by Mark | Jul 20, 2010 | Community, Connecting, Social Media
Last week we were visited by author P.J. Bracegirdle, illustrator Susan Mitchell, their son Ewan and author Kevin Bolger. P.J. was in town to speak at a conference and we’d been talking with him about getting together since we first met him online a few years...
by Mark | Jul 13, 2010 | Community, Connecting, Events and Conferences, PAB Conference, Social Media
Most content creators (myself included) will tell you the most important ingredients to achieve resonance with online audiences are transparency and authenticity. Content that’s less than genuine won’t carry the same impact with readers, listeners and...
by Mark | Jul 5, 2010 | Community, Connecting, Events and Conferences, PAB Conference, Social Media
While the release of the PAB2010 JOLT! videos is not yet official (largely because two of them had render problems that need to be fixed), a few are now available. I’ll likely feature all of them here so don’t be surprised to see a steady stream of PAB...
by Mark | Jan 14, 2010 | Community, Digital Public Affairs
I’ve created a gathering place for the digital public affairs community and posted an ice breaker in the form of a playlist for a multi-part YouTube video of Fleishman-Hillard colleague Pat Cleary (of the Washington, D.C. office) speaking about digital tools in...
by Mark | Dec 17, 2009 | Community, Connecting, Rambles, Social Media
Andrea begins her chemo regimen, tomorrow. Assuming there are no delays or complications, we’ll finish this phase in April. It seems surreal that it’s been over two months since her diagnosis. So much has happened since October 6: three surgeries, cardiac...
by Mark | Nov 16, 2009 | Community
Today, Ottawa city council will vote on the unsolicited, sole-sourced proposal for the commercial redevelopment of the publicly owned Lansdowne Park by local private interests. The proposal is hotly debated largely because the financing deal puts the burden of the...
