Words of the Day “Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.” – Arab proverb. HIMSS, Nation’s Largest Healthcare Technology Group Joins $250 Development The proposed Nashville Medical Trade Center got a major shot in the arm this week by landing its first anchor tenant – the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the nation’s largest healthcare technology group. With 28,000 individual and nearly 500 corporate members, the association includes major tech companies such as Microsoft, Dell, IBM, Hewlett Packard and more. The [...]
Friday, April 30th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “Trust is like a vase, once it’s broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be the same again.” – Anonymous. Democrats Lose Trust On Economy As debate about financial reform roils on Capitol Hill – and pundits from both sides spar on legislation to tighten Wall Street regulations – the recession continues to grab headlines and bite the donkey party. With crucial mid-term elections nearing, it appears the Dems have lost the advantage they’ve held for years as the party the public trusts to steer the economy. The timing could be fortunate for [...]
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “Don’t upset the apple cart.” Anonymous American proverb. Apple Falls From Cart, Bar Stool Apple found itself in a bit of a pickle this week. The trendy technology and computer company, whose iPods, iPhones – and most recently iPads – have taken the world by storm, faces a PR dilemma. It seems one of its company engineers left the next generation iPhone on a bar stool in Redwood City, Calif. Oops! Gizmodo.com, a technology blog, obtained the iPhone prototype for $5,000. The handset has a front-facing camera, metallic rim and boxier design. It also has a camera [...]
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “Conservation is humanity caring for the future.” – Nancy Newhall, Author NFCR Joins Earth Day To Stimulate Awareness of Environmental Causes of Cancer Today is Earth Day, and people around the world are focusing on ways to reduce pollution and take better care of our planet. The National Foundation for Cancer Research is joining in to support increased awareness of the environmental causes of cancer, which includes radiation, water pollution, and air pollution from cars, factories, and power plants. Air pollution in particular has been shown to cause lung cancer. For instance, gases from auto exhaust [...]
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein Top U.S. Spokesman Urged Automaker To Come Clean Toyota’s PR guy did the right thing – and tried to dodge a huge crisis communications black eye – and for his message of truth and clarity, Irv Miller win’s this week’s Golden Mic. As the aftershocks of Toyota’s crisis communications earthquake continue to shake the automaker’s crumbling reputation, news came out earlier this month that the company’s top U.S. public relations executive warned in January that Toyota needed to [...]
Monday, April 19th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS