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So there it was Thursday afternoon. Former NFL’er Ricky Williams announcing he and 50 former NFL players were starting…yes…a spring football league. For those scoring at home, that makes no less than eight non NFL leagues in the football offseason…from flag to fan controlled, AFL to AAFL…trying to go where no one short of the …
We are in a time where women holding elite positions of leadership should not be a surprise any more, but of course it is. Every time a ceiling is shattered or a step is taken towards a new frontier by someone crossing a boundary built by gender, race, sex or creed, the world rightfully takes …
There are an endless number of apps and services that will help you refine and bookmark reading for whatever topic or genre you want. Columbia University Director of Athletics Peter Piling just showed me Instapaper as a bookmarking tool, and many, myself included, feel that Twitter used right is really a great resource to track …
I was honored to have written this piece as the cover story for CoSIDA Magazine this month. The link is here… We’re the diggers, the storytellers, the listeners, the notetakers, the partners, the fixers; yet for all the work we do in a people business, the pressures we take on to help other people can …
“That guy who usually works with you, he is just lovely.” This comment came from another veteran communications colleague this week who us used to dealing with the massive egos in and around business, sports and entertainment, and I guess she found it refreshing that in a competitive world of communications with people yelling over …
It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” This year the global platform designed to raise awareness around men’s issues has a reboot with new partners (Bluestone, MasterCard, Joseph A. Bank/Men’s Warehouse) and expanded causes (mental health awareness). For those who don’t know… Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” is to …
Was a pleasure to pen this piece for the North American Society For Sports Management (NASSM) that ran this week… Much is made about how to navigate the complicated and very fluid professional waters we are in today. As someone who has been at this for over 30 years and has spent the last decade …
If you are going to take a plunge into a crowded storytelling space, it always helps to be first, or at least first in a new area. That’s what the New Jersey Devils did this week, when they brought on sportsbook operator William Hill as a partner, putting their name on a Prudential Center lounge …
We are always looking to learn more, be it new mediums to storytell in, or new audiences to engage with. One of those learners, who I have known for more than a quarter of a century, is Mark Beal For a majority of that time, although he was at Fordham with us prior, Mark has …
Last week in our class at Columbia Octagon’s communications duo of Lauren Tietjen and Alyssa Romano covered a wide range of subjects on proactive storytelling. However one thing stood out: the story that Octagon got the most responses from on LinkedIn was not something about Michael Phelps and his latest deal, or a new project …