Words of the Day “My sense is that the tough fighting will continue; indeed it may get more intense in the next few months” – Gen. David Petraeus during a Senate hearing on his nomination Obama Administration Turns To Gen. Petraeus To Clean Up Mess The Obama Administration is fighting a continued PR battle in the war in Afghanistan. First it was opposition to the surge in forces, then an outcry to a public deadline for withdrawal. But that was nothing compared with the bombshell dropped by Gen. Stanley McChrystal in a piece in Rolling Stone magazine, in which the [...]
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “It’s a setback, and now we will go back into operation and show how this technology can work.” – BP Managing Director Bob Dudley Bad BP Bot Dents Oil Giant Image Further Blame the latest round of bad BP PR on an errant robot. And we’re not talking about the former BP chief who left his daily duties to catch a yacht race off the coast of England. The great Gulf oil spill of 2010 just got greater – and with it another spurt of disastrous publicity – when a remote robot bumped into a vent [...]
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” – John Wooden Basketball Legend Brought Great PR to Sports and the World John Wooden, the Wizard of Waverly and basketball’s most successful coach who recently died at 99, was much more than a coach. He was a mentor and father figure who transcended the basketball court at UCLA to reach a generation and moved the world through integrity, class and character. He was also a master of communication and inspired the masses. Wooden created a sports dynasty at UCLA – 10 national championships [...]
Friday, June 18th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS
Words of the Day “There’s no one who wants this thing over more than I do, I’d like my life back.” – BP CEO Tony Hayward Oil Giant Can’t Plug Spewing Bad PR BP just can’t plug the negative publicity. No matter how hard the petroleum tycoon tries to stop the hemorrhaging oil pipeline 5,000 feet below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico – it just can’t make it stop. And its negative reputation continues to sink to new lows. As the worst oil spill in U.S. history continues to march on the Gulf Coast beaches – it is [...]
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 • Category: Random, Wordsmith | RSS