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The pulpit, be it on a mobile device, in front of a microphone or talking to friends and family is such a powerful position. You have the ability, large or small to speak and drive everything from public opinion to what your family is eating for dinner. However, do we use it correctly? In our …
It’s that time of year for sports fans in New York. No, not NFL Playoff time sadly, it’s the weekend when the PBR arrives at MSG. There are few sports promotions that find their way into what some may see as misfit as the PBR does when it comes to New York. If you watched …
There he was again, finding a way to insert into a narrative tell a story, remind us how to enjoy the sometimes mundane act of watching an early January hoops game while a legendary coach gets…tossed out? Snoop Dogg does it again. If you haven’t watched or listened to his call as the Warriors Steve …
There is a senior executive I know who constantly reminds his communications person that he needs deals, not more friends. As we start a new year and I think back on all the new people I met this year, I find that very sad. I was having lunch and then some calls with colleagues who …
The information gleaned from newsletters, if you can curate them correctly, is invaluable. One of my favorites is Offball, which brings me info on sports like pop culture I don’t find elsewhere. This week was a little ditty about “Marty Supreme” and the misframed message of it’s what…it’s a story framed around table tennis, not …
What a year…AGAIN!. Still we have time for reflection and nostalgia, and while I am a big believer of taking a pause, year round really, and figuring what got done and what could be done differently personally and professionally, I am not a big one on lists of the past or for that matter, predictions of …
There were lots of debate on the NFL’s move into the Christmas Day lineup and how it would hurt the NBA or not and on and on. Would the NFL’s two latest partners, Netflix and Amazon, be hurt by the failings of what were thought to be elite matchups suddenly turned into also-ran’s…would the NBA …
As we wrapped up the semester we again were able to look back and get the reminder of the value of relevance, which as we have noted before is what has kept people like Snoop Dog and even Willie Nelson atop the relevance list regardless of age…because they are curious learners with a willingness to …
W e are big fans of all cause marketing and social responsibility can do to make us better humans, so we asked my colleague Howard Brodwin at Sports and Social Change to give us a list of what’ was on his radar as we round out the year… Back (adverb) – in the opposite direction from which …
When I was with the Knicks we were practicing at Pauley Pavillion one day, and Larry Brown walked in and told a story. Pointing to the end zone he told me to see the banners up there…the only ones hanging were for National Championships. “That was Coach Wooden, when I became head coach here I …
