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'American Idol' activates its crisis plan
By: Susan Iskiwitch
02/29/2008 - What do you do when youth and inexperience trump media training? You activate your crisis plan. This is exactly what Ryan Seacrest did last night on "American Idol" when a teen contestant who was voted off visibly broke down on stage. “I can't sing,” Alaina…
X Lounge Spams UVa: Bad Idea
By: Marijean Jaggers
02/28/2008 - X Lounge spams UVa and serves up an excuse for me to remind all clients, prospects and readers of this space that yes, Virginia (and all the other states, too) it's still illegal to send unsolicited e-mails, no matter your mission. It's amazing to me…
Wired
By: Maria Donaldson
02/28/2008 - The March issue of Wired just arrived in our mailbox. Interestingly, the magazine offers a report on the institution of municipal Wi-Fi across the country. The story provides a map (unlike my earlier post on the topic) that demonstrates the magnitude of the "free" municipal…
Food for Thought: A Case Study
By: Marijean Jaggers
02/27/2008 - Last night, I was a host at a local restaurant for a "dining out" event to support the Charlottesville Community Scholarship Program. We called the event "Food for Thought" and invited five restaurants to participate by donating a percentage of the evening's take to the…
Evidently My Generation "Needs to Get Real About Work World."
By: Susan Iskiwitch
02/22/2008 - Standing has employees covering every generation from Baby Boomer to Millennial (Generation Y). A while back, we had a speaker explain characteristics of each generation (and no, Generation X does not consider shoulder pads to be one of their unique qualities, big hair, yes, shoulder…
Days away from embarking on a month-long paternity leave
By: Justin Lopinot
02/22/2008 - I'm not writing about a communications issue today. No, I'm writing instead about how much I enjoy working for Standing Partnership. Please know that when I talk about Standing being a great place to work, I truly mean it. I'm enthused (overly enthused, perhaps) about…
Social media primer
By: Christi Dixon
02/20/2008 - We're getting so comfortable with social media terms around here; I stumbled across this "definition list" that breaks down what we're all so excited about. It's crafted for educators, but hey, we play that role as communications counselors, too. Will we see my favorite term,…
Free Wi-Fi, Wherever You're Standing
By: Maria Donaldson
02/19/2008 - You may have heard that starting this spring, Starbucks will offer free limited Wi-Fi, effectively joining the ranks of connected coffee shops, campgrounds, and libraries across the country. In 2007 alone, more than 4000 new, free Wi-Fi locations were added to the Wi-Fi FreeSpot Directory.…
Crisis communications: "Mis-" as a strategy
02/18/2008 - As an ice breaker in our quarterly retreat last Friday, we helped determine reputation management strategies for personalities in need of some serious help. For the team who chose Roger Clemens and anybody else who watched Congressional testimony by Clemens, I thought you would enjoy…
Why doesn't Wikipedia have an article on my company?
By: Maria Donaldson
02/15/2008 - Fair question. But that does not mean that Wikipedia is fair game for PR pros. Wikipedia explains further on this page, which provides answers to several commonly asked questions.
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