Category Archives: Media

Last week I attended my second Northern Voice conference at the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia. I’ll be blogging a lot in the next few days about the sessions I attended; the lessons learned and a few posts inspired by some truly reflective moments that had while visiting Vancouver. In it’s sixth year…
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The first week of the election across the pond is over and the stakes are really heating up. Labour and Conservatives are locked in a horse race. And, with the Liberal-Democrats  included in the first ever national debates–anything is possible on May 6th. Canadian political watchers love UK elections. There’s more humour, more gossip, and…
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This past weekend I spoke at the FairChance 2010 workshop for prospective municipal candidates in Ottawa. Sandra Blaikie, formerly of A Channel News, is the instigator behind the initiative. Essentially, it’s a committee of engaged Ottawa business owners, philanthropists, and academics looking to provide educational opportunities to people considering running for council, but need more…
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Here are a few interesting news stories I’ve seen this morning that deal with the  intersection of social networking and politics: Tweet breaks Commons rarified rules? House of Commons procedural wonks (Full disclosure: I’m one!) are amused and bemused by the Speaker being forced to rule on a possible violation via Twitter by a Conservative…
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I’m teaching a much-requested session at the Code Factory called Strategies & Tactics for Implementing Social Media – a lot of NGOs and unions ask me to teach them how to take online communications to the next level. The class is this Friday at 1pm. This session is great for organizations with small communications offices…
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So, about a year ago the New York Times pissed off an ugly little fish in New Zealand. The venerable newspaper published an article on September 10th on A1 of the New York edition titled “From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch”. It suggested that Hoki–also known as the main McFish meat at…
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The real story of who is behind the Gordon Lightfoot is sort of like an unfinished jigsaw puzzle. Each media outlet has a little bit of the puzzle, but there is still a bit of a mystery. First, Facebook played an unseen role in this drama. The social networking site has become the go-to place…
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In the next few days I’m going to feature some stories on the digital tactics that firms are using to apply specific bouts of pressure to specific media outlets. These high-stakes, no-holds-barred firms are successfully using ads on Google, Facebook, and blogs to correct the record and and to skewer opponents. Today’s case study is…
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A provincial-level, non-governmental organization recently asked me to weigh in on using media kits as a method of introducing an organization to the media. I couldn’t attend the session in person, but I thought it was an amazing topic and offered to contribute via the blog. A couple of points to help set up the…
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Toronto is collectively confused this morning as a rising political star with a week-old mayoral campaign has confirmed he had “an inappropriate relationship with a young woman.” Adam Giambrone, seen above with partner Sarah McQuarrie, has apologized for his relationship with university student Kristen Lucas. He is no doubt mortified–but that won’t be enough to stop…
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