Why Sean Spicer’s Hitler flub should make you feel BETTER about your fear of making a mistake while behind the podium, not worse…. It’s been a crazy week for corporate and Presidential communications. From the passenger beating debacle at United Airlines to Pepsi’s misguided attempt at a long-form Black Lives matter ad (which had short run), saying and DOING the …
Excited for a new challenge with a great group #AWSWA #wineandspirits
AWSWA Announces New Executive Director (that’s me! so thrilled to be working with #alliancebeverage #southernwine and #youngsmarket in #arizona wine and spirits biz! details below) August 26, 2015– For immediate release For more information, call Karie Dozer 602-510-3611 The Arizona Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Association (AWSWA) has appointed Karie Dozer as its new Executive Director, effective August 1, 2015. “Karie …
On Public Speaking – A Golf Analogy
If you are like most people, you fear speaking in public more than death, spiders, falling, and heights. Wait, death? Yes, death! Those statistics might sound funny, but they are real. The only way to deal with your fear of speaking in public is to recognize it, acknowledge it, and allow it to work FOR you. I like to use …
Brian Williams at the NEWSeum
I visited the Newseum this week for the first time. If you haven’t been, the Newseum is a must-see in Washington, DC. It’s a compilation of news coverage since before the Lincoln assassination. It’s well put together, and includes every major news event you remember, as well as some you might not recall. I spent most of two days wandering …
Final Word: Mystique and Aura
As it turns out, Curt Schilling was wrong. During the 2001 World Series against the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks players were asked about Mystique and Aura, the two muses who seemed to charm the Yankees into winning games 3, 4 and 5 in New York. You have to remember, the Diamondbacks were facing the mighty Yankees. New York was …
Final Word: Best drug for hyperactive kids may be exercise
I’ve always said exercise was my drug of choice. What if we have been treating ADHD in America with the wrong drug? A new study out of Michigan State University and the University of Vermont finds that kids with ADHD benefit from exercise in the morning before school. In the US, we medicate something like 7 percent of kids for …
Final Word: Joan Rivers was brave, bold and funny
Joan Rivers died Thursday. When I was a little girl, I would see Joan Rivers on TV, but I didn’t really know who she was. She was a comedienne better known by people my parents’ age, which mean she was ancient. (I got her and Phyllis Diller confused!) But when I was a teenager, she had that very publicized split …
Final Word: Pay attention to the upcoming election, Arizona
Well, Arizona, you got what you wanted. I don’t know if Arizona will ever actually BE a purple state, but there are now more registered Independents than Republicans or Democrats. Whether or not they vote is the question. Also, for whom does an Independent likely vote? The latest Rasmussen poll in Arizona found gubernatorial candidates Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat …
Cleveland Rocks
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/07/08/cleveland-comeback/12374329/ Well, well, well. Look who has arrived in a big way? Cleveland, Ohio. The Mistake by the Lake. The RNC has announced it will be holding its national convention in Ohio in 2016. Johnny Football was drafted by the Browns and has single-handedly gotten more headlines for the sorry team in the last couple months than the team …
Final Word: Two former Phoenix Suns employees got what they deserved
The NBA has had a rough couple of weeks. Dealing with the racist comments of LA Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling can’t be easy for new commissioner Adam Silver, but Thursday offers a couple of bright spots. Two guys with Phoenix connections are now a first time NBA coach and GM and it’s a sure bet that the NBA is a …