Tag: Blogging

Upskilling is Key to Accelerating the Economic Recovery

Upskilling is Key to Accelerating the Economic Recovery

Income mobility is on the rise according to the U.S. Census Bureau. After stagnating for nearly two decades, the incomes of ordinary American households are finally picking up. Of course, these numbers deserve context. Wages and incomes fell so far during the Great Recession that median household income, as measured by the Census Bureau, is […]

Higher Education for Adults Increasingly Means Enrolling in College Alternatives

Higher Education for Adults Increasingly Means Enrolling in College Alternatives

For more than 50 years in this country, ever since baby boomers started graduating from high school in the mid-1960s, there has been an assumption that individuals with high school diplomas in hand would follow one of two tracks – college or no college. And even though the definition of “college” has changed dramatically over […]

How Erosion of Trust in Media May Affect PR Pros

How Erosion of Trust in Media May Affect PR Pros

Data from Gallup shows that confidence in newspapers and TV news are at an all-time low, and as PR professionals this should be concerning for a number of reasons. First, in the big picture, the erosion in trust in the media mimics the erosion of trust in most other American institutions — like the Catholic […]

@GCTigerTracker: The Man for This Twitter Moment

@GCTigerTracker: The Man for This Twitter Moment

We all know that Twitter can be annoying. Its cacophony of voices screaming 24/7, its herd mentality taken to the nth degree and its perpetually haranguing (and harangued) character @realDonaldTrump hovering over it all, like a big orange balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. But there are some people who are tailor-made for Twitter, and […]

PR Opportunities and Pitfalls as Presidential Candidates Talk Higher Ed Policy

PR Opportunities and Pitfalls as Presidential Candidates Talk Higher Ed Policy

Can a Politician Be “Wonky” and Still Persuasive? In an age when the President calls opponents of his Iran deal “ignorant,” and the leading Republican candidate for President calls supporters of the deal “stupid,” it may seem that the level of political discourse has gotten about as low as it can go, with the idea […]

Bite the Bullet: The Case for the Business Blog Part II

If you’re still uncertain about the wisdom of launching a blog on your business website, don’t think of yourself as stubborn; think of yourself as pragmatic. After all, if an endeavor requires your time, money and effort – and creating an effective blog most certainly does – it should stand up to scrutiny and a […]