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SOME PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE P.R. BUSINESS FOR 2009
MediaBistro.com is an important and widely read source of news for the media community. It is very robust in its scope of coverage, and provides a constant diet of news, features, information of interest to people in the business, and interactive conversation. They link to a number of …
IF THE FALL IN THE PRICE OF HOMES IS THE ROOT OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE FALL IN THE PRICE OF HOMES?
By my age, habits have become pretty well etched into the pattern of my life. However, I have to admit that I am joining that crush of people …
THE GOOD PART ABOUT BAD NEWS:
SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ECONOMY FROM AN INVESTOR RELATIONS PERSPECTIVE
I spent ten years, beginning in 1981, heading the corporate communications efforts of three publicly owned businesses. In each instance, my highest priority was investor relations. In 1991, after leaving the third company, NVR, the large homebuilding company where I …
THOUGHTS ON THE RISE OF “SUPPORTERISM” AND ITS IMPACT ON WASHINGTON – THE VIDEO
At the December 2, 2008, “New Washington” conference held at The National Press Club , I gave a brief presentation on how I believe the convergence of the economic downturn and the new political environment will give rise to a decline in …
STEVE PEARLSTEIN’S “LEADERSHIP” BLOG IS GREAT. BUT THE PREMISE IS FLAWED.
I have a great deal of respect for Steve Pearlstein. Not only have I read his column for a long time, but I have had the opportunity to spend some time with him one-on-one when he prepared his article about the Qorvis business model versus …
THE EMERGING SHIFT IN THE FOCUS OF MESSAGES AIMED AT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
& WHAT THAT WILL MEAN TO WASHINGTON (AND NEW YORK)
The following are my remarks prepared (and slightly edited) for the conference on “The New Washington” held at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the morning of December 2, 2008. Qorvis Communications was a sponsor …
THE AIRPLANE CRASH THE NEWS MEDIA FORGET TO COVER
As I am watching the coverage today on CNN of the terrorist attack on Mumbai, the coverage goes to the anchorperson who says “We just want to talk about the other major news story that is happening now ….” And he gave a brief report on a …
THE FOUR VITAL COMPONENTS
OF THE ORGANIC MESSAGE:
An Introductory Guide
In my post “The Organic Message,” I discussed my view that messages can attain a life of their own and that the more they achieve that status, the more powerful they become. Those messages that achieve a state of “existence” can be considered to have become an …
IT’S TIME TO RETHINK THE BALANCE SHEET
There are three critical pieces of information for every business: the P&L statement, the cash flow statement, and the balance sheet. Together, they tell how profitable (or not) the enterprise is, how it is positioned to pay its obligations, and the net value of the business. The balance sheet …
FOCUS WASHINGTON INTERVIEW
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THE “ORGANIC” MESSAGE:
UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT
In my last post (“The Message Is The Medium”), I suggested that it is possible to employ a wide variety of distribution channels to communicate messages so potently in terms of packaging, targeting and frequency that the messages become virtually ubiquitous to the people receiving them. I consider such messages to …
THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM:
PREPARE FOR A NEW ERA OF COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS
The following article is long by current blog standards. I try to tie together a few thoughts that are of concern to anyone with an interest in how policy changes may impact their industry, interests or personal lives. I try to make a case that the …
THE DEATH OF THE INTERNET
Yesterday I began to use my new kindle, which is an entirely new device available from Amazon. If you haven’t seen it in person, you can find out more on the web at www.amazon.com/kindle Imagine a device that looks sort of like a frame that is about 8″ high and less …
THIS “RECESSION” MAY BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A RECESSION
The official definition of a “Recession” is that it is two quarters in a row of negative growth. By virtue of that definition, we are not currently in a “Recession” albeit there are many who would argue that we are about to enter one.
I think the debate …
THE BIGGEST LESSON I’VE LEARNED FROM THE QORVIS MODEL
It took a while, but I have come to appreciate what I believe to be the most important lesson to be learned when executing with a new business model. It’s this: new models have new mistakes.
The lesson doesn’t end there. The other, even more critical thing to …
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF VALUE VS. TIME
Imagine you were an international star. Imagine that the news media is going crazy over allegations that you just might be a pedophile. Now imagine that the District Attorney where you live initiates legal action based on that allegation.
Here’s what you would do: First you would ask …
HELLO
Given the title of my blog, The Death of Time, I think the first entry should answer the question: what does that mean? So, here goes.
First of all, I read Einstein when I was a philosophy major (George Washington University, BA 1967). I didn’t read much of Einstein, and probably even less than I was …
