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  • Filling the “Perception Hole”

    The “Perception Hole” or “Perception Gap” occurs when your organization begins developing a negative reputation about an issue and refusing to take the time to respond to the incoming attacks. This is a situation that many organizations, large and small, will have to deal with in the future if they haven’t already. Especially in an… Continue Reading

    Filling the “Perception Hole”

  • Why Do You Need a “Chief of Staff?”

    “I’ve gotta keep the knucklehead stuff off of his desk, and this is worse. This is actual hot-button knucklehead. This could be a thing.” John Spencer as Leo McGarry “The West Wing” Congratulations! You’re now a CEO. The leader of an organization. (Large or small, nonprofit or for profit. It doesn’t matter) But your time… Continue Reading

    Why Do You Need a “Chief of Staff?”

  • Making Your Community Relations Play

    Community relations needs to be a large part of any overall communication campaign, whether you’re working in politics, corporate PR, nonprofit or association communications. If you’re going to be serious about community relations, you have to be involved in your community (online or offline) long before you actually need them. You’re working to build up… Continue Reading

    Making Your Community Relations Play

  • Organizational Evangelism

    (Or, “Darwin’s Bulldog 2.0”) Recently I’ve been talking with my friends about an idea that business guru Guy Kawasaki has been at the forefront of for many years, the idea of “product evangelism” or utilizing your biggest supporters to positively promote a product or organization (i.e. Apple’s iCabal). Following up on this thought, you should… Continue Reading

    Organizational Evangelism

  • From the Archives – PR Firms as "News Stations?"

    (Originally written March 10, 2010 – crossposted at PR Open Mic) Why aren’t Public Relations firms more effectively using new media tools to create their own “news stations,” reporting on what their clients are doing? As long as those firms fulfill government requirements for disclosure regarding clients/freebies/etc., it makes sense to create content to their… Continue Reading

    From the Archives – PR Firms as "News Stations?"

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Who is this Masked Man?

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Benson Hendrix has been called everything from a "social media zen warrior" to a "behind the scenes powerbroker," to "the loudmouth PR love child of Henry Rollins and Anthony Bourdain," but doesn't really believe any of it. A 2006 graduate of the University of New Mexico (PR, Advertising and New Media), Hendrix loves working with social media … Continue Reading