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CNW and Leger Marketing report “public relations practitioners continue to find value in using social media, as consumer use of social networking tools grows.” Here are key points taken from their recently conducted Social Media Reality Check 2.0. The study explores professional communicators’ use of social media compared with consumer opinions about social media influence…
Want the definition of “social media”? Google it an find that Wikipedia defines it : “are media for social interaction using highly accessible and scalable pubishing techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogues.” But we came across a few tongue-in-cheek definitions of social media from Jackson Wightman: The group of web…
In a series of tweets last week, the By George Journal highlighted the colourful life of sports commentator Don Cherry. Taken largely from the Toronto Star news expose “The wonderful, unlivable life of Don Cherry” written by Vinay Menon, we offered many quotes and tidbits of information about the man who has become a Canadian…
Across our great Canada, we all have it – HOCKEY FEVER! And to celebrate the dropping of the puck for the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals, By George Journal is posting a few gems relating to this grand game and classic championship series. #1 – An excellent expose of Don Cherry Here is…
Our efforts for greater awareness of anaphylaxis have resumed… The Canadian Anaphylaxis Initiative (CAI) issued a press release yesterday and our favourite local, on-line news source Niagara At Large published the news. Visit: http://niagaraatlarge.com/2011/05/31/anaphylaxis-awareness-effort-resumes-with-return-of-federal-parliament/ Lead: This week when Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons, Niagara West – Glanbrook MP Dean Allison…
So you’ve unwrapped a new blog, got yourself on Twitter and are increasing your comments and activities on Facebook. Still, there doesn’t seem to be an interest in what you’re doing and what you’re saying. How do you get attention for your ideas? How do you get your readers involved in your dialogues? Here are…
This is from the department of “Only in Canuckistan.” Straight in from left field, we have two aspiring PhDs claiming that Don Cherry is warping Canadians’ minds and altering our national identity. In their review of Hockey Night in Canada’s Coach’s Corner, the brains of University of Western Ontario observe that Cherry goes unchallenged when…
After a few months collaborating with our network, our public relations company CG&A COMMUNICATIONS is unwrapping My Right Hand. We are offering a virtual assistant service that will support and enhance clients’ social media activities. The core strategy and content development services include: Content and Copywriting Services – articles and blog posts, media releases, web…
Here are three of our favourite fascinating videos. (Relax, this is a diversion…) 1) Every time we see this video, the message overwhelms me. It is truly remarkable – a must-see (over 5.5 million views to date!). ‘The Story of Stuff’ bills itself as a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns….
Hockey is the glue that binds our Nation https://www.bygeorgejournal.ca/?p=460 In order to be a dynamic, sustainable national entity, a country’s people must have shared values, perspectives, and experiences. A country’s peoples must know and understand certain common things – whether they be moments in time, or iconic images that stir a common passion. In Canada our sense…
Here are 10 beautiful quotes respecting motherhood (some wonderful thoughts to inscribe in your cards). Happy Mothers Day: When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. – Sophia Loren The mother’s heart is the child’s…
As regular readers of the By George Journal know, we are on Twitter, tweeting favourite quotes and observations about leadership, success, a healthy attitude and life. Here are our current Favourite 25: Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. – Aristotle A ship is safe…
A strong national Conservative majority government…. C’est ca. Now, consider the remarks made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper once the reality of these election results sunk in for him and his Conservative team. In post-election interviews, the PM has given us a glimpse of how he views his responsibility through the next four – five years:…
And they are in the home stretch: NDP surges and Liberals suffer a stutter step – is it really neck and neck to place? and where is the Bloc – and will the Green cross the wire this time? The Conservative have not broken their purposeful stride throughout the race; yet have they pulled far…
Entering into the backstretch, it’s no longer about winning the Run for Sussex Drive. For the Prime Minister, it’s about winning decisively – lengths ahead of the other ponies. In a candid response to reporters this week, PM Harper repeated his claim that being first past the post will not be enough. The Conservatives needed a majority…
There are millions of good reasons (millions of taxpayers dollars!!) to eliminate the annual per-vote taxpayers’ subsidy of federal political Parties. Kudos must go to the Conservatives for promising to scrap this expensive life-line to political also-rans and Ottawa’s backrooms. This political Party subsidy must go because: 1) Political parties already enjoy enormous tax advantages…
Last year, Canadians paid Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc Quebecois Party $2.7 million to prepare for this federal election campaign. In 2010, Canadian taxpayers doled out $27 million to fill the coffers of the federal Parties. Here’s how the per-vote subsidy was divided amongst political Parties: Conservatives – $10.4 million Liberals – $7.2 million NDP…
When they burst from the gates, here’s what the field looked like (Nanos March 29th poll): Con 38.4% Lib 28.7% Ndp 19.6% Bq 9.1% Grn 4.1% Today, here’s the call (from the Nanos poll): Con 38.7% Lib 28.8% Ndp 18.6% Bq 9.0% Grn 4.1% Three weeks of campaigning and no change. This…
Want to know how the world views Canada? Here’s the country’s portrait as painted by the Paris-based social and economic policy think-tank OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), which released a new analysis of social trends that compare many of the world’s nations. Canadians are hard-working, great readers, the most tolerant people in the…
Recently, By George Journal has begun tweeting a few poignant motivational and inspirational quotes each day. Here are ten of our favourite from the past two weeks… Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. – Thoreau Happiness comes of the capacity to feel…