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Book Review: Clay Shirky on Why our Cognitive Surplus Will Save the World (Maybe)

by Debbie Weil | Jul 14, 2010 | Books, Social Media, Uncategorized

I love the title of Clay Shirky‘s new book: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. What a marvelous phrase, cognitive surplus. It suggests that there is a basic reservoir of cognitive ability in all of us. And now, in our...

Open Letter to BP: How to Use Social Media to Diffuse Your PR Crisis (for HuffPo)

by Debbie Weil | Jul 9, 2010 | Case Studies, Social Media, Uncategorized

I’ve started blogging for the Huffington Post. Here’s how my first piece starts: The only thing bigger than the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of BP’s public relations disaster. Just as BP can’t control the oil spill as it seeps...

What I Learned About Business in Acting Class

by Debbie Weil | Jun 29, 2010 | Speaking, Uncategorized

I took an acting class recently at Washington DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company with the intent of learning some new tricks to improve my public speaking. Was it a success? Yes, but not for the reasons I anticipated. The class was an interesting mix of typical...

Seth Godin says he “enjoys the day first” and then writes

by Debbie Weil | Jun 29, 2010 | ROI, Uncategorized

Most serious writers swear by a routine of writing first thing in the morning. Prolific author and blogger Seth Godin says he has had “ADD his whole life” but he prefers to “enjoy the day first” and then “write whenever writing helps me...

Kirkus Reports says…

by Debbie Weil | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized

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by Debbie Weil | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized

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