by Rob Cottingham | Jan 4, 2006 | Communicating, Politics, Technology
The issues page on John Sprovieri’s web page is blank now, and that’s a pity. The Bramalea-Gore-Malton Conservative candidate had a comprehensive round-up of the issues facing the voters. The voters of Surrey, that is. As reported yesterday by the... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 3, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Politics, Technology
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz have been kind enough to run my audio comments in several editions of For Immediate Release, their outstanding podcast (subscription link) on the intersection of public relations and digital communications. Here’s a transcript of my... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 5, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
If you’re interested in how public relations practitioners have to change to deal with new online realities, I’d urge you to listen to today’s podcast from For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. (You can download the 35-megabyte MP3... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 29, 2005 | Communicating, Politics, Speechwriting
Scott Piatkowski alerted me yesterday to CTV’s contest, Political Idol: If you believe you have what it takes, here’s how it works: Question Period viewers are asked to send in a minute-long written campaign speech on a topic of their choice to... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 14, 2005 | Communicating, SpeechList, Speechwriting
SPEECHLIST: WRITING TO BE HEARD Issue 4 – November 14, 2005 by Rob Cottingham https://www.robcottingham.ca/ rob@robcottingham.ca (c) Rob Cottingham 2005 IN THIS ISSUE… Opening words Feature article: Speech structure 101 Catch Rob at the Ragan Speechwriting... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Mystery Pollster’s look at diverging polling results in the runup to California’s various referenda is more than just wholesome political geeky goodness. It’s also a quick course in some of the latest polling techniques out there, including online...