Obama's Rhetoric Tops My 2009 Comms Wish List

It has been a long, long time since we’ve had a president or other national leader with the rhetorical skills of Barack Obama. It is going to be a treat to listen to him talk and use the power of communications to push his agenda.
So Obama tops my 2009 Comms Wish List. Here are my [...]

My Coffee With Elke

Had coffee today with Elke Heiss, VP of Sterling Communications and head of their SF office. I know Elke from doing a media training program for one of her clients, ShoreTel Inc., last year.
First of all, Elke recommended that I stop calling my training programs “media training” and instead re-position them as “spokesperson training,” because [...]

Links I've Been Meaning to Share

Had these links on my desktop for several weeks. Click if interested:

New York Times: Can Blogs Become a Big Source of Jobs?
New Yorker: Profile of Walt Mossberg
Second Life TV: A Second Life Video on Faith and Spirituality from UC Berkeley School of Journalism

More Food for Thought on Second Life

There was a great deal of interest in Second Life at the Bulldog conference last week — those who got it (mainly presenters) talking to rapt audiences of those of us who don’t yet get it (virtually everyone else, me included).
I totally get that it’s a super-hot trend. I even get why companies and other [...]