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Should Failure Be An Option for Communicators?

We’ve seen incredible advances in the communications profession over the past two decades, but are we sharing enough about what we’ve done wrong? When we see a story about a PR failure, do we applaud the risk-taker, or are we simply grateful that we were spared the same [...]

Ghostwriting for Social Media

I recently came across this article about the ethics of ghostwriting for a client on Twitter (UPDATE: the previous link is no longer active – you can view the Google cache of the article here). The client is an executive who wanted several staff members to tweet from his personal Twitter account during a conference [...]

Like Bill Gates Shows, Leaders' Personal Messages Online Can Be a Winning Strategy

I know, not everyone is Bill Gates. Very few people on the planet can gain 100,000 followers on Twitter eight hours after launching their Twitter profile.

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But perhaps we should start thinking like Bill.

Using his newly formed Twitter community, Gates recently launched his newest endeavor, The Gates Notes, where he will [...]