Insights

June 27, 2014

Favorite Finds

It was an exciting week for USA soccer as the men’s national team advanced to the knockout rounds in the FIFA World Cup! Here are some of our other favorite headlines of the week: Top 100 Social Ideas: Looking for more social media content ideas? Check out this listfrom Forbes that covers just about everything you could possibly post on
June 20, 2014

Favorite Finds

It’s been a stormy week in Chicagoland, but the climate has been more temperate on Twitter the past several days. Here are some of my favorite finds: Founder and Brand Identity – This insight from Inc.com on leveraging a company’s founder for brand identity is particularly interesting given the American Apparel news this week. The 10 Percent Rule– Millennials are
June 15, 2014

Favorite Finds

Lots of excitement this week from the kick-off of the World Cup to Eric Cantor’s historic defeat in the Republican primary. Here are some other stories that caught our attention last week: The Secret is Out: CIA director John Brennan announced that the super-secret agency planned to launch official CIA social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook. Based on the first tweet released
June 10, 2014

Hail to the Chief

I’ve attended over the years numerous public relations organization events featuring prestigious speakers, but it’s difficult to top last week’s keynoter at the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC) (www.publicity.org) Golden Trumpet Awards dinner: former President Jimmy Carter. On the dais to honor the PCC’s 2014 lifetime achievement winners and former Carter White House staffers – long-time Chicago-based political PR pros