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Sometimes the cause marketing and social responsibility space can be a bit of a crap shoot. Alignments can be forced, causes can be fleeting, there can be a great deal of repition and box checking, and the ROI can be pretty fluid. Then there are times when magic happens. Case in point. A call came …
I can’t pretend to understand the complexities of the Israel-Gaza crisis going on, as I have not walked in the shoes of those on both sides of this growing humanitarian crisis. What I can do is to listen and learn and try and figure out the little things we can all do to better co-exist, …
It’s always interesting to see the players that tackle the early days of NFL Radio Row at Super Bowl. They are usually the gritty ones, the ones looking to push a brand or a platform who may not be the biggest names right away, but they realize the value that the annual pre-Super Bowl extravaganza …
Sometimes in the world we are in it is so easy to get caught up in the buzz, in the GOATS in the FOMO moments that we miss some of the little things that those who are successful do to achieve their best. Case in point…a blade of grass. As I was reading Lars Anderson’s …
We have written several times on storytelling and its continued value in all forms; knowing who you are, what you do and being able to communicate that fact simply and succinctly in a world of white noise is more valuable today than ever before. Lots of screaming going on, but when you listen, what are …
A few weeks ago, following the layoffs at the NBA and ESPN, I wrote this piece on the underappreciated value of institutional knowledge and it seemed to have resonated with a great deal of people. Yesterday while visiting our local library…talk about a place undervalued in the institutional knowledge space…I came across the checkout slip …
There is so much focus on NIL and what the return will or will not be outside of some social posts and quick cash of various levels that you sometimes forget about the long term sustainable career programs some brands have built out around college athletes of every shape and size. I was reminded of …
There was a time a few years ago when the Big 12 held a one-off basketball media day in New York City. The league wasn’t playing their postseason tournament there for men’s basketball, like the ACC and Big Ten were doing, nor did they add any schools who were in the area. They used it …
Saturday I was in the Verizon store begrudgingly getting a new phone and I was talking to a mom and her daughter next to me. The mom. About my age, was bemoaning all this “technology” and how the ‘80’s and the ‘70’s was better. I laughed and looked at the daughter, who was 22 and …
They have always been the iconic role models that have shaped thousands of lives, from little league to the highest level of competition. They are dedicated and driven, mercurial and emotional, volunteers and mercenaries, teachers and mentors. They are coaches. Yet for all the time, effort and value they put in, these men and women usually never …