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Haiti Text Campaign, Hope For Haiti Take Golden Mic

Words of the Day “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin Red Cross Haiti Text Campaign & Hope For Haiti Now Wins Golden Mic One of the worst disasters in recent memory – the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that demolished Haiti – was certainly one of the most harrowing news days WordSmith can remember.  But out of the tragedy, a world of caring was born.  And as the major international event unfolded, new and social media became the communication vehicles [...]

iPad-emonium Breaks Out

Words of the Day “Writing is Easy.  All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” – Ernest Hemingway iPad-emonium! WordSmith is flummoxed, you could even say flabbergasted about the launch of Apple Inc.’s iPad multi-media tablet-style computer – which was rolled-out to huge international fanfare yesterday.  And I can’t wait to start slinging words up on the device.  Wonder if they need a certain somebody to test, promote, publicize, and market them???  Give me a call, Steve Jobs! The 9.7-inch touch screen iPad will let users surf the web, check e-mail, read e-books, newspapers and [...]

Welcome To WordSmith, Your Go To Communications Source

Words of the Day “Journalism is the first rough draft of history.” – Anonymous Welcome to WordSmith, Deane♦Smith Media Innovations’ pioneering blog on issues, trends and opinions in the world of communications – and insightful strategies to reach the right audience with the right message at the right time.  Tune in early and often to this blog to catch the latest pithy PRognostications of a recovering journalist.  Yes, after serving five years at a major metropolitan daily in Washington, DC, I finally saw the light and jumped over to the dark side.  In more than two decades with agencies, corporations [...]