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Archive for January, 2008

In my first post, I mentioned my passion for news on global warming & peak oil.  It just so happens that one of my dearest friends, Christopher S. Knepper, shares my passion.  Rather, he takes it to an entirely different level, and I hang on to his coat strings.

Chris now writes a fabulously informative newsletter, Sunny & Share, entirely produced by him – graphics, layouts, charts, copy, etc.  Until recently, you needed to follow Chris’ blogs to get wind of it or be lucky enough to count among his friends and get a hard copy of it (printed in recycled paper). 

NOW, you can read it online.  Yes, Chris has taken his labor of love to the Internet and developed a site for Sunny & Share at http://home.earthlink.net/~sunnyandshare/index.html.

If you’re at all interested in learning more about global warming & peak oil and finding out how to address these issues, start with Chris’ Sunny & Share.

So, whew! I’ve finally shared something about this very important topic.  How appropriate that the source be Chris.  You’ll see that he’s a mental giant – truly.  Sometimes, talking to him can make your head hurt, but that’s a good thing; it means your learning something.

DSJC.

Back in October 2007, I was honored with the opportunity to speak to the Public Relations Society of America, Orange County (PRSAOC) chapter, on blogging for public relations.  In my speech, I shared wisdom I have gleaned from such well-known and longtime bloggers as David Meerman Scott, Hugh Hewitt and Mark R. Hinkle as I covered the topics of linking, monitoring and outward communications (promotion).  I was thrilled to find that my speech was well received as several people asked me for a copy of it.  Unfortunately, it was not in a form that others would find useful, and I vowed to post it in article form to my blog site.

Now, I am the first to sheepishly admit that I have not always followed my own advice nor that of Meerman Scott, Hewitt, Hinkle and others, but (ta da!) the article, “Blogging for PR,” from of my October 2007 PRSAOC speech is finally posted to my web site at www.StContiCommunications.com, as a page link from my Portfolio tab.  If you are coming across this blog post and want to find references to great blogging recommendations from successful bloggers (those I quoted), check out my article on my website.

As for following my own advice—mainly that of posting at least once per week—well, that is one of my New year’s resolutions that I actually intend to keep, so stay tuned.  DSJC