A perfect PR storm of Telus’ own making
Short of actually causing a loss of human life, a major oil spill or the bulldozing of an orphanage, companies don’t often have a worse stretch of PR than Telus has weathered over the past few weeks. Just as the dust was settling from the site-blocking fiasco, a...What I meant to say about Marc Emery…
…Paul Willcocks says it better, and with — what’s that stuff called again? — oh, yeah, research. If I can take the liberty, here’s his post in brief: Marc Emery may be able to argue that extradition treaties don’t apply because...Telus site-blocking fiasco widens: hundreds of unrelated sites were blocked
Visitor Thomas Dirks alerts us to the OpenNet Initiative’s study on the company’s July 25-28 blockade of the Voices for Change web site. According to the study, Telus also blocked at least 766 additional web sites in the process. Voices for Change’s...Fundamentalism, religion and politics… and some easy money
In a terrific, provocative Viewpoint piece on fundamentalism and reliance on rigid literal interpretations of scripture, James Hrynyshyn writes, [T]he great monotheistic religions all preach love while offering justification for actions without appeal to the concerns...Lame ducks, chicken hawks… and godawful web sites
An Ohio Republican candidate for Congress won by a narrow margin today, despite the fact that the district favoured Bush with 64% of the votes cast less than a year ago. Jean Schmidt eked out a three-per-cent margin over Democrat Paul Hackett, who recently returned...
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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.
