This past weekend, I had a date with my wife. As usual, we didn’t quite know where to eat. Living in the city, we love to hit local haunts like Busters on 28th, El Meson and Broders. But, sometimes we like to branch out and try something new. How do we find a new spot?  Read more »

Since my friend Amy Mengel flat-out refuses to write this post, I will. Quite frankly, it’s a post that needs to be shared with the world. The inspiration? A 200-foot tall Barry Manilow mural on the side of the Las Vegas Hilton at BlogWorld last week (see image at right). I mean, if that doesn’t  Read more »

If you work in the world of PR, marketing and social media and you’re not following Dave Fleet, you may want to start. NOW. The guy churns out thoughtful, compelling and useful content on a regular basis–all on top of working at one of the top digital agencies in North America: Thornley Fallis. Oh, and  Read more »

We’ve already seen a number of recaps of BlogWorld the last few days. My faves include my friend and colleague Tony Saucier (he actually live blogged throughout the event), Aaron Strout’s (including the Quick N Dirty podcast) and George Smith’s. So, I thought I’d take a little different approach (well, similar to Tony’s actually) and  Read more »

Health care reform. It’s taken center stage in the national political scene the last few months. And with good reason. The current system is broken—in more ways than most of us would care to admit. But in Minnesota, something interesting is going on. We’re actually doing something about it. Payers and providers—not state or federal  Read more »

As professionals, particularly in a service business (I work at a mid-size PR agency in Manhattan), we are taught to treat colleagues, business associates, our bosses and most especially, clients, with the utmost respect. We are expected to use appropriate language, tone and greetings to each other. In general, the Golden Rule is supposed to  Read more »

It’s chic to be geek. Just look at our culture. The Geek Squad. Freaks and Geeks (Ok, so it’s 10 years old, but it was pretty damn funny. OK, at least I thought it was funny.) “The Geek Girls” (a small agency in MSP founded by Nancy Lyons and Meghan Wilker). Hell, my friend Tony  Read more »

OK, yeah, I know Jason DeRusha’s a journalist, not a PR flak. But, I thought it would be fun to highlight one of the real rock stars on the journalism side. And, I thought it would be interesting to chat with a broadcast reporter/anchor who is really using social media to transform the way he  Read more »

Great conversation at Social Media Breakfast Twin Cities last week sparked an idea for me. The discussion was around how organizations use social tools and platforms “behind the firewall.” Many interesting topics and issues were raised. But for me, I keep coming back to one question: Is this all about business? The obvious answer: Yes.  Read more »