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The Night I Partied With Cambridge Analytica (and What It Taught Me)
I’ll start with the punch line: I almost threw up. But let me explain. It was September 2017. The previous day I’d attended the Concordia Summit, an annual global conference in New York City that coincides with the convening of the United Nations’ General Assembly....
The ‘R’ Word
Let’s face it: words matter. It’s a point that I emphasize whenever I coach clients on sound bites to use during media interviews or help them prepare a presentation. There’s often a better word to describe the exact same thing. Here are some examples from one of my...
Why I Quit Social Media
Yes, you read that right. I quit Twitter in 2012, and deactivated my Facebook account in 2013. I was a registered user on Instagram for about five minutes. When I tell people that I own a PR firm and no longer have personal or professional profiles on any social media...
Happy Birthday, Wilson Center!
In 2016 and 2017, I had the privilege of supporting the Wilson Center on several projects for its Global Women’s Leadership Initiative. As if that weren’t cool enough, the organization also invited me to participate in a small private reception for the International...
Katherine’s Credo
Since March, I have been supporting the global PR agency Porter Novelli on their work with Johnson & Johnson – specifically their Global Community Impact program. Something that really struck me when I first started working with Johnson & Johnson were the...