Telling your county commissioners, or town officials, they’ve got to own up to problems, might be a cakewalk by comparison…
Author: Harvey Radin
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.
HMPRESENTLY: Whatever it Was… Was Really Something
Well… long story short, all of us in our household came down with something, but we tested negative for COVID…
HMPRESENTLY: The Problem With Messaging
…And then you’re maybe missing something, and some deal is finalized, when you perhaps aren’t entirely sure what the deal is really all about…
HMPRESENTLY: PR-101 and the Archuleta County BOCC
So, a business might come up with some wishy-washy PR lingo, like “We’re aware of the problem, and we’re taking immediate steps to address it…”
HMPRESENTLY: Intoxicating
I’ve been writing about politics and politicians, quite a bit, for a number of reasons…
HMPRESENTLY: No Guts, No Glory
Ramping up the supply of guts — unclogging the supply chain — shouldn’t be such a big deal…
HMPRESENTLY: Uplifting, Encouraging, and Pretty Cool
This vote wasn’t just close. This tally was dead even, with both candidates receiving exactly the same number of votes…
HMPRESENTLY: Boosting Shareholder Value
“What have you been doing, since 80 AD?” they’d be wondering, before demanding management changes… maybe a new CEO…
HMPRESENTLY: Editing The Lord’s Prayer
It’s the word ‘power,’ I suppose, that seems strange. Is it really necessary? And appropriate?
HMPRESENTLY: Don’t Break out the Bubbly, Quite Yet
There’s been a lot of news, lately, about the sudden spate of layoffs at high-tech companies…
HMPRESENTLY: Avoiding Spiky Balls
And like ships at sea, in battle zones, my family and I have been trying to avoid sailing over any viral, explosive mines…
HMPRESENTLY: Little Nuggets, Sometimes…
Business firms, on the other hand, often seem to eschew little nuggets in their communication, which sometimes is necessary, for legal or other reasons…
HMPRESENTLY: Like Ground Fog
If there’s ground fog, at times, where you live, picture PR as that… as ground fog, misty and hovering…
HMPRESENTLY: Would You? For the Money?
We’d talk about that, at home, sometimes — hypothetically — when I was in my PR career…
HMPRESENTLY: More Election Hip Hop Lyrics?
‘Decency.’ A good word that’s much needed, but maybe more now than other times…
HMPRESENTLY: Refreshing Bubbles
The bubble-making device can be dropped down on a riverbed. Plastic waste gets corralled, it’s picked up… and there you have it… a cleaner river…
HMPRESENTLY: Sibling Cats?
When we got her from the pound, she had some respiratory issues, and we were told they didn’t put her down because there was just something about her…
HMPRESENTLY: Under Suspicion
The hippie-looking guy, apparently playing around with the airport official, was bringing laughter to the folks around me…