Phil's Blogservations

Having A "Message" Is Fine, It's "Messaging" That Sucks
In PR 2.0 circles, it has long been hip to say that there is no place in modern communications for a company with "messages" and that any com...

2009: Hoping For Audacity, Believing We Can Change
From the Edelman Digital blog:
The first few years of my PR career in Silicon Valley were marked by a singular frustration — most PR professionals...

Media Postions GM PR Adviser As 'Auto Analyst', While Arrington Derails PR's Focus
Yuck:
CBS’s 'The Early Show' included a statement in its Dec. 18 report on the Big 3 bailout from 'auto industry ...

In Defense Of The "Purist"
I while ago, I was having lunch with my friend "Bart" whose supervisor "James" had left the firm he worked for at the time. Naturally, this meant that Bart had to take on...

NYT Profile On Jolie's Media Management Shows PR Profession Has A Long Way To Go
I'm still not sure whether The New York Times was repulsed or intrigued by the fact that that Angelina Jolie exhibit...

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Quick Update
So, I spent some time here:
Met this way-cool guy:
Stayed around Chicago long enough to do this:
And this.
Now back out to here, here, and here.
Learning an amazing amount... The inter...

Instructor's Notebook: PROpenMic At Six Months
Cross-posted from Authenticities:
Auburn University's Robert French is to be congratulated for what he's accomplished with PROpenMic. In just six mont...

The Big Dow Drop Meets The Nanny Index
I recently read David Harsanyi's excellent book Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats a...

About The "Collapse" Of "Print": Wisdom From Tom Britt
Great quote from Tom over at the Edelman Digital blog:
Yes, print is alive and kicking, no matter what the newspapers tell you. Their printing...