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The Obama White House’s PR end run
Earlier this week we saw the White House execute an admirable end run around the White House press corps. Press Secretary Jay Carney welcomed journalists from rural America to Washington for [...]
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Posted Morning embers: The Keystone pipeline, Carnival Cruises, and Vanguard’s social CEO
1) White House rushes to define Keystone message ahead of GOP (The Hill) — The White House is working to prevent President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline from [...]
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Morning embers: The power of story-telling, press release blunders, and the changing face of political punditry
1) Using stories to persuade (Harvard Business Review) — Author John Baldoni writes that if you need to make an argument about an issue about which you feel very strongly, don’t use [...]