Archive for the ‘Counselors Academy’ Category

Good Counsel: Counselor's Academy 2009

Ben Wheatley and I coordinated the breakout sessions for this year’s Counselors Academy conference. We focused on finding the best of the best to discuss profitability, people, and potential, including other communicators, but also leaders from other industries.

Lean Thinking…A New Mantra for PR Firms

My friend Matt Kurcharski, who is a SVP at Padilla Speer Beardsley posted this on his blog today. I like it so much, I asked if we could post it, too.
Mike Greece, who heads Padilla’s New York Office, has long been a proponent of applying “lean” principles to professional service organizations. Here’s the abstract from [...]

Ethics in PR: It Should Be a Given!

It’s been everything I can do not to comment on Scott McClellan’s book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception.” 

PR Lessons Learned in Cabo

Please forgive me as I brag that I “had” to go to Mexico for the PRSA Counselors Academy conference.  Hey, I didn’t organize it (at least not this year)!  The photo above is of the lovely Westin, which is where the Conference was held.
Rather than talk about PR spin today, I thought I’d list the [...]