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Mourning (and laughing) in Brazil

Perspective from Michael James Timberlake: Sports make us sad. Yes, they can make us elated and proud…but generally they end up leaving us in some level of misery. This week, the power of social media was there to take advantage of all of it. One of the many joys of…

My Mission: Eradicate the Business Cliché

Perspective from Justine Griffin: About a year ago, in quick succession, I heard a speech given by the new CEO of a major corporation and the new Executive Director of a relatively small non-profit. Both said that they were “drinking from a fire hose” and that over the course of…

Sleep Mode

Perspective from Sandi Goldfarb: I inadvertently left my mobile phone at work the other night. My first reaction was panic. How would anyone be able to find me? How could I be responsive to clients and co-workers without my iPhone at the ready? And then I remembered Arianna Huffington’s words…

Symptoms Resembling Fatigue

Perspective from Will Rasky: Of all the reasons why voter participation is steadily declining in elections across the country, one of the most commonly suggested theories in Massachusetts politics strikes me as a bit paradoxical: we have too many elections. One would think that more chances to vote would lead…

No Longer “Anonymous”: Hospitals Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Too

Perspective from Harry-Jacques Pierre: The Rasky Crisis Team spends more and more time these days working in the health care sphere, often helping health care providers address issues of data privacy and HIPPA violations. We’ve been fortunate to work with several of the best data breach attorneys in the business…

Death and Taxes (and Deadlines)

Perspective from Travis Small: When Benjamin Franklin, adapting a line from Daniel Defoe’s The Political History of the Devil, wrote “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” perhaps he should have considered adding deadlines into the mix. At least in the PR world,…

A Great Day for the Good Guys

Perspective from Amanda Deaver: Lots of people love to talk about how dysfunctional Washington is. And I certainly don’t disagree. But every now and then this city surprises you. Monday was one of those days for me. I have had the honor of working for the National Council for Behavioral…

Healthcare Reform: What can we do today?

Perspective from Lisa Salerno: Over the past few months there is one word that seems to be associated with healthcare reform: delay. Delayed employer mandate, delayed grandfathered plan, all in the interest of giving the healthcare ecosystem time to implement drastic changes to the way it does business. With these…

The Genesis of “Getting Involved”

Perspective from Will Rasky: “So, wait…why do you want to do this?” That was the first sentence out of most people’s mouths after I told them my plan to attend the local caucus, with hopes of becoming a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. I mentioned this to friends and…

Some Things Never Change

Perspective from Larry Rasky: I met Dale Leibach around New Year’s 1980. A few weeks earlier I had been invited by my mentor, the legendary political PR wizard Ed Jesser, to join the press staff of Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election campaign in Des Moines. It would be the beginning of…