2020 is almost over, thank goodness. Incredible, unprecedented, unimaginable, challenging, these are some of the more polite words we’ve used to describe this year and what we’ve experienced. Early into the pandemic I wrote an OPED in the Montreal Gazette about the angst of being a small business owner and my frustration with the federal government and their lack of support. Oh, how they could have done things better on so many levels.
Continue readingOpinion: Pharma companies reassure a skittish populace
The recent joint statement by nine pharmaceutical companies that science would trump political expediency when it comes to the safety and efficacy of their vaccine candidates for COVID-19 should be viewed as a sea change for an industry continually struggling to improve its own reputation.
Continue readingOpinion: Small businesses shouldn’t have to beg for help
In the COVID-19 world, insomnia and a laptop can be a dangerous combination. I own a small business and presumably the life blood of our beleaguered economy.
Continue readingIt’s Not About Me, It’s About You. How Vanity Can Be Risky As We Face COVID-19
Let the truth now be known. I am not a natural blond. When an inch of grey emerges, it gets covered as quickly as possible, and I am far from being alone in doing it what it takes to hide the evidence.
Continue readingYou Never Know What You’ve Got ‘Till Its Gone: How the ideal job description came alive at energi
Last week we said cheerio to a young healthcare communications professional who spent three weeks at energi on an exchange.
Continue readingWhoever media trained Jared Kushner should get the Donald J. Trump one-liner, “You’re Fired”
If you live in a glass house, get some better window treatment.
Continue readingThe Greening of Public Relations
One day I will tell my grandchildren that I was around at the very beginning of what must be one of the fastest growing industries in modern history.
Continue reading29 Years and it’s still a blast – as energiPR Owners and Friends
It says a lot to have established a successful, national PR consultancy and to have stayed in business for nearly three decades.
Continue readingGhosting – This “New Norm” in Business May Kill Your Reputation
If you’ve been ghosted, you know that the silence is deafening, not to mention hurtful – but some say it’s the “new norm”.
Continue readingElderly Neglect Is Legitimized By Canada’s Health Care System
We have taken it in stride that staff shortages, lack of equipment and other critical shortcomings are an acceptable excuse for everything that goes wrong.
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