Dec 30, 2022Lesson Learned: PR Takeaways from the Biggest Headlines of 2022Lesson Learned: PR Takeaways from the Biggest Headlines of 2022 It’s a wrap: 2022 is over, and oh boy, it was quite a year. From ongoing war and domestic terrorism, to social media shining light on the realities of everything from chronic illness to abortion, 2022 has been a year…Year In Review10 min readYear In Review10 min read
Nov 16, 2022Springtime for ElonI really feel for everyone at Twitter right now. A change of leadership is never easy, but with Elon Musk’s takeover at Twitter, the company’s chaos is in a league of its own. Musk has a well-documented history of shooting off his mouth, and he started the monthslong saga of…Twitter6 min readTwitter6 min read
Oct 26, 2022How Do You Solve A Problem Like Yeezy?How Do You Solve A Problem Like Yeezy? Well, the other shoe finally dropped, and it’s the same one that graced the feet of Run-DMC: Adidas. The shoe company has officially terminated its business relationship with Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, following a string of flagrantly anti-semitic…Yeezy4 min readYeezy4 min read
Sep 28, 2022No Pitch NeededNo Pitch Needed One of my proud accomplishments in my long career was a highly covered campaign called Tappening. It was the late ’00s and we were all riding high on hope and change. …Transgender4 min readTransgender4 min read
Aug 25, 2022What the Heck is Going on at Warner Bros. Discovery?! When Brand Pivots Go SidewaysThe Warner brand has had a rough going of it lately. Sold to AT&T in 2018 and sold again to Discovery, Inc. just four months ago, Warner has struggled to make the most of its considerable intellectual assets. While Disney pumps out billion-dollar Marvel movie after billion-dollar Marvel movie, picks…Warner Bros4 min readWarner Bros4 min read
Jul 20, 2022B is for BlunderB is for Blunder Pretty much the last place you’d expect to hear accusations of unkindness is on Sesame Street. While, in these fractious times, the venerable children’s program has run into opposition for depicting facets of everyday life that rankle conservatives, such as Covid and the existence of LGBTQ…Sesame Street4 min readSesame Street4 min read
Jun 15, 2022Investing in the Emotional Bank Account: How Financial Advisors and Leaders Can Communicate Effectively as We Enter a Bear MarketThe news is just relentless lately? On the one hand, we’ve got deadly mass shooting after deadly mass shooting. On the other, we’ve got the January 6 hearings dropping revelation after revelation about what happened that fateful day. And on the other other hand, we have record-breaking heatwaves and unprecedented…Bear Market3 min readBear Market3 min read
May 23, 2022A Pandemic Walks Into A BarStop me if you’ve heard this one. “A man walks into a bar. Goes up to the bartender, orders a drink. Bartender says ‘you gotta wear a mask in here, guy.’ The man shrugs and says, “If I haven’t caught it by now I’m never gonna.” Okay, so it’s not…Pandemic5 min readPandemic5 min read
Apr 27, 2022The Truth About Climate Change and Corporate Greenwashing: We Can Fight Them, TogetherFirst off, I am not a scientist. I’m a PR guy; always have been, always will be. And as I look back on however many years it’s been in this business, I like to think I’ve made a positive impact on the world; when I founded my current agency, I…Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Mar 18, 2022Communications Follies: Rainbow Capitalism and Other AbsurditiesCommunications Follies: Rainbow Capitalism and Other Absurdities Now, far be it from me to claim to have my finger on the pulse of the LGBTQ community, but what I am an expert in is communications, and in particular, crisis communications, which means I notice when companies are creating PR problems…LGBTQ6 min readLGBTQ6 min read
