Lately, I’ve been doing a LOT of reading and thinking about the future, and by default, there’s been an abundance of jazz and gospel pumping from my headphones as well. The cause of all this extra big picture thought has been my decision to create a five year plan. I’m too big a believer in the unpredictability of life [...]
Archive for September, 2008
September 19th, 2008
What is Your "Reflected Best-Self"?
Posted in Gen Y, Just Fun, Professional Development, Resource, Resources 
Tags: Ahead of the Curve, Daily Telegraph, Five Year Plan, Gen Y PR Prescriptions, Harvard Business School, James S. Walker, James Walker, jaywalk1, MBA, My Reflected Best Self, Philip Delves Broughton, PR Prescriptions, Professional Development 
3 Comments »September 10th, 2008
The Mac Op-Ed: One Welcome Distraction
Anyone out there hate online newspaper ads? I think most are okay, but I HATE the ones that disrupt my ultimate quest for enlightenment (also known as my attempt to read the news) by sliding down the whole page of news, causing me to frantically search for the microscopic ”skip this ad” or “close this ad” link. By the time I [...]
Posted in Advertising, Just Fun, PR, Public Relations Tags: Apple, Gen Y PR Prescriptions, James S. Walker, James Walker, jaywalk1, Mac, Online Ads, PC, PC Guy, PR Prescriptions, Washington Post 2 Comments »September 8th, 2008
Experimenting in the Workplace
People often look at the current presidential election and marvel at the groundswell of Gen Y support for Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Those attempting to understand his support and this new generation entering today’s workforce do not need to look any further than the three simple words he began with: “Yes We Can.” Those words [...]
September 3rd, 2008
Go Miniman Go! Celebrating a Brand and Continuing the Story
When I first read about Go Miniman Go!, the celebration of the 30th Birthday of the LEGO Miniman in Ad Age, it really took me on a trip back to my younger days. One LEGO moment I vividly remember was watching my older cousin use an insane amount of LEGOs to replicate a scene from the American Revolution for his [...]
Posted in Just Fun, Public Relations Tags: balakov, Flickr, Gen Y PR Prescriptions, Go Miniman Go, Jake McKee, James S. Walker, James Walker, Lego, PR Prescriptions, running man 2 Comments »
