Dealing with Bears and the Eisenhower Decision Matrix
Okay so where am I? How you ever been in the middle of the innocuous RFP (Request For Proposal) process? Well, I have and it’s alternatively intense, ridiculous, mind-numbing, and about eight other adjectives that I cannot list here. I love getting new business. It breathes life into the agency. It’s great for the bottom […]
Insider: The Oscars
Last one from this year’s Oscars (I promise)…here’s a little story I did that was picked up nationally… Leo wins the big one. The Oscars take an awards ceremony and elevates it to a level that all other events can only dream of; at least on television. More people watch television than go to movies, […]
Backstage at the Oscars: 2016
Okay, so where am I? It’s late February so that means that I’m on the red carpet at the Academy Awards®, awash with the symphonic melody of whirling cameras, screaming photographers and swooning fans. The statues need a good polish / credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Usually I begin my Oscars® Backstage column with an […]
OSCAR WEEK 2016: My Picks
Behind the Scenes – Rehearsals continue at the Dolby Theatre. If there’s anything you can bank on, it’s my Oscars picks. Since I started covering the Academy Awards five years ago, my picks have been scorchingly accurate in the major categories with 29 out of 35 correct selections. Last year I banked a little heavy […]
OSCAR WEEK 2014: Dreaming in Gold
Once upon a time, a boy dreamed of winning an Oscar. He wrote and wrote and wrote. Fingers numb and calloused as he searched for the perfect combination of words that created the scenes that would ultimately build a story that could be made into movie that would move the soul. This movie would go […]
The Handler
You have to be both bouncer and caretaker when the client starts drinking after the event. “Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up and see the pretty ladies in their tight dresses who haven’t eaten in a week. Now direct your attention the handsome men in the penguin black and whites with […]
