Archive for March, 2008
Making Pearls
In the last couple of years with the Red Cross, I have been involved in some of the strangest crisis communications challenges you can imagine. Notice, I didn’t say “most intense” or “most difficult” or even “most noteworthy.” In most of these cases, we’re talking about a local chapter and its relationship to [...]
Spamnesia
I’ve been blissfully suffering from Spamnesia lately - the complete lack of awareness of spam.
I learned my lesson last night, as I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5. In the whole process of the upgrade, my spam-killer plugins (Akismet and Bad Behavior) were out of commission for no more than 90 seconds. Upon re-entry, I [...]Look For the Twist
Steve Harden was one of my best friends in high school and college. We were in many of the same science and math classes, although he had a very strong artistic streak. When it came time to get serious about actually graduating, Steve declared a double-major in Chemistry and Art.
One of my other [...]A New Beginning
I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to communicate this, and there’s no easy way to do it.
My job at the American Red Cross has been eliminated.
I’m one of more than 1,000 people being let go as part of a major layoff at the Red Cross. (Reduction in Force, Restructuring? It’s [...]Back from the Brink
It’s only fair to update my cousin’s situation from here, since I had brought it up.
Bill (my cousin, not my uncle) is still on a ventilator, and still heavily sedated. They are waiting for him to stabilize and be off the ventilator before they can do the surgery to remove the blockages. The CT scan [...]
