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Florida As a Leading Life Sciences Industry Cluster: You Can Touch The Potential. It’s Palpable. BUT …

Within the span of less than a week, two diverse events that point to the same possibility:  a future of growth for Florida. On Thursday, April 12, I went to a social gathering sponsored by the Life Sciences Technology Hub … Continue reading

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Florida’s Challenge & Opportunity: A Great Example Of The Upside & How You Get It

Gainesville Creates A Role Model Gainesville announced great news at the end of March:  MindTree, a software company headquartered in Bangalore, India, with annual revenues approaching $500 million, decided to open its first U.S. development center there.  That will translate … Continue reading

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Florida’s Growth Challenge & Opportunity: Better Than I Thought; Worse Than I Thought; One Remarkable Characteristic.

Will The Region Get Past Being On The Verge Of Being On The Verge Of A Boom? About three weeks ago, I wrote an article suggesting that the successful economic development of Northern Virginia as a global center of the … Continue reading

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Florida’s Growth Challenge & Opportunity: Being On The Verge Of Being On The Verge Of A Boom

Will The Opportunity Be Realized? My 40+ year career in communications has been anchored in the Washington, DC, region, and more specifically in Northern Virginia.  About four years ago, I began spending winters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  What began … Continue reading

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Will Rush Limbaugh’s “Slut” Comments Prove That “No Publicity Is Bad Publicity”?

The Lesson For Communications Strategy: Publicity Is “Good” or “Bad” In Direct Relation To The Way You Are Currently Perceived & Your Goals Rush Limbaugh’s comments about a woman attending Georgetown University Law School being a “slut” because she supports … Continue reading

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Important Guest Post: “A Pacific Nation: Implications for Strategic Communications” by Professor Dennis Murphy

Professor Dennis Murphy authored this guest blog. It is exceptional in quality and importance. As the first guest post in this blog, it sets a very high standard. The Importance of Understanding How Strategic Communications Plays A Major Role In  … Continue reading

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Lessons For Executives On Communications Strategies From The Presidential Candidates

Romney: How To Give Business Execs A Bad Name; Santorum: How To Take A Message Too Far; Paul: How Niche Marketing May Not Make Sense; Gingrich: How To Burlesque Yourself; Obama: The Pitfalls Of Arrogance Rarely has one event provided … Continue reading

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Romney’s Three Fundamental PR Mistakes

Clearly, Mitt Romney’s campaign isn’t going the way he would want, especially in light of his defeats last night in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado.  Perhaps even more significant than the defeats themselves were his poor showings and his apparent inability … Continue reading

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Thinking About 1980: Reagan v. Carter. Very Similar To Romney v. Obama, BUT Would Reagan’s Aspirational Message Resonate Today?

  The similarities between the 1980 and 2012 elections are striking.  Of course, there are major differences, but just consider:  a former governor with no Washington experience who had been campaigning since he lost his party’s primary campaign four years … Continue reading

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Romney Should Adopt The Communications Strategy Of Inspiring Hope Just As Obama Used It In 2008

    Imagine this:  Instead of being in a mud-slinging contest with either Gingrich or Obama, Mitt Romney’s message was one of optimism.  In other words, consider what would happen if Romney confiscated Obama’s 2008 theme of hope.   He’d … Continue reading

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