Last night Intelligence Squared and Neustar conducted a fascinating, Oxford style debate on whether the threat of cyber war has been exaggerated. A packed house at the Newseum in Washington, DC heard four cyber heavyweights go toe-to-toe verbally both for and against the proposition that the threat has been exaggerated. The audience size was all […]
Gabriele and I just got back from a very fun trip to Prague, where my best friend Chris married a beautiful Czech woman named Martina. It was a beautiful ceremony held at a castle outside of Prague, and we were thrilled to share the day with them. The service and food at the wedding was […]
Yesterday I listened to Dan Pink talk about human motivation, as part of Neustar’s Innovation Speakers series. Dan’s well known for writing “Free Agent Nation” about ten years ago and is a good speaker. I attended one of his addresses in 2008 and wrote it up for the blog here. Dan usually takes something of […]
Seth Goldman of Honest Tea spoke at the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) National Capital breakfast last Friday. He gave an extremely engaging address about the continuing success of his company, and the ways they work hard to stay true to their beliefs, especially after the Coca-Cola company purchased a 40% stake in 2008. My […]
I’ve been drinking some good wine this month, or “good juice” as a friend of mine likes to say. Of course I’m doing this purely so I have a nice variety of wine notes to share with you, my readers. <smile> One nice discovery happened during a prospect dinner at Capital Grille Tysons Corner. The […]
Todd Defren’s PR Squared blog is usually a good read, and a couple of days ago he wrote a particularly interesting post. He talked about how every agency is jumping on the social media bandwagon, and the way they describe their social media quals are sounding awfully similar. He compared his own description against those […]
Working in technology PR requires you to constantly be learning about services that can help clients. That’s why I was glad to have some folks from Business Wire visit Strategic Communications Group’s offices and catch us up on improvements to their distribution services. Business Wire is very well established and has been around since the […]
Lately I’ve been pairing my wine reviews with trips, and of course I like to write about the wine we have when we go out to dinner. But the quest for a decent $20 Bordeaux, a tasty Rhone or a powerful Zinfandel need not happen out on the town, or on the road. Here are […]
Every industry has bad actors, and the PR/Communications field is no exception. Lately there has been a lot of attention paid to folks using social media channels without disclosing their true identities or their affiliations. Cecilia Kang had a good piece in the Post recently on this topic. Not only is this behavior shady, it’s […]
Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with Chad Bockius, VP of Marketing and Product Strategy for Socialware. Socialware is a young company with an innovative approach for companies that realize they need to engage in social media, but don’t want to relinquish all control over the process. When you work in technology PR, one […]
I’ve stated often in this blog that you shouldn’t have to spend big money for a satisfying wine experience. There is more wine production going on worldwide than at any time in history, and on average much better production than in the past. There is a wine glut, and you the consumer are in the […]
Gabriele and I had been meaning to try out Liberty Tavern in Clarendon, and last weekend we had a good opportunity. Our good friend Kristin had a party in Arlington, and after stopping by there we went for dinner. I had been a couple of times for drinks with friends and knew the bar was […]