s hard to sell products in this economy, you should try to sell politicians," Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary commented on October 27th at the Council of Public...
View ArticleEmpire State of Mind
Since joining CJP five years ago, I've been asked a few dozen times by people what it’s like to work in the Empire State Building. My answer to this question has changed a great deal over the years....
View ArticleFinally, Some Good News: One Community “Occupies Hardware”
Working in the field of financial services public relations, I read more than my share of financial news stories. From the debt crisis in Europe to continued market uncertainty to the negative coverage...
View ArticleBelieve the Hype
After putting their fans through misery for decades, the New Jersey Nets have turned over a new leaf. Next season the Nets are moving to Brooklyn, bringing NBA basketball to the home of basketball...
View ArticleIn Fantasy Football and Finance, Remember to Tune Out The Noise
The NFL season is almost upon us. On September 5 the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys kick off the season at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the first real game of the season. When the ball is...
View ArticleBe the Hype Man and Get Ahead
Even Snoop Started as a Hype Man Often, I attend meetings where there is one or more people involved who do the majority of the talking. Sometimes it is because they are the most expert in the...
View ArticleBenefits of Teaching Strategic Communications in Business Schools Gaining...
UCLA’s Anderson School of Management is among the schools that have the widest array of strategic communications offerings for business students. Many communications professionals have earned a seat...
View ArticleShould I Stay or Should I Go?
The NBA became fixated on promoting its star players over its great teams around the time that Michael Jordan entered the league. Whereas great teams like the Lakers and Celtics seemed to define the...
View ArticleRoundtable: World Teachers’ Day
Yesterday, October 5th, was World Teachers' Day. Words alone can never be enough to thank the countless hours and tireless devotion that so many teachers pour into their jobs. Through not only lessons...
View ArticleSuper Bowl, Super Drama
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post for Unboxed Thoughts focused on the PR challenges facing the NFL. At the time, domestic abuse was front and center in the minds of NFL football fans, as Ray Rice...
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