Question everythingLinkedIn Axes Answers

by David Fallon
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Published on: January 24, 2013

Question Everything

LinkedIn Answers Going Away

I was disappointed to get an email the other day from LinkedIn saying that they are closing down their Answers section. I can’t say I was a great expert on it, but I did enjoy writing the occasional answer and I thought the questions asked there were better phrased, more professional, and easier to answer than elsewhere. Now, LinkedIn is certainly able to make this decision, and maybe they are right to do so, but I will still miss it.

And on that point, I’d like to talk about some of the question and answer sites out there and how they can help you establish yourself, your personal brand, and your professional brand. There are people with questions out there; answer them! (more…)

Reputation TargetedPR Crises and What Not to Do

by David Fallon
Categories: Communication, PR, Reputation
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Published on: January 9, 2013

NRA: What Not To Do In a PR Crisis

The target is on your reputation.

The magnitude and horror of what happened in Newtown, CT, several weeks ago has yet to be fully understood by America and the world. It’s still too close, too big, and just too awful. And yet, there is no question that actions need to be taken, now. The event highlights a crisis, one for our culture, one for our species, one for our social and judicial policies and our politicians. And for one particular organization, it is a different kind of crisis, a PR crisis. That organization, of course, is the NRA.

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Yin YangThe Yin and Yang of Privacy and Transparency

by David Fallon
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Published on: December 28, 2012

Transparency and Privacy: the Yin Yang of Our Age ()

Yin Yang

“May you live in interesting times.” – Ancient Chinese curse

There has never been a time in history where so many people have had so much access to so much information as right now. Entire encyclopedias, vastly more expansive than twenty printed volumes, are now easily and freely available on the Internet, and through wikis they are constantly being updated and refreshed. Gigantic databases catalog every actor, director, writer, and more involved in every piece of film made or even in the works, and again can be freely accessed by us all. And an endless army of bloggers fill the Internet with their observations, opinions, beliefs, yearnings, and experiences.

It all sounds great, but there is a problem. More information about everything means more information about you and me. And that is making more than a few people uncomfortable. In this post, I, a humble member of the army of bloggers, want to take a look at the modern yin yang of transparency and privacy.

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