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I Want to Thank the Academy… a Language Rant

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Even Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to 2005 Stanford graduates included the phrase: “Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.” If, in high school, our teacher had said, “I would appreciate it if you all would get out your pencils,” how many of us would have done so? ” And we did.

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Weekly Roundup: Linking, Thinking and Blinking

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Kitchen confidential – 2 , from 30 in 2005, by … Why: The author (I won’t name her unless she wants me to) is one of my dearest people; I’ve known her since she was a baby. Why: Anil lays out quite clearly why technology is not society’s problem, but cruelty is.

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A Decade of Thanksgivings

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Thanksgiving in India In 2005, it was time for us to make a trip home… and when I say “home,” I mean India. I went over to some friends, who refused to let me spend the holiday alone. I was deeply touched by their hospitality, and even more touched that my husband didn’t want me to “be ‘alone together’.” That’s love.

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Digital Diplomacy

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I was also an early user , and in 2005 Ogilvy London offered me a job as Interactive Creative Director. I created my first ad banner in 1995 (for AT&T) and went digital fulltime when I joined the Strategic Interactive Group (now Digitas) in 1996. So I moved here from San Francisco.

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7 PR Lessons Komen for the Cure Didn’t Know It Was Giving You

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Many of the Komen and Planned Parenthood partnerships that began in 2005 provide women in remote areas with access to breast health services. Komen for the Cure® that now makes Planned Parenthood ineligible for funding was a decision made on the national level.

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Sticky PR Measurement: Are We There Yet?

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McCormick also serves on the board of directors for Plank Center for Public Relations Leadership at the University of Alabama and the University of Florida Department of Public Relations Advisory Council; served as the president of the PRSA Foundation in 2006 and 2007, and has been a co-chair of the Champions for PRSSA since 2005.

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Color Clash: Pink or Purple?

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Domestic violence - one in four women are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives (from the CDC’s 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey as shared by the National Domestic Violence Hotline ) - one in nine men are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives (also from the CDC’s 2005 Behavioral (..)

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