by Rob Cottingham | Apr 6, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Vancouver
This looks great. Stephen Legault of Highwater Mark Strategy and Communications has written a new book, Carry Tiger to Mountain, bringing the wisdom of the Tao te Ching to bear on modern-day social change leadership. And later this month, they’ll launch it: Help... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 5, 2006 | Comedy, Politics, Vancouver
Comedy update #1: I’m doing stand-up on Friday night at Gregor Robertson’s fundraiser. And better yet, I’m opening for Rock, Paper, Scissors, the very funny Vancouver comedy, corporate entertainment and training troupe. The scoop: MLA, Gregor... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 3, 2006 | Communicating, Politics, Technology
Via Shel Holtz, here’s a highly compelling use of Macromedia’s oft-maligned Flash technology: Iraq War Coalition Fatalities. This is one area where Flash excels – telling stories visually, in this case the loss of life among the U.S. and its allies in... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 3, 2006 | Communicating, Politics
Terrific news from last month’s convention of the American Association of Political Consultants: my friends (and former coworkers) at NOW Communications took home four Pollies, the coveted awards for excellence in political communication. They won a bronze in... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 31, 2006 | Media Mix, Politics
Thankfully, Colin Mayes, MP (Conservative – Okanagan-Shuswap-North Gulag) now no longer supports jailing reporters who write articles that strike him as unfair: In a column e-mailed this week to several B.C. newspapers in his riding of Okanagan-Shuswap, Colin Mayes... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2006 | Politics, Speechwriting
I don’t know much about state senate races in Maryland. I do know a great quotation when I see one… and Jamie Raskin, a constitutional law professor running in the Democratic primary, has just assured himself a place in the next edition of any half-decent...