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We are always learning, especially from those who carved the path which we have followed. So it was with great pride I got to catch up with one of the communications and marketing industry’s true pioneers and one of its best storytellers, Alan Taylor. Alan, now living in Florida, recently penned a book called …
I admit it, I love reading AARP Magazine. It has the largest circulation of any publication in North America, yet people snicker. Not an edition goes by where I am not learning something from those older: Martin Short and Billy Joel, Tom Selleck and Robin Roberts. On and on and on. Smart short, sensible points …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. Here we go from the business of Snapchat to talking security and the business of Clear to a look at Special needs hockey during Hockey Week in America this week. These were again …
All I was doing was cleaning out my bag. That’s it. There I had collected ticket stubs from the last six or eight months from everything from Off Broadway shows to Minor League Baseball to Army Navy football to soccer to college basketball. A nice pile that I keep in a small book. Each gives …
The following originally appeared in NY Sports Day. With Hockey Week Across America coming it is a good fit. If you were passing by Lasker Rink in the far reaches of Central Park on a recent Friday morning as the rain stopped, you may have looked twice at the goings on on the ice, …
We love disruptive platforms that look to storytell and challenge the norm. We love them even more when they are not just a good idea, they are becoming a good business model. Meet World’s Greatest. The video content platform is of, by and for the World’s Greatest athletes, most with Olympic sports ties, and their …
Years ago when I was with the Knicks, star forward Kurt Thomas came to the community relations team with an idea; he had been screwed out of a large amount of money by a former agent and wanted to find a way to help inner-city kids understand how to manage their money so they were …
The issue and opportunity around widespread and consistent coverage around women’s sports is one that continues to perplex many. The data of the growth not just of women and girls engaged in sports, but in the buying and decision power around the female demo, as well as the ever-growing rise in engagement in all aspects …
There they were on a beautiful Boston afternoon, Tom Brady and Julian Edelman, riding the Duck Boats in the Patriots Victory parade, adorned not in Patriots Championship merchandise but in tee-shirts of their own, owned design, readily available for sale. The tee shirts come just days after Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade announced his deal …
Spent four productive Pre Super Bowl days logging lots of Fitbit steps in and around downtown Atlanta produced some great experiences, meetings and observations. Here Ya Go… The Value of Radio Row: A few years ago the death of radio, or the spoken word, as a viable piece of storytelling to a wide audience …