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Share Living in the era of “Intervention” and “Celebrity Rehab” reality TV shows and pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness, it’s hard to remember there was a time when society viewed seeking treatment for addiction as shameful and battles with breast cancer were kept secret. Photo courtesy of dbking on Flickr Former First Lady Betty Ford, [...] July 9th, 2011 | Tags: Addiction, Betty Ford, Breast Cancer Awareness, communications heroes, First Lady, persuasive storytelling, Policy Communications, Recovery, social change, social issues, White House | Categories: Communications Heroes, Policy Communications, Social Issues, Training & TA, Uncategorized
Leave a comment | Share: Share Is it possible for one video to launch a social change revolution? Can one YouTube video inspire others to take action and become activists? President Obama proclaimed June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month and launched a new section on the White House website dedicated to the policies and issues impacting the LGBT community. [...] June 14th, 2011 | Tags: and Transgender Pride Month, Bisexual, Dan Savage, Gay, Giants, Google Chrome, It Gets Better, It Gets Better Project, lesbian, LGBT Pride, Multicultural Outreach, Online Marketing, online video, Pixar, Policy Communications, President Barack Obama, social issues, social media, viral video, White House, YouTube | Categories: Multicultural Outreach, Online Marketing, Policy Communications, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Leave a comment | Share: Share When communicators organize and stage a press conference for their organizations, the stakes are pretty high. We hold press conferences to support a variety of objectives — such as to address recent challenges or issues or to launch new programs — however, rarely do we have to think about how our press conference will [...] April 26th, 2011 | Tags: audience research, Ben Bernanke, event planning, Federal Reserve, Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications, Press Conferences, Wall Street Journal | Categories: Event Planning, Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications
Leave a comment | Share: Share Photo by nanpalmero on Flickr This past month, Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) made a critical mistake on Twitter. Out of the blue, he blocked several local reporters from reading his tweets. Members of the Texas media, including Tom Benning from the Dallas Morning News, received the blocked notice when they attempted to view the [...] March 23rd, 2011 | Tags: Dallas Morning News, digital media, Governor Perry, Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications, policymaker, politics, Rick Perry, social media, Social Media Policy, social networking, Twitter | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications
Leave a comment | Share: Share Romanization of character language systems, such as Chinese, can pose cultural and linguistic challenges for communicators. Photo credit: Our Signature by 2493™ on Flickr Have you noticed in the coverage about the protests in Libya that the name of the country’s leader is spelled differently depending on the news organization? I’ve seen his name reported as Muammar el-Qaddafi, [...] March 1st, 2011 | Tags: audience outreach, audience research, communication, cultural competency, el-Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Gadhafi, language, Latin, Libya, linguistic competency, multicultural communication, Multicultural Outreach, Qaddafi, Romanization, Slate, transliteration | Categories: Design & Editorial, Multicultural Outreach, Policy Communications, Social Issues, Social Marketing
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