by Rob Cottingham | Feb 17, 2005 | Communicating
Not 24 hours after a media spitstorm, Her Excellency comes out smelling like a rose… and shows the rest of us how to handle a bad-news day. Here’s how: She responded immediately, and made herself available: “Hearing the story on CBC Radio Thursday... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 9, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
By way of the transplanted (and much-missed) Erin, the tragic story of a spin doctor, a Blackberry and two naughty words. by Rob Cottingham | Jan 11, 2005 | Communicating
You might want to think twice before booking with Jetsgo, if Penney Kome’s tale of stranded passengers at Pearson is any indication: Other airlines called in more staff (and presumably paid overtime wages) to respond to the crisis. Not only did Jetsgo lack crew... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 30, 2004 | Communicating
The as-yet-not-really-confirmed trend of post-Enlightenment Americans flocking across the Canadian border may yet translate into a real flow of traffic if the folks at CanadianAlternative.com get their way. The site promotes the Canadian advantage in Medicare, foreign... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 10, 2004 | Speechwriting
Just got a message from a public relations student asking me for advice on a speechwriting career. I resisted the competition-stifling urge to invent some dire reason why she should go into some other field (“You’re very brave, given all that media... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 5, 2004 | Communicating
The International Association of Political Consultants is holding its world conference this weekend here in Vancouver, hosted by my amigos at NOW Communications.Should be an interesting time. I’ll try to resist the urge to buttonhole every American I trip over...