Waxing UnLyrical

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3 Things Puppies and Kittens Taught Me About Becoming Influential

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Those two years might as well have been five (or seven), given the extraordinary progress we made in raising the organization’s visibility and profile during some of the most turbulent times in animal welfare (to cite just two: the 2007 pet food recall and Michael Vick case ). I learned so much while I was at the A.

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Digital Crisis Communications: When to Shut Up

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Just yesterday, my colleague Geoff Livingston published a very interesting Q&A with Andy Gilman of CommCore Consulting. I’ve been through my share of crises (hello, 2007 pet food recall, 2007 Michael Vick case, and many more), and it’s crazy how things have changed. Image: Dingzeyu Li via Unsplash.

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

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when I finally hit PUBLISH. As one of the first 100 or so members of Plurk and early adopter of Twitter, in fact, I found myself chuckling when I saw the recently published graph of Twitters growth [link] and placed my start date of July 22, 2007 on the timeline - I posted an image of my welcoming email from Biz Stone and crew.)