A Job Flys In To Help Provide Parents Childcare

Lindy describes herself as a struggling mom and her household’s only breadwinner.  “I didn’t know how I was going to get my girls in daycare,” she explained.  A coworker told her that her [...]

Are Your Animated Videos Drawing Up These Mistakes?

At a high level, creating animated videos can include discussions about on-screen text, voiceovers, background music and corresponding scenes. However, before leadership reviews the animation for [...]

MacGyvering A Commercial Real Estate Story Idea

Work out loud. Take your target audiences along for the ride on social media and in news stories. Sharing fun behind-the-scenes on a project can be a fun way to ensure your company’s personality [...]

Snow Stops Work In Its Tracks and Rightfully So

During a perfectly productive workday, snow started to fall in Scottsdale. I peered though a window to barely decipher a few flakes falling against the horizon. However, more snow began to drop [...]

11 Questions For Video Production For A Virtual Tour

Your organization decides, due to COVID-19, it needs a high-level, virtual tour of a new location or its current facilities. Without too much flash, your goal is to highlight certain features and [...]

How A Veterinarian Messed Up A Crisis Response

Our yellow Labradors, Marvel and Stormy, are 15 months old, sisters and best friends. (In the photo, Stormy is on the left. Marvel is on the right.) We scheduled a time for a veterinarian to spay [...]

Iowa Caucuses: Stay Out Of The Shadows During Crisis Communications

As I stood in a ballroom of managers while I delivered a presentation about proactively setting your organization’s public messaging, I speculated that too many members of the audience, despite [...]

Video Production: The Day I Bled On Live TV

After days of covering a hurricane on the coast, we drove hours to return to the news station. I felt at ease, the hard work in the rearview mirror and no new deadlines in sight. I felt [...]

Public Relations: Someone Offered To Pay Us With Gift Cards For Sushi

When people first launch a business, they often rationalize poor decisions to earn money. They take on clients covered in red flags. They lower already reasonable fees. They agree to projects [...]

How To Distinguish Your Content From The Rest Of Society’s Silliness

We walked into the building to interview an employee about the value of expanding public transportation. When Karl entered the room, we didn’t hesitate to begin the questioning before he [...]