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PAWTUCKET - Paul N. Gingras, 85, died Wednesday, November 21, 2013 at Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island. He was the beloved husband of the late Genevieve (Losiewicz) Gingras for 44 years until her death in 2000. Paul was a lifelong resident of the Blackstone Valley; born in Pawtucket the son of the late Joseph and Lena (Baron) Gingras. He was a painting subcontractor until his retirement in 1993.
He was an avid Red Sox fan. He was a former coach in the Darlington American Little League. Paul was a member of Sullivan Council of the Knights of Columbus. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army having served in WWII.
Paul is survived by his son Paul S. Gingras and his wife Karen of Groton, Ma; his daughter Deborah McNerney and her husband Steve of Pawtucket; his grandsons Michael, Andrew, and Matthew Gingras, and Stephen McNerney; a brother Louis Gingras of Lincoln, RI and several nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Claire Beland, Dorothy Vallaincourt, and Leo, Raymond, Conrad, Noella, and Gail Gingras.
His funeral will be held from the Darlington Mortuary, 1042 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Teresa's Church, Newport Avenue, Pawtucket at 10:00 a.m. Burial with military honors will follow at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery, Prospect Street, Pawtucket. Calling hours in the funeral home on Sunday, November 24, 2013 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Clergyman and geologist. Attended Adam Sedgwick's lectures on geology while an undergraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge. Emigrated in 1839 to Australia, where he carried out extensive geological surveys. Discovered gold in New South Wales in 1841. Incumbent of St Thomas's, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1846–71. FRS 1876.
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Fredn.1) a person who spends a lot of money on his bike and clothing, but still can't ride
I decided a while back that my trusty old LeMond Tourmalet (named after a famous cycling climb often featured in the Tour de France, as most of LeMond's bikes are) was holding me back. Specifically, despite me dropping a number of well-placed hints, it still weighs as much as it always did, a portly 29 pounds. The lightest pro bikes are around 6.75 kg (33.5 hectares to you and me), which is roughly half of what the Tourmalet weighs, and there are a number of bikes that weigh less than 18 pounds (1.25 parsecs).
So, it was off to a LBS (local bike shop) to see what was out there. I had a few requirements:
I headed out to Samamish Valley Cycles to start my search. After a bit of discussion, we settled on two likely bikes:
I rode the Firenze first. It's very light with a low moment of inertial (ie light wheels), and rides wonderfully, though there is a certain springiness. I liked it a fair bit, but unfortunately, it only comes in a matte finish. I'm all for the artistry of nice welds and good machining, but silver is my least favorite color for vehicles, so this is a non-starter for me. Litespeed does make the Solano, which is a bit stiffer, and comes with a nice yellow paint job. I'm not sure if it's available with a triple or not, however.
The Bianchi was pretty forgettable. It rode like a slightly different version of my current bike - better, but not really better. So it's not on my list.
My next bike to try is the Trek 5200. Carbon fiber frame, just like the US Postal bike, blah, blah blah. It meets all my requirements, so I'll be trying to ride one in the next couple of weeks.


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OK, I'm not really an African explorer. Still, it's hard to escape the feeling that I was born 100 years too late.
In real life, The Angle is Steve Winter. My new home is in Newcastle, Washington, just across Lake Washington from Seattle. I'm from Dubuque, Iowa, originally. I'm a 45-year-old freelance editor, author, and game designer.
I came by that profession honestly, having been a newspaper reporter in Illinois and then working for TSR, Inc., publishers of the Dungeons & Dragons game. I started there as an editor in May of 1981. By the time I left in August of '97, I had been the Creative Director of AD&D for most of the '90s (whatever you thought of AD&D products during those years, I'm to blame.) In the meantime, I got to work on all sorts of fun projects. The list is too long even to recall, let alone to print here in its entirety.
A few still stand out in my mind, however: the 2nd edition of AD&D, Oriental Adventures, Kara-Tur, Spelljammer, GangBusters, Spellfire, and Marvel Super Heroes. I wrote the Complete Psionics Handbook, A Mighty Fortress, and the 3rd edition of Boot Hill (those last two are probably my favorites). There were also wargames: Sniper, Hetzer, Bug Hunter, and collaborations on Onslaught, WW2: ETO and PTO, The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising
My involvement with miniatures started through role-playing, logically enough. It was the combination of Larry Brom's excellent rules The Sword and the Flame and the beautiful and affordable Zulu War figures released by Ral Partha in the early '80s that lit a fire under me. From that point on, hardly a convention went by that didn't see me running a Zulu War game of one sort or another.
All those original Zulu War pieces have since been joined by the Sudan (still growing), Northwest Frontier (in progress), Space: 1889 Martians, and assortments of German infantry and sailors, U.S. marines, civilians, and all the other odd bits that go into colorful colonial scenarios. My newest projects are U.S. Cavalry and Apaches and a still-forming Central American lost world game; watch this space for developments. Of course, all this shares time and space with the fantasy, medieval, 30 Years War, and microarmor collections crowding my shelves, and the wargames, board games, computer games, and RPGs crammed into the office.


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The title explains it all but this group is a fan group for the Video Games Mass Effect 1 (ME1), Mass Effect 2 (ME2), and Mass Effect 3 (ME3). This is the place to post images, videos and news about the Mass Effect Universe, comics and games.
oh cool now they have 4 eyes...
well if you look at it that way, technically 5... and a turian mouth =p
well if you look at it that way, technically 5... and a turian mouth =p
It's nice, and someone worked hard on it. It just doesn't do anything for me personally.
It is a very nice picture though.
But n7 is a part of the Systems alliance, the Human military. Not the Drell's.
Looks awesome man, but mod-man-8 is right about N7, and it doesn't look like a Drell, but those in no way take anything away from the picture, and who knows the Systems Alliance in the future could have a multi-species army
looks like a cross between N7 armor and the collectors.... maybe an experiment gone wrong on the collector base?
It would fit more for Batarians IMO
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LONDON—If all you know about Kayla Harrison is what she accomplished here at the ExCel Arena on Thursday, you have cause to be plenty impressed. Harrison took down home-crowd favorite Gemma Gibbons in the women's judo 78-kilogram final to win the gold medal, marking the first time an American has claimed Olympic judo gold.
It is an enormous accomplishment for an athlete in a sport that is just starting to gain a footing in the U.S.
"It still is a little bit surreal," Harrison said, seated alongside coach Jimmy Pedro and in front of Pedro's father, Jimmy Sr. "We practice a lot of visualization, and every night before I go to sleep I would walk through my day and I would picture my Olympic journey and I would picture every moment of it. So to have it happen, to have that clock tick down, to have it say, 'Kayla Harrison, winner,' was amazing. I couldn't have done it without Jimmy, I couldn't have done it without his father."
Most athletes would say that about their coaches, of course. But to understand just what the Pedros have done for the 22-year-old Harrison, you have to go back five years. That's when you get a real sense of the depth of Harrison's story. That's when you realize what an impressive woman she is.
Back in 2007, when Harrison was just 16 and living in Ohio, she pulled together the grit and will to walk into a courtroom and step to the witness stand in the trial of Daniel Doyle, who had been her judo coach for years. Doyle was charged with sexual abuse. Harrison had been his victim for about five years, noting that she was almost brainwashed by a man she considered a mentor, someone she both loved and loathed. After Harrison's testimony, Doyle pleaded guilty, taking a 10-year sentence.
That was hard enough to do. But the aftermath was no easier. Wanting to give her daughter distance between the abuse and the rubble that was left behind after Doyle was sentenced, Harrison's mother sent her to Wakefield, Mass., a town north of Boston where one of U.S. judo's best-ever athletes, Pedro, and his father are based. The Pedros took Harrison in. She hated Massachusetts, missed Ohio and considered tossing aside her judo career and giving up.
But she didn't, thanks in large part to the Pedros, who not only pushed her to improve at her sport, but to come to grips with her past.
They got her back in school. They got her into therapy. And slowly, things got better for Harrison.
"It wasn't one particular moment," she said. "It was a collection of moments. It was my teammates picking me up and making me go to practice and making me go to lifting. It was Jimmy getting me back in school and me going to see a therapist. And me sort of collecting the pieces of my life and putting them back together. I guess I have always been a little bit stubborn. It would have been hard to walk away."
Rather than escaping her past by ditching judo, Harrison dealt with her past by immersing herself in it. She has always had talent at the sport, but what has elevated her is a dedication that comes from not wanting to cheat her ability, not wanting to disappoint herself before anyone else.
"Kayla is someone who mentally responds to good coaching," Pedro said.
"She believes it, she feels it, she goes out there and executes it and does it. What makes her so great is that she refuses to lose. She absolutely hates losing. And she never misses a practice. She is a committed athlete. Whether it is getting up at 5 (a.m.) and lifting or running or being on the mat twice a day. Her schedule is very demanding and she refuses to skip anything because it is something that she doesn't want to haunt her later."
Pedro is naturally proud of having molded a champion. But he is also proud of what Harrison has become as a young woman. She is engaged to a fireman back in Massachusetts, and she is hoping to join the department herself, a process she will begin as soon as she passes her EMT test.
After she won the gold, Pedro asked her, "Was it worth it?" When Harrison said it was, Pedro said, "All right, I am giving you one week and you're taking your test."
Impressed yet?
Consider that earlier this year, Harrison took one of the most difficult steps of her life—she decided to come forward and speak publicly about the abuse she had suffered. The catalyst was watching the Jerry Sandusky scandal unfold at Penn State, especially when students at the school spilled out onto campus in support of coach Joe Paterno, and not for those who had been victimized.
With the gold around her neck, and a few moments to think about the accomplishment, Harrison is only starting to put things into perspective.
"In my own journey, you know, when you reach a goal like this, when you become an Olympic champion, it is only natural to look back and to reflect and to look at everything you have been through," she said. "It just makes me that much—I don't know if this is weird to say—it just makes me that much more proud of myself. I have overcome a lot. I have faced a lot."
No, it is not at all weird for her to be proud of herself. We should all be.


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Case Study of BizSphere Sales Enablement at Nortel Networks
Thanks to twitter I was just reminded of a great case study Jeanne Hellman wrote about the implementation of the BizSphere Sales Enablement Solution Suite at Nortel Networks in 2006 and the following years. It was published in 2010 by salesandmarketing.com
"Jeanne Hellman is a published subject matter expert on Sales Enablement strategies. […] she has focused on the implementation and adoption of a Sales Enablement strategy in a global $11.2bn telecom equipment and professional services company. […]"
For a complete copy of the implementation Case Study and her other articles and presentation slides, contact her through LinkedIn.
"[…] decided to implement a Sales Enablement strategy mid-2006 as part of a larger business transformation initiative to reduce SG&A […] and to address long-standing complaints from the salesforce. It was a heavily matrixed, global organization with approximately 450 products, 30 solutions, and more than 90 different professional services, and every seller was expected to sell "everything on the truck." Information was spread around 20-plus team sites and the corporate-sanctioned sales portal, which hosted more than 6000 documents distributed among 185 different document types, not to mention the separate competitive and business intelligence sites; installed base sites; and the mix of ordering, pricing, proposal generation, CRM, and tracking tools. In addition, there was no federated search (no common search platform).
[…] it took sellers hours to look for basic information (validating numerous studies from several industry analysts). Seller confidence in marketing was low and complaints were high, as was attested to by the yearly seller satisfaction surveys (or dissatisfaction surveys) that had been conducted.
[…] the Sales Enablement efforts contributed to the reduction of the SG&A. Looking back to the 13 Top Initiatives from the CSO Insights' Survey, we decreased the SG&A by approximately $22m dollars just by "improving rep access to knowledge to sell effectively" and "more closely aligning sales and marketing." These were measurable, impactful savings from improving the productivity of the selling resources and support staff and eliminating waste (unnecessary tasks and content duplication). […] It's ultimately up to your salesforce to find relevant content, digest it, interpret it, fill in any missing gaps, and then adapt it to match their customer needs. While the topic of the actual content is a different discussion that needs to take place, Sales Enablement can successfully help your teams convert your messaging from company spiel to customer value and deliver it more intuitively and efficiently."
Here is a list of all other vendors I know of.
recent numbers to show the return on sales enablement software
On August 22, 2011, Forrester's TJ Keitt pointed out…
"…some key differences between Enterprise 2.0 users and the rest of the workforce:
- They're your highest paid employees. Over half of this group earns more than $60k a year, compared to just 36% of non-users.
- They're the most educated members of the workforce. Sixty-five percent of this group has completed at least a 4 year college degree compared to 55% of the rest of the workforce.
- They're the leaders in your office. It's not surprising to see 49% of this group are managers are executives given management's enthusiasm about social technologies. Just 31% of non-users are in similar positions.
On August 17, 2011, BDSolutions tweeted that its VP of Sales Enablement, Bill Golder, said:
"Alignment of sales and marketing impacts revenue growth up to 3x."
In a post by Amanda F. Batista from August 16, 2011, IDC is quoted with the statement that…
"B2B companies' inability to align sales and marketing teams around the right processes and technologies has cost them upwards of 10% or more of revenue per year, or $100 million for a billion-dollar company."
inability to get sales and marketing teams aligned around the right processes and technologies costs upwards of 10 percent of revenue per year
On July 21, 2011, IDC hosted a webinar entitled "Setting Your Sales Enablement Strategy". In the invite for the webinar IDC revealed a very interesting number that really helps to put the financial impact a proper Sales Enablement strategy can make into perspective:
"Is Sales Enablement a new concept? Certainly not. Marketing and some sales organizations have been attempting for decades to equip their direct and indirect sales channels with the right information, at the right time, in the right format, to assist in moving specific opportunities forward. However, companies' inability to get their sales and marketing teams aligned around the right processes and technologies (or at least consistent ones) has cost them upwards of 10% or more of revenue per year; or $100 M for a $1B company. […]"
The following chart (source IDG Connect) was also shared during the webinar:
Shortlisting Sales Enablement solutions
In the metrics of this blog I see that a lot of readers come here via Google searches for "iCentera vs. salesforce.com", "SAVO vs Microsoft SharePoint" or "Kadient versus SAVO Group".
As you can see in my work in progress list of Sales Enablement vendors, there are a lot of players.
destinationcrm.com wrote an article on that as well. Their shortlist is the following:
BizSphere (BizSphere) — BizSphere Sales Enablement consists of four separate applications involving both sales and marketing: Sales Web, Document Generation, Content Landscape, and Editors.
iCentera (icentera.com/solutions-sales.asp) — iCentera Enterprise Edition 6.0 offers wiki-page builders, customizable portals, custom tabs, a company newsroom, and dynamic email.
Kadient (kadient.com/products.aspx) — Kadient Dynamic Sales Content, Sales Playbooks, and Sales Performance Analytics can be accessed directly from within sales force automation systems via productized integration with Salesforce.com and Oracle CRM On Demand.
Savo Group (savogroup.com/sales/effectiveness) — Savo Sales Asset Manager provides an organizational structure to enable sales pros to rank content, based on business rules, to recommend content for each particular selling situation.
When you are in the process of compiling a short-list of vendors let me know. No matter whether you are looking for SaaS or on premises solutions to arm your B2B sales force, I would love to talk.
You can't manage what you don't measure
Craig Klein (@craigklein) wrote '8 Metrics You Must Know about Marketing, Leads and Sales', on March 9, 2010:
#1 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
Total number of leads coming in.
Simple right? Well, it is but, it means you need to know about all of them. All the referrals your sales people get that they never mention to you. All the call-ins that come in but, never get called back by a sales rep, etc.
#2 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
Where does each lead comes from?
How did they hear about you? What ad did they respond to? Where did you meet them? Who referred them to you?
Again, simple stuff but, the key is to be sure you get this information for each and every lead you talk to. If you get 100 leads a month and fail to collect this information for 5 of them, it could really throw off any analysis you do.
#3 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
How qualified is each lead?
This one is tougher. The reason is that you have to decide on objective criteria that makes a lead qualified. Do they have a need for what you sell? Do they have the money for it? The answers don't necessarily need to mean that are absolutely going to buy from you. Just that there is a basic fit between their needs and situation and your company. They're worth your time. Choose the 4 or 5 questions you have to ask every new lead and start capturing the answers for each and every lead. I know, you won't be able to get all that information for all of them. That's OK. If you don't get it all, they're not qualified.
#4 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
What's the value of the sales opportunity?
Best case scenario, what can you sell them in the near term? What is this opportunity worth to your company? Pretty simple.
#5 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
What market segment do they fit in?
In every business, you have a few segments you have developed unique solutions for. It might be business vs. residential or small vs. large. You've got to know where they all fit.
#6 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
Product you propose to them.
This could be a direct one to one relationship with the segment they fit in but, it's usually not that simple. Some customers will request certain solutions even though it's not what you'd recommend for them given the segment they're in, etc. Again, you've got to track this for each lead.
#7 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
Won or Lost
Did they buy or not? Simple right? What about if they just say "call me later"? (that's a No if they don't buy within a reasonable amount of time BTW)
#8 Metric You Must Know about Marketing and Sales
Did they give you a referral?
Why do you need to know this? Well, you need to know if they were asked for one thing. Also, this is a great measure of the satisfaction of that client. Let's face it… You can value customers by how much they spend but, a customer that gives you referrals is much more valuable than one that spends the same and doesn't give you any referrals.
Please see the full post and leave your comments here.
Sales Enablement means a clear value proposition for each of the audiences: business lead, their researchers / support in the deal, and technical folks who implement
On February 10, 2010 Andy Hasselwander (@ahasselwander) wrote the very insightful post 'Cascading detail for sales enablement' on his blog b2bmarketingconfidential.blogspot.com:
"I've been working on a lot of sales enablement kits lately. My biggest learning on sales enablement came about ten years ago, when I did a study for a big enterprise technology company on marketing effectiveness. We looked at three marketing objectives: Generate demand, drive awareness and comprehension, and enable the sales force. In hindsight, it was ultra-simple. But, we came up with a really powerful conclusion. The most effective programs, in terms of ROI, were sales enablement programs. However, when we spoke to reps, they complained about 90% of the content they were provided. What really mattered was the 10% "really good" stuff that made the deals.
So, the recommendation had two parts: First, invest more in sales enablement. Second, only produce 1/5 of the material. This sounds like a "duh" recommendation, because we've all heard the trite adage about the CMO who says "I know I could cut 50% of my marketing spend, I just don't which 50%"… but there was more to it. The number one thing reps needed, it turned out, was cascading detail about the solutions they were selling. Reps selling into complex organizations need to be enabled with at least three levels of detail–one for the business lead, one for his or her researchers / support in the deal, and one for the technical folks that will actually be doing the implementation. Without a clear value proposition and component model for each of these audiences, reps spend hundreds of hours spinning their wheels. In most cases, these levels of detail don't exist, at least not in distilled form.
Another interesting observation I've had is that companies are usually really good at selling into one of the above audiences, but lousy at selling in to the other two. For example, Microsoft seems really good at selling into the implementers, but not so good with the decision makers and researchers. They're ok, don't get me wrong, but every company has its strength. So, if you can figure out how to make selling into role a strength, you'll outcompete your rivals and win.
Each level of detail should also cascade. If we're focusing on a value proposition, it might cascade like this:
- Decision Maker: Acme helps me realize my performance targets by providing my teams with the best possible productivity tools, while functioning flexibly with my existing systems.
- Researcher: Acme provides superior performance management tools across the finance and HR functions, at a superior value / price ratio to the competitive set; Acme's core APIs are best-in-class and can be integrated with a minimum of effort compared to the competitive set.
- Implementer: Acme's integration services are flexible and best-in-class, and can be installed on any of my core systems using its easy-to-use customization kit; Acme's load balancing services make it the least impactful to our overall operating environment
The idea here is that the value proposition builds from one level to the other. Researchers and implementers will still be interested in the "core" business value proposition, but the value we can provide them needs to be more specific to be sufficient for them to be comfortable.
The same concept applies when we get to component model. For a decision maker, a component model should be purely functional, but should show exactly how the solution in mind meets their business needs and enables the value proposition. The component model would then be filled in with detail and potentially blown into a few pages for the researcher. Finally, when it came to implementation, the component model would turn into a full-blown technical design. The key is that it's translatable top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top. An example is shown below:
Thoughts about this topic? What are some examples of cascading sales enablement / core content that have worked for you?"
Please leave your comments on the original post 'Cascading detail for sales enablement'.


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September 25, 2015 | cwinters | Tagged CEO Leadership, Pope Francis, PR, Public Relations, reputation
If the Pope were a PR Guy, Here's what he'd tell your CEO
As Pope Francis continues his tour of the United States, people of every faith, race and creed have lined the sidewalks for a glimpse of this simple, humble servant of the poor. The topic of servant leadership isn't a new one, but it is always relevant.
This Pontiff has captured the imagination of the public in a way we haven't seen in some time, and his leadership style is both inspiring and effective. Fundamentally, it boils down to three things.
- Stay close to the front line – when the Pope is offered the opportunity to meet or dine with the great leaders of our nation, he prefers, instead to be with the poorest of the poor. He recognizes those people who are generally under-recognized – from people living in poverty, to immigrants to women of religious orders. And along the way, his humility reminds us that what you do is more important than what you say.
- Don't ignore the elephant in the room – the Pontiff has apologized to the victims of abuse at the hands of clergy – the biggest Church scandal of our lifetime; he reminded pro-life Members of Congress that supporting the death penalty is inconsistent with being pro-life, and urged us all to remember that this is a nation of immigrants, and that he is the son of immigrants.
- A positive message elicits a positive reaction – even the most stern of messages are delivered with compassion and kindness – and what this Pope does better than any other in my memory is his ability to help us all see the good in ourselves, and encourages us to aspire to be our best selves. In an environment where leadership, particularly elected leadership, is defined and discussed almost entirely in the negative, a leader who takes a positive approach is a refreshing change of pace.
September 26, 2012 | cwinters | Tagged POTUS, Public Relations, The New York Times
PR's Continued Reputation Battle
In the never ending battle for respect, the reputation of our profession is once again under fire, related to the practice of "quote approval" – or more specifically, the end of that practice at The New York Times. My first reaction was, "Really? People ask for that? And they get it?" Followed by, "Really? Weren't we just celebrating the fact that PR pros were finally getting a true seat at the table, and full partnerships at VC firms?"
Granted, POTUS has never been a client. But truth be told, I've never asked for quote approval, and it has never been offered. Heck, I've spent years, maybe decades, explaining to clients why journalists don't need to submit their questions in advance…much less allow you to preview your quotes.
That's why an entire cottage industry of media trainers exists…to be sure that people make the most of those interview opportunities. Get quoted the right way, and for the right things. Isn't it?
I find it ironic that journalists ending their questionable practice becomes another black eye on our profession. Two steps forward, three steps back.
July 24, 2012 | cwinters | Tagged Elevator Pitch, Public Relations
Brevity is the soul of wit, and effectiveness: How to pitch anything in 15 seconds
They say brevity is the soul of wit. Is it also the soul of effectiveness?
Working in PR, we are often tasked with helping clients tell their stories effectively. We strive for crisp, compelling messages that require little explanation. Sometimes consensus, complexity or both can get in the way. "Elevator speeches" become jargon laced run-on sentences about paradigms, engagement, solutions and other overused buzzwords.
But what if we could keep it simple? Here is some great advice about the need to sell your company, your product or yourself in 15 seconds or less. Easy to say, hard to do. Try it. Go ahead, I dare you.
And that's all I'm going to say about this. But I am all ears….how do you tell your story with brevity?
May 25, 2012 | cwinters | Tagged Dan Rather, Journalism, Mitt Romney, PRSA-NY, Public Relations
Dan Rather's Words of Wisdom for the PR profession
Last night, I attended the PRSA-NY's Annual Big Apple Awards. It was my first time attending this function, and I expected another long night that would only be fun if we were winning. Well, we did win big. And that was fun. MWW Group and JetBlue Airways won four awards for our labor campaign with the pilots that has been sweeping the industry awards this year. But the real thrill was listening to Dan Rather talk about his views on our profession, creating reputation and leadership. There is a reason he is the person America trusts for news – and among the last of the great generation of broadcasters.
Here's what the man who's covered every President since the Kennedy assassination, and every war since Vietnam had to say:
- Remember that you are serving a higher purpose than just serving your clients – you are serving public interest and our nation's interest.
- Journalists and Public Relations professionals (he never called us "publicists") are not enemies. We each have an important role to play to serving the public interest.
- The work we are doing is important for our nation – we need to continue to be a catalyst for dialogue and transparency so that we can help restore public trust in our nation, in our capital markets and in Corporate America.
- The most important ingredient in reputation is authenticity. He opined that authenticity was Mitt Romney's problem – and that whichever candidate had greater authenticity with the American people would win in November.
Certainly, the opportunity to promote his new book – Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News – was what brought him to our event. But what a treat for us. At 81, Dan Rather is trustworthy, authentic, and more relevant than ever.
May 9, 2011 | cwinters | Tagged Action, Point of View, Public Relations, Relevance, trust
MWW's New POV: It's all about relevance
Last week, MWW Group held its annual leadership summit – and our first all hands meeting since we bought our agency back from IPG….and we unveiled our "new" point of view. (Technically, this is a new articulation of the point of view that has always driven our agency – but I digress).
Trust + Relevance = Action
Trust – too big to fail and the GEC (Global Economic Crisis) have created a crisis of confidence of serious magnitude. We don't trust leaders, companies, religious institutions. So lots of big thinkers in our industry talk about trust & transparency as the end game.
Trust isn't the end game. Trust is the table stakes. Unless you plan to go out of business, trust is a requirement. Not the goal. It's true that some clients need help establishing, building or increasing trust…but if we stop there, we haven't done our job.
Why relevance?
• Because ultimately PR is about driving action….trust gives us permission to act, relevance makes us act.
• Because participation, without relevance, is just noise….tweeting, blogging, posting, sharing….none of it matters if no one is paying attention. Relevance makes us pay attention.
• Relevance provides staying power…when something is relevant to us, it becomes a part of our lives…and a part of who we are. We stick with it.
• Relevance is the engine of the peer-to-peer economy. It's why sharing is eclipsing search. When something is really a part of us and our lives, we tell a friend.
Relevance is the game changer. It is what causes us to buy a product, apply for a job, welcome a company into our community, invest our hard earned money. It's what makes a client newsworthy. It's not just the end game. It's the whole game.
Maybe we should call this blog Return on Relevance…because isn't that really what a reputation is all about?
April 26, 2011 | cwinters | Tagged Communication, Public Relations, Reputation Management
Does the Term "Public Relations" Have a Reputation Problem? Three things that can change the reputation of PR for the better.
Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Can the same be true for the term public relations? If you follow the industry blogs at all, over the past few days there has been some interesting conversation about the term public relations v. the term communications – which one is narrower? Which one is broader? Which one better describes what we do? Most of the pundits seem to agree that public relations, when done well, is more than communications – communications is one just one facet of public relations. Others advocate for a different term entirely – like reputation management.
The fact that there is this much debate suggests that the term public relations – too often cast as "spin" and suggestive of manipulation or downright dishonesty – has a reputation problem. And that problem is usually based on a bad experience someone has had with a PR firm. Like every relationship, agency-client relationships begin with baggage – of the agencies that pulled a bait and switch, or failed to deliver – of the clients who put their team in a compromising position with a journalist or an industry association. This isn't something that can be changed by changing our vernacular.
So what's the solution?
1. Know your client's baggage and their organizational attitudes about PR. If offering a communications strategy (vs. a PR Plan) is the path to building consensus, securing budget and getting the opportunity to demonstrate the value of PR, so be it.
2. Practice your profession with integrity. Provide your best advice. Be honest and transparent in all you do for your client, and on your client's behalf.
3. Think holistically, broadly and strategically. Provide integrated programs that meet your client's business needs. Sometimes that means partnering (and sharing your budget) with a third party.
Earn your clients' trust, and the reputation of PR will surely follow – one client and one company at a time.
February 3, 2011 | cwinters | Tagged Bill Gates, Crisis Communications, Executive Visibility, Internet, Public Relations
What Everyone Should Have Known About PR 20 Years Ago…And Still Need To Know Now
Twenty years ago this month I put on my new Ann Taylor suit, accessorized with a scarf (flight attendant style) and began my entry level job at a little PR firm in NJ that no one had ever heard of. Those were the days when press releases were mailed (yes, my 20-something colleagues, you read that right), executives carried beepers, and you waited for the giant Burelles envelopes to come in the mail with your clips.
MWW Group was a startup – we'd just opened our 2nd office in Trenton, NJ, (of all places) and had a whopping staff of 5. I did it all….answered the phones, pretended to be our CEO's assistant (he couldn't' afford one), made media lists…and got my first "hit" in The New York Times. Back then Bill Gates was "the devil" – not the hero-philanthropist of today. Gordon Gecko told us (the first time) that greed was good. And the overnight news cycle ruled the day.
A lot has changed in our business since then, and I guess I've changed a lot, too. I've worked in every practice in the firm – yes, consumer marketing and public affairs, too. I've held every position (ok almost every position…I haven't run the finance department or been CEO). And I've seen some of the most dramatic changes possible… The (original) real estate bubble. The rise of the Internet. The dot com boom, and bust. Strategic Philanthropy has given way to CSR, employee communications is now employee engagement. Visibility became buzz and then, conversation.
But there are some universal truths that haven't changed since I was an Account Coordinator. When it comes to the PR business, and building, enhancing, and protecting reputations these 5 things are constants:
1. We trust people, not companies. Back then, the Celebrity CEOs ruled…Iaccocca, Welch, Crandall. But we knew that putting a face on a company was a good thing…and we understood that it was important to have a story and a POV beyond just your own Company.
2. Third parties tip the scale. What others say about you is more important than what you say about yourself.
3. A mistake in the initial response of a crisis can damage your reputation forever.
4. The only way to build a great media list is to work the phone. Whether using today's databases, or my trusty old 1992 edition of NY Publicity Outlets…nothing substitutes for direct conversation.
5. If you want to learn to write a great headline, read the NY Post. And in our 140 character ecosystem, headline writing is more important than ever.
Another universal truth — my family still doesn't understand what I do. Except now, when someone says I am in advertising, I don't argue about it.
I'm thinking these might still be the same 20 years from now.
January 7, 2011 | cwinters | Tagged Cigarette Industry, Menthol, Public Relations
PR's Reputation and Dancing with the Devil
We've all heard these terms to describe Public Relations professionals. And it is about the only thing worse than your grandmother telling everyone you work in "advertising or something."
Public Relations is a legitimate profession….and when done well, provides real added value to Companies, brands and communities. Why can't we shed the Spin Doctor rap?
Every time we promise senior counsel, and then deliver an intern, we reinforce the bad reputation. But perhaps there is nothing more damaging to the reputation of our industry than when a public relations consultancy represents the "bad guys."
There is a difference between representing a point of view different than your own – everyone deserves a voice and the ability to provide all sides of an issue so constituencies can make educated decisions. But what about the issues that are true third rails? Tobacco. Guns. Illegal or illicit businesses.
Take these attempts to preempt a menthol ban. Buying negative URLs – that's standard operating procedure. Pushing content via Twitter and Facebook that supports your position – reasonable. But Loillard's efforts to thwart suggestions that menthol is more addictive than non-menthol tobacco do little to help their reputation, or our industry's. Their arguments are simple, and come complete with tobacco funded coalitions, paid spokespeople and some "grey area' contributions to third party groups:
• People who prefer menthol cigarettes should have a choice. (For the record, I am OK with this one, so long as they are adults.)
• Removal of menthol cigarettes will create a black market in communities who have enough trouble with crime. (Menthol cigarettes are largely preferred in the African American Community)
• Banning menthol cigarettes is a jobs issue.
I am sure this account is lucrative. And perhaps for the strategists, the challenge is stimulating and interesting. But is it right to take on this issue? Should agencies use their resources to protect a lethal product being marketed heavily to a minority community? Every agency needs to answer that question using their own moral compass. But as long as there are people willing to do this work, we really shouldn't wonder why our industry has a negative reputation.
January 6, 2011 | cwinters | Tagged MWW Group, Public Relations
Happy Independence Day, MWW Group
I've worked at MWW Group for almost 20 years….and I've seen a lot of changes. When I first started, I answered the phones, brought clients coffee and did just about anything no one else in our 5 person, one office agency wanted to do. It was a time when we mailed press releases, held lots of press conferences, carried pagers (and calling cards to dial the pay phones to check the page) and research was done in a library.
In these two decades, our agency has grown a lot and changed a lot. We've added offices, practices and people. Interns have grown up to be senior counselors. Faxing replaced mailing, then gave way to e-mailing then tweeting. The Google generation approaches research in a whole new way.
But one thing hasn't changed….our Aim High and Deliver mantra that keeps everyone at MWW continually raising the bar for ourselves and for our client programs. And in our own version of Back to the Future, we are going back to our independent status after 10 years as an IPG agency.
It's a great time to be independent….you can read all about it here. The world is changing faster than ever…and we've always prided ourselves on staying ahead of the changes…and helping our clients determine how, where, when and why to change their communications priorities, approaches and programs.
Look for great things from MWW Group in 2011…we are ready to take our new, independent agency to new heights.


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The hits just keep on coming from Occupy Wall Street. Since The New American last reported on the 204 crimes the nationwide OWS movement has been charged with committing, the movement has added another 50 or so to the list, including a rape in the city of Brotherly Love. As well, the death toll in or near the squalid OWS camps is now seven. Late last week, a man was found dead in his tent at the Occupy Salt Lake City protest.
Though the radical left, led by President Obama, has repeatedly said the OWS movement is merely a manifestation of the same concerns as the Tea Party Movement, the level of criminality and danger associated with the protests suggests otherwise.
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LG has a tendency to kind of hide in the shadows, and them BAM, they hit end users with in some cases the best mobile device that can be had. With rumors of LG's LS970 super phone still lingering around the interwebs, it's nice to know their Optimus 4X HD is becoming a reality. When the Optimus 4X HD first hit the rumor mill, it was almost unbelievable. While the handset does not reshape any design barriers, it packs in an amazing amount of specs that any power user can appreciate. The last we heard from the Optimus 4X HD was it was slated for a European tour in the coming months and as of yesterday, it looks like that tour has begun to roll out.
The LG Optimus 4X HD is an amazingly powerful phone with a picture perfect touch screen and super slim build. As LG's first quad core device it will surely find itself toward the top of most bench marks. The LG Optimus 4X HD made its debut at MWC this year and the anticipation has been growing for its release. The first lucky customer will be residents of Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The coming months and weeks will give end users in South and Central America, Asia and CIS. So in case you were wondering, this handset packs in an amazing set of specs. First the Optimus 4X HD measures in at an amazingly thin 8.9 mm sizing and packs in an unbelievable amount of greatness. It starts with the likes of Android 4.0 that is accessible via a 4.7 inch IPS LCD touch screen that provides an HD 720×1280 pixel resolution at 312 pixels per inch. Its huge battery clocks in at 2150 mAh and can pull up to 9 hours of talk time and 30 days of standby, but you won't get the chance to test that. Internally the power kicks in. Android will get its go from an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core processor that clocks in at 1.5 GHz. With an additional graphics processor, the computing will get some help by 1GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The Optimus can also handle up to 64 GB of expandable micro SD memory. Around back an 8 mega pixel camera with all kinds of tricks up its sleeve can easily be your day to day shooter. Up front it carries a 1.3 mega pixel camera for your video conferencing needs. Add in the likes of Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, NFC, DLNA, MHL and a micro USB connection and this is surely a picture perfect handset.
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THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, BUT WILL REOPEN JUNE 2015. For nearly eight decades this legendary Idaho ski resort has been a winter sports destination for people of all ages. Bald Mountain — affectionately known as Mount Baldy — summits at more than 9,000 feet and offers 64 runs. In addition, Dollar Mountain is ideal for beginning skiers and snowboarders, and the area also includes 25 miles of groomed cross-country trails, ensuring that all ski needs are met. As for where to stay, the Sun Valley Lodge is a window into local history. Intended to serve as the centerpiece for the ski resort when it opened in 1936, this property's low-key atmosphere suits its surroundings. It is especially ideal for families, with its adjoining glass-enclosed swimming pool, game room and six-lane bowling alley. On-site Gretchen's serves hearty, homey meals, while Duchin Lounge is famous for its Sun Valley Margarita and signature HBR (hot buttered rum).
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San Antonio, Texas. June 10-13, 1993
THEME: Ecumenism, Interreligious Relations, and Cultural Diversity
Table of Contents
|Hispanic Theology and Popular Piety: From Interreligious Encounter to a New Ecumenism
|Virgilio P. Elizondo
|A Response to Virgilio P. Elizondo
|Justo Gonzalez
|On the Road toward Unity: The Present Dialogue among the Churches
|Margaret O'Gara
|Islam and Christian Theologians
|G. John Renard
|Christian Theology and Judaic Thought: Similarities and Dissimilarities
|Clemens Thoma
|Presidential Address: Feminist Ethics and the Challenge of Cultures
|Lisa Sowle Cahill
|Theology of the Eastern Churches
|Petro B.T. Bilaniuk
|Hispanic/Latino Theology
|Orlando O. Espin
|Rahner and Dulles on the Unity of the Churches
|Robert Masson
|Theology and the Natural Sciences: Theology and Cosmology: Teilhard Revisited
|Christopher F. Mooney
|Patristic Theology: The Ecumenical Implications of Augustine's De Catechizandis rudibus
|Kenneth B. Steinhauser
|Theology of Communications
|Bernard R. Bonnot
|Theology and Culture from a Caribbean Perspective: Traditions in Conflict
|Robert J. Schreiter
|Catholic Social Teaching
|Todd D. Whitmore
|Feminist Theology for Latin American Women
|Mary E. Hines
|The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
|David Schindler, Roch Kereszty
|Black Catholic Theology
|M. Shawn Copeland
|The Theology of John Courtney Murray: The Possibilities for Ecumenism
|D. Thomas Hughson
|Sexual Ethics: Women in the Latino Community
|Susan Ross
|Theology in the Seminary Context
|Walter J. Woods
|Medieval Theology
|Joseph Wawrykow
|Hispanic Pastoral Theology
|David N. Power
|U.S. Hispanic and Latin American Theologies: Critical Distinctions
|Roberto Pina, Yolanda Tarango, Timothy Matovina
|Social Justice Education and the Hispanic Experience
|Donald L. Jones
|The Theology of John Henry Newman: Anglicanism and Catholicism
|Gerard Magill
|Book Discussion: The Diversity of Religions
|Daniel P. Sheridan
|Trinitarian Theology
|Sixto J. Garcia
|Michael Slusser
|Susan Wood
|Historical Theology
|Bradford Hinze, Francis Nichols
|Theological Anthropology
|Mary Ann Hinsdale
|Spirituality and Comparative Theology
|Michael Downey
|Moral Theology
|Eileen Flynn, Michael Schuck
|Liturgical Theology
|Julia Upton
|Practical Theology
|Robert L. Kinast
|North American Theology
|Stephen Rowntree
|American Catholic Experience
|Patricia O'C. Killen
|Nature and Method of Theology
|Paul Lakeland
|Women's Seminar in Constructive Theology
|Pamela Kirk
|Secretary's Report
|Edward H. Konerman
|Treasurer's Report
|Mary E. Hines
|APPENDIX A: Address of Welcome
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|APPENDIX B: Addenda to the CTSA Directory
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An early summer in Chamonix continues to be eminent. Warm temps and the lack of precipitation make skiing objectives less attractive. Some climbing may be in order for me before my departure on May 2. That said, I received an invite from my guide friend, Jean, for another adventure over in Italia. He has two clients in town with designs on Mt. Blanc and they need some acclimatization and touring miles before that happens.


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Former Champions
Former Champions are an electro rock band based out of Richmond, Virginia. Their music showcases vocal led compositions intermixed with an array of instrumentally driven electronic pieces. A sonic blend of synthesized keys mixed with sub-bass, distorted guitar, harmonized vocals, samples, and a multitude of drums, cymbals and percussion combine to create what the band describes as "street music."
2011 has been an exciting year for Former Champions as they released their self titled debut album and made appearances at several festivals including Camp Bisco, FloydFest, and Camp Barefoot. They have shared the stage with artists including The New Deal, Perpetual Groove, Conspirator, EOTO, Zappa plays Zappa, Papadosio, Brothers Past, Hackensaw Boys, Tea Leaf Green, and many others. FC is now gearing up for an extensive touring schedule for 2012 and are currently working on their second studio album targeted for a mid-year release.
Atlanta-based, Low-Endie Rock band, Stokeswood, was formed by lead vocalist Adam Patterson and electric guitarist, Mark Godwin. The five-piece also comprises drummer Jon Joiner, keyboardist Michael Roman and bass player/producer Justin Mullinix. Stokeswood's independently released debut album, "Carassia" (2009), is like a sonic excursion between the lines of a poet's story-telling prowess. Stokeswood's sophomore album, "In the Field of the Vibrations" (2011), showcases a vocal-centric aesthetic and an array of synthesizers and guitars that are illuminated by infectious dance beats. The evolution from acoustic to electronic was a natural progression during the recording process. Stokeswood is currently and constantly touring the East Coast.


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Netanyahu Responds to Palestinian Bid for Statehood
Posted on Sep 24, 2011
Less than an hour after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas finished speaking before the United Nations General Assembly about his wish for statehood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the lectern to give his side of the story.
Much of Netanyahu's speech was laden with criticism of the United Nations, which he variously referred to as a "theater of the absurd" and a "place of darkness."
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I'm sick and tired of the Zionist/racist jews crying
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One more thing Howard:
I hope you listened to Abbas's speech with the same level of open-mindedness that you are granting to Netanyahu.
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Actually, I am not "off base" in referring to Israel as a racist nation, Howard. First, find out for yourself if Arabs are allowed to own land in Israel. They are not! They are unable to do other things as well, such as roam freely in Israel without identification. You see, Jews do not have to do this in Israel, but Arabs do. Find that out for yourself. It's the law there. You do not have to take my word for that. Also, so what if some Arabs are part of the Knesset or are professionals in Israel, Howard. This does not change the fact that there is legalized inequality in Israel that favor European Jews to Arab detriment.
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You need to buy a new dictionary, christian96. Fascist policies may be implemented in any nation, regardless of what type of government said nation has. I would not go so far as calling Israel a fascist nation, but Israel certainly has racist laws. Indeed, Israel has laws that discriminate against Arabs in a variety of ways. You must never have visited Israel before.
I would also suggest to TruthSayer that the propaganda TruthSayer enjoys reading inhibits one's ability to practice critical thinking and therefore should be disposed of.
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Netanyau took a long time to say that Israel would be happy to take their
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Sorry but as long is Isreal is outside its 1967 borders it's a war criminal.
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You all are good at name calling, but I challenge any
The bottom line to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
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It's to me that he and Obama gave the same speech. Or at least the parts I


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Meet the band: Maids
Published on July 30th, 2013 | by Joe Lawler
Members: Danny Heggen (vocals), Mickey Davis (electronic music)
See them: 9:30 p.m. Friday at Vaudeville Mews, 212 Fourth St.
Danny Heggen is best known for fronting the folk-rock band Seedlings. Mickey Davis creates electronic music under the name Is Home Is. This week they unveil the sound of their new collaborative project, Maids, with an EP and show at Vaudeville Mews.
"One thing I've learned from playing music with Seedlings it that you spend so much time playing songs with a band that by the time you actually record them you're tired of the songs and are ready to move on," Heggen said. "The exciting thing about Maids is we reversed that, writing and producing the project first and now we get to play. The exciting element to me is that no one knows what it will sound like."
The Maids EP is a combination of original songs as well as two covers, "This Will Be Our Year" by the Zombies and "Seashell Tell" by M. Ward. Heggen recorded himself singing several songs, then sent the recordings to Davis for him to write music around. One Maids song started with a composition by Davis, for which Heggen then wrote lyrics.
"I've always found that a solid hook is what makes a song approachable. Mickey's songs aren't linear. His compositions aren't simple," Heggen said. "We've had to figure out how to meet in the middle."


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Marc Gasol was named the Sports Person of the Year by the Commercial Appeal today.
In a separate piece by Grantland, the big Spaniard was conveyed another honor by Zach Lowe: Guy I'd Most Like to Have As a Teammate in the NBA
Friend of 3SOB Matt Moore posted his take on the growth of Mike Conley and how that has helped make the Grizzlies legitimate title contenders.
Rudy Gay hosted his annual holiday shopping spree at Target for 100 kids involved with Memphis Athletic Ministries, a non profit organization that targets at risk urban youth.
The Grizzlies recalled Josh Selby from the D-League and according to sources will be sending Tony Wroten back to Reno for a second stint.
Tony Allen visited the Grizzlies Den team store, making plenty of fans very happy.
Darrell Arthur, Wayne Ellington, Hamed Haddadi, and Tony Wroten, along with Grizz and the Lady Bears visited with Le Bonheur's patients and families.
Lionel Hollins and his wife Angie on behalf of Lionel Hollins Charities, along with Books from Birth, will donate 300 books to Sandy Hook Elementary survivors.
It was announced that Tony Allen, Mike Conley, Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph are this year's hosts and will be joined by all members of the team and coaching staff for the Grizzlies Staxtacular 2013 event on January 26th.
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