by Mark O'Brien | Sep 17, 2014
Hang on. It turns out rumors of print’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, this post, in the media research blog of the International News Media Association (INMA), says the following, in part: While any advertising campaign should feature a healthy...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 23, 2014
A few weeks ago, I attended a local basketball camp to watch the son of a friend play. During the game, it occurred to me that young basketball players are like elderly drivers: They have no idea anyone else is around. They’re always surprised to discover...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 16, 2014
Contributing editor, John Brandon, recently published a piece in Inc. called, “8 Expressions Really Good Communicators Always Use”. If nothing else, it proves the old adage that one man’s compliment is another man’s insult. You can read the...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 15, 2014
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” (Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast) When I first began presenting my book, Martin the Marlin, to large groups of children, I’d find myself getting anxious. Oddly enough, I...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 15, 2014
I found an article recently that brought some of my own experiences back to me. It was called, somewhat gruesomely, “What Not To Do In a Morgue”. And it led me to recall that my first two years out of high school I was responsible for a morgue....
