Archive for April 2013

One of us should report to the Governor’s Office – speedy kwik! When I wrote about “speedy kwik” back in January, I never thought I’d have the opportunity to re-cycle the phrase. And you know better than I do that most of what I write doesn’t bear repeating. But this one does! Really! (The shock is…

Reacting to the Boston Explosions – Two Different Approaches Like you, I receive tons of stuff in my in box. And this week, much of it had to do with the tragedy of the Boston Marathon explosions. In the moments right after a crisis, I’m always incredibly proud of school leaders, communicators, and our respective…

March Madness Revisited – There’s still hope! As the NCAA’s “March Madness” hoopla shifted over to baseball and this past weekend’s 2013 Masters Golf Tournament, I heard opportunity knock loudly at the door. On Saturday there were non-stop media reports on TV and radio about about how a TV viewer phoned the Masters Rules Committee…

What’ll bridge the great Web 2.0 – Web 4.0 divide? In a TED video last month, a presenter described the history of communications since the beginning of time (or basically the last time the Detroit Lions have won a championship…)  He pointed out that the Web 1.0 consisted of one-sided, one-way internet communications. He said…

The Boston Marathon Explosions. Not really knowing. Yet we do. The loss of life and injuries in Boston rightfully dominated our news since yesterday afternoon. While I always enjoy sharing a thought and some humor with you, we’re all struggling with something much bigger. There’s only one path that seems appropriate to take today. My joking…

Whew! It’s gonna be tough encouraging you today. But I tried. (Hopefully, you’ll grade me on effort, not results – just like most days!) At first, I thought I could “engage & inform” you with some fun tax day snippets. Certainly, that’d be a guaranteed laugh riot! Unfortunately, there aren’t any fun tax day snippets…