23 Oct 2014

Videos
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy8acMKab1A Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday addressed the nation in wake of the terrible tragedy that took place in his nation's capitol. His statement was extremely well written, one of the better in those types of situations I've ever heard, but the delivery lacked emotion. Now, it's important to consider that Mr. Harper probably didn'...
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16 Oct 2014

Videos
Skype is just another example of the length major news organizations are going to in order to make sure they get the "big" story of the day on their air. This example of the Dallas nurse who calls out her employer, Texas Health, for not following proper procedures in handling Ebola patients at her hospital only typifies how Skype, phone, Facetime and other less-glitzy forms of interview...
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14 Oct 2014

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqGx6fSlCWg

Unfortunately, this clip doesn’t need much of a “critique”.  Let’s just say after watching it, it’s important to know your material (In Mrs. Obama’s case, the name of the man she’s there to speak about).

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06 Oct 2014

Videos
Say what you will about Piers Morgan and his politics, but the man knows how to use an analogy to effectively demonstrate a point. Just watch this clip of him being interviewed by Matt Lauer. The analogy comes about midway in when he tries to explain why his campaign for more gun control in the U.S. eventually led to him being fired by CNN. In all of our Media Trainings, we tell par...
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04 Aug 2014

Videos
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Over the past several years, we've worked with many hospitals and doctors (including the hospital featured in this video, Emory University Hospital).  One of the battles doctors and hospitals are always facing are HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws.  These laws prevent institutions ...
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23 Apr 2014

Articles
Last week I had lunch with a prospective client in the Oil and Gas industry who spent a number of years with BP, mainly in their Community Relations department.  The topic of conversation quickly shifted to their efforts to install what could be a controversial plant in the Southern Texas area.  I asked him what they were doing to meet any "resistance" from the community towards the proj...
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