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Springsteen Plays Golf at Spring Creek (well, almost)
By: Marijean Jaggers
04/30/2008 - Ever have a story that almost happens? We had a peach of an opportunity. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band booked tee times at Spring Creek Golf Club, a client of Standing Partnership's in Charlottesville, Va. While The Boss and the band didn't want…
News flash: Wikipedia is not always accurate
By: Justin Lopinot
04/30/2008 - I've been grading papers this week (a LOT of papers) for the two college courses that I'm teaching. I keep running into a problem: Students citing Wikipedia as a source. It's not just in my classes that I see Wikipedia being overly legitimatized. A colleague…
Trader Joe's and the Rectifying of the Ooze
By: Susan Iskiwitch
04/29/2008 - After work yesterday, I went to the Trader Joe's in the St. Louis suburb of Brentwood to buy some ingredients for a stir-fry dinner: onions, tofu, snap peas and green and red peppers. I got home, broke into the cellophane that contained my peppers, and…
Branding: A different way to start the conversation
By: Marijean Jaggers
04/29/2008 - Michelle Golden has a great point on her Golden Practices blog. At Standing, when we begin branding conversations with clients we lead them through discussion about who they ARE; what promise they've made and kept to their communities. A different approach, and one that may…
Bloggers, reporters and journalists...oh my!
By: Maya Lunnemann
04/28/2008 - A recent conversation with my mother-in-law had me thinking about the way journalism has evolved over the past few years. Are those who are in the social media world (i.e. bloggers, online news gatherers, etc.) changing the role and definition of “journalist?” According to Wikipedia,…
The Merry-Go-Round Is Optional
By: Mistie Thompson
04/25/2008 - Standing Partnership has a cool office - elegant, organized and with a beautiful "treehouse" feel due to the view most of us have of the mini-forest right outside our office. At least I thought we had a cool office - until I saw these. Bonus…
Planes and Pedicures
By: Beth Minnigerode
04/24/2008 - With the number of flight delays and cancellations I've experienced lately, I've come to expect that I'll be stranded at an airport for an extra few hours each time I travel. That's why I was so happy to read my St. Louis Business Journal…
Grammatical error is 'Show-Me State' injustice
By: Justin Lopinot
04/23/2008 - Though I now make a living in the world of issues and reputation management, I'll always consider myself an editor. Over the past 10 years, I've edited thousands and thousands of newspaper articles, headlines, magazine stories, brochures and other works of brilliance. I'm fallible –…
Audio Slide Shows – Opening the Door to New Opportunities
By: Beth Minnigerode
04/23/2008 - Here's a link to a great example of an audio slideshow – one of the relatively new reporting tools the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is using. As reporters look for new ways to cover the news, it also means companies have new opportunities to share their…
The Many Faces of Standing Partnership
By: Marijean Jaggers
04/21/2008 - We had a problem at Standing. No one liked his or her headshot and we all pretty much hate getting our picture taken. Rather than using a photo, I'd been using an avatar that a friend of mine created for me to use on my…
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