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Archive for June, 2008

and the winner is…

June 26th, 2008

Last week the annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) PRism awards ceremony was held at the Rochester Museum and Science Center to honor local PR folk for our sheer awesomeness. I was fortunate enough to be involved in the planning of the event, and spent the majority of the evening running around maintaining my [...]

FWA, Jijo and PDD: My personal contributions to our ever-changing lexicon

June 16th, 2008

I’m in love with words and language. Finding the perfect word to describe something: serendipity, penultimate, meritocracy, xenophobia, ameliorate—love ’em. Words and names that sound dirty but aren’t: mastication, exacerbate, poo-poo platter, Aer Lingus, Rubbermaid, etc. (Here’s a list of “97 words that sound dirty but aren’t.”) I know what you’re thinking. “Kevin, you have [...]

Is Cohen calling the kettle black?

June 11th, 2008

Usually I steer clear of political discussions. Ray has far more passion for politics than I do, but this case hit close to home for me so I couldn’t resist. Last week, CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen blasted the public relations profession in a commentary that was in response to the release of Scott [...]

Bottoms Up!

June 6th, 2008

I grew up in a small town in the Finger Lakes. Probably too often when I was young you could hear me say, “I’m so bored. There’s nothing to do.” Well, I’m all grown up now, and in my case, retrospect is certainly 20/20. At this point in my life, I’ve traveled enough, seen enough, [...]