Category Archives: Politics

Social media lessons from a self-proclaimed technophobe: Tony Blair

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair dove deep into the Twitter waters earlier this week and was able to experience the social media channel in all its positive and negative glories. It wasn’t always pretty. Seeking to promote his Tony … Continue reading →

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How I want my son to learn about the Iraq War

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Since moving to North Carolina from Switzerland seven months ago, I have encountered two life-changing events: working with a family of Iraqi refugees through the organization World Relief and discovering that my wife is pregnant with our first child (a … Continue reading →

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Counter-intuitive communications talking points for the US presidential candidates

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich and vice versa. Soon the Republican nominee will be exchanging jabs with Barack Obama. He knows a thing or two about nasty primary elections. He had his fair share of negative exchanges wth Hillary Clinton … Continue reading →

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