December 2010
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3 Words for 2011
Anyone who knows me knows that “New Year’s Resolutions” as tradition has them don’t quite cut it for me. I like to think of myself as a work-in-progress, continuously making changes and improvements and seizing opportunities and cleaning out my figurative and literal closet. So, this year, I decided to once again take Chris Brogan’s approach to a new year.
Since 2006,...
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So This Is Christmas...
In one of my favorite Christmas-themed films of all time, Miracle on 34th Street, Kris Kringle himself states:
“For the past 50 years or so I’ve been getting more and more worried about Christmas. Seems we’re all so busy trying to beat the other fellow in making things go faster and look shinier and cost less that Christmas and I are sort of getting lost in the shuffle.”
That...
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Redefining PR: Matthew Harrington, CEO - Edelman
As many of you know, I’m a proud former Edelmanite. After spending nearly two years in the agency, it was difficult not to become a Dan Edelman groupie. I mean that wholeheartedly and respectfully. The agency harbors unparalleled talent and has established itself as a forward-thinking PR power with which to be reckoned.
This is why, I’m so proud to see Matthew Harrington – Edelman’s CEO, whom I...
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Movie Review: Black Swan
I seldom comment on movies. I don’t believe myself to be an expert in cinematography by any means. That being said, if good movies are to elicit emotion and inspire deep thought, Black Swan starring Natalie Portman (in what may, arguably, be her best role yet and should make her a strong Oscar contender), is as exceptional as good movies can get.
I won’t ruin the plot for anyone who has yet to...
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A [Reflective] Essay on the State of Public...
In early 2007, I wrote an essay on “the future of public relations” as part of my application to Burson-Marsteller’s Internship Program in New York City. In it, I provided my thoughts on the evolution of my then-soon-to-be profession, which I perceived at the time to be severely misunderstood and all-too-often disregarded.
After a brief albeit amazing stint at B-M’s headquarters in NYC, followed...
