Rob’s blog
Five ways to tell if a blog is shilling for Wal-Mart
NY Times: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers Blogger's Swiss bank account has a series of suspicious deposits, each equal to the minimum wage MP3 of bored senior citizen welcomes you every time you visit home page Blog posts appear to have been assembled by imprisoned Chinese...
David Emerson, fauxpologist
David Emerson has apologized: These past several days have been a difficult time for my family and me. I know many of my constituents are having difficulty with the choice I have made. To those of you who are upset with my decision - I apologize. However, I did not...
Eight tips for beginning to blog
Gerald Bauer at the Vancouver Web 2.0 forum has been interviewing leading bloggers in the Vancouver area over the past several weeks. It makes for good reading and some fascinating insights... and today it was my turn. One of the best questions he asked was "What tips...
Social Signal in the news
There's a great overview of how non-profits are using blogging, over at the Oakland Tribune. And not only will you find out about amazing projects like Interplast and Kiva, you'll see the first print mention of Social Signal. (Cue drunken revelry.)
A break? Slacker.
Paul Summerville is taking a break: Been blogging every day since mid-August with some podcasting and videocasting. Taking a break until 6th March. Egads. Suddenly, I feel like a piker.
Ragan Speechwriter’s Conference, day 2: Jeffrey Denny wants to save you from bad commencement speeches
I remember the speech at my university graduation only dimly. Something about barely being able to stay awake through it... and wishing the damn thing would end. That was nearly 20 years ago, and according to Fannie Mae speechwriter Jeffrey Denny – who took us on a...
Will Pate’s on the job market
Will has announced his availability with a blog post entitled Web Marketing Prodigy and Sales Rainmaker Seeks Awesome Job. Frankly, any awesome job worth its salt ought to be seeking him: I'm moving on from Raincity Studios, because I've done my part in getting this...
Tuesday links
Let Evan Leeson show you what might be the iPod's ultimate role: as both a nifty media gizmo in its own right and as the world's most talented remote control. "Depending on where you are, the iPod is either your main device, or your remote. If it is your remote, all...
Stranded: a right way, and a wrong way
Once more, with feeling: this over here is how you handle a crisis, and this over there is how you don't. As I type this in the departure lounge at Ottawa International Airport, an Air Canada staffer is on the horn, patiently explaining why it is that standby...
In the authenticity age, maybe hype is a has-been
Joel at the Hyde Park Associates blog tackles the foam-flecked attacks from right-wing bloggers on Al Gore for his recent speech in Saudi Arabia. His telling concluding paragraph: I would have been much more impressed (and influenced) had the conservatives simply...
Don’t laugh. It worked.
Mark at Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media caught the session I led at Northern Voice yesterday on social change. With all three other panelists unable to attend, I was alone on stage. We were hoping to bring in one of the absent panelists, Marnie Webb, by Skype, but...
At the Ragan Speechwriter’s Conference 2006
If you've come to this page, chances are good that you attended my session at the Ragan Speechwriter's Conference on February 10, 2006 in Washington, DC. And you're probably looking for the notes from my presentation. Well, you can download them right here (in PDF...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
