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A Tech Geek’s Guide to Politics
Brad Feld writes about the current debacle in Colorado where Amazon has shut down all of its affiliates in that state as a result of a new law passed by their legislature and signed by the governor to...
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Speakers & Writers: Drop the Potty Mouth
When a speaker or author drops the “f bomb,” utters excretory expletives, or launches a lusty cuss word, it doesn’t add emphasis. It doesn’t make them look cool, hip, and smart. It makes them seem...
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A Briefer History of Time and a Bit of Greater Meaning
Most of the time I read recently released books, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t good books out there that were published more than a few months ago. I’m not talking the “classics” — which honestly...
View ArticleTop 10 Tips for Conference Speakers and Organizers
I do my fair share of speaking, and I attend conferences regularly. After having done both over the past month, I have some observations that hopefully may help other speakers as well as those who...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell’s “Weak Ties”
Malcolm Gladwell’s recent article in The New Yorker magazine continues to generate discussion, so I decided to offer up my two cents over on the DCI Group blog. Though the bonds created by social media...
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Looking to the Future of Digital Public Affairs
Earlier this year, we provided our clients at DCI Group with a white paper I wrote to forecast trends in digital public affairs for the next 12-18 months. We recently decided to make it available...
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How “Energy Efficient” is Your Marketing Campaign?
While listening to the latest episode of FIR Live over the weekend, the concept of “energy efficiency” of marketing and communications campaigns came to mind. No, I’m not talking about how “green” the...
View Article10 Causes of Sloppy Email
I get a lot of email. And a lot of that email reflects pretty poorly on the sender. Some of the emails I receive wouldn’t even make the cut as amateur ransom notes. They are often laden with...
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Surfing Back in Time
I had a conversation yesterday that spurred me to think back to the “old days” of the World Wide Web. You see, I’ve been at this game long enough to remember Yahoo before it was at Yahoo.com. Most of...
View ArticleMeasure What Matters
In communications and in business, too many people get hung up on measuring for the sake of measuring. Just because you can generate all sorts of metrics with impressive numbers and charts doesn’t mean...
View ArticleTop 10 Tips for Conference Speakers and Organizers
I do my fair share of speaking, and I attend conferences regularly. After having done both over the past month, I have some observations that hopefully may help other speakers as well as those who...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell’s “Weak Ties”
Malcolm Gladwell’s recent article in The New Yorker magazine continues to generate discussion, so I decided to offer up my two cents over on the DCI Group blog. Though the bonds created by social media...
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Looking to the Future of Digital Public Affairs
Earlier this year, we provided our clients at DCI Group with a white paper I wrote to forecast trends in digital public affairs for the next 12-18 months. We recently decided to make it available...
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How “Energy Efficient” is Your Marketing Campaign?
While listening to the latest episode of FIR Live over the weekend, the concept of “energy efficiency” of marketing and communications campaigns came to mind. No, I’m not talking about how “green” the...
View Article10 Causes of Sloppy Email
I get a lot of email. And a lot of that email reflects pretty poorly on the sender. Some of the emails I receive wouldn’t even make the cut as amateur ransom notes. They are often laden with...
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Surfing Back in Time
I had a conversation yesterday that spurred me to think back to the “old days” of the World Wide Web. You see, I’ve been at this game long enough to remember Yahoo before it was at Yahoo.com. Most of...
View ArticleMeasure What Matters
In communications and in business, too many people get hung up on measuring for the sake of measuring. Just because you can generate all sorts of metrics with impressive numbers and charts doesn’t mean...
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Content Marketing Hand-Wringing
There seems to be a lot of angst about content marketing these days. Perhaps its a reaction to the term itself (Christopher Penn points out that use of the phrase seems to have peaked). Or maybe it is...
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