Crisis Communications: Don't Wait Too Long
Little old Oklahoma made a few national headlines recently with a not-so-friendly dispute involving two simple words – Shop and Edmond. Honestly, I was a little surprised at it initially but the fallout from it has been the most interesting part of it for me. For those of you who don’t know, a lifestyle magazine called Edmond Active took the time and money to trademark the phrase “Shop Edmond” in 2011. A couple of weeks ago, the magazine’s Twitter page took the step of announ
The Write Stuff
About a month ago, I noticed a post on Facebook from a PR practitioner who I’ve known for several years. The post was simple and was describing a shared post. But what stood out was the word “their” being used instead of the proper “they’re.” I’m as close to a grammar Nazi as you will find but I am also someone who has learned to mostly keep my mouth shut (or my keyboard strikes in this social media world) when it comes to pointing out people’s mistakes. But what I noticed mo
