by Rob Cottingham | Mar 23, 2008 | Blogging
Our friend John Young has dipped his toe in the blogging waters, and then leaped in Mark-Tewksbury-like with a strong stroke, mighty kick, and… eh, I don’t have enough swimming metaphors to draw on. He’s a very good writer – how’s that?... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 23, 2008 | Blogging, Conferences and workshops, Vancouver
Here at Northern Voice, the very generous Lloyd Budd just made a few quick changes that fixed tagging on this blog at long last. I owe him big-time. Thanks, amigo. by Rob Cottingham | Feb 20, 2008 | Blogging, Technology, Vancouver
In honour of this weekend’s Northern Voice conference, my first forays into a whole new world of art: the LOLmoose. (Okay, okay… I’m new at this thing, and I’m 44 years old. Cut me some slack…) by Rob Cottingham | Feb 20, 2008 | Blogging, Communicating, Conferences and workshops, Online Community, Vancouver
I’ll be speaking about crisis communications and the social web on Saturday at Northern Voice, the kick-ass Vancouver-based blogging conference now in its fourth year: Imagine a situation where all eyes are on you or your organization, and you need to... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 28, 2007 | Blogging, Communicating, Speechwriting
In the midst of this great GuideStar piece on writing fundraising letters comes a sentence that galvanized me: Beginning sentences with “and”- one of my favorite connectors that encourages readers to keep reading (actually “listening” because... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 12, 2007 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn
One of my favourite people on the planet, Randy Twaddle of ttweak, is not just a talented communications and branding strategist – he’s also an artist who creates pieces of startling beauty (especially for those of us who both cherish words and futz around...