Mohawks, hotels and Subway: the hockey tourney escape

24Dec09

I love hockey tournaments. Not to play in them, but to go to them as the van-driving hockey dad. My favourite thing in the winter is take my boys to the arena: I coach the minor midget house league team that my 15-year-old son Corey plays on in Guelph, Ontario, and 13-year-old Sean plays on the [...]

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The key to great PR is GR — Part II

17Dec09

Welcome back from the break, and we’ll continue with our chat on communications. (This is based on a recent talk that I gave to first-year students in the Turfgrass Management program at the University of Guelph. Check out Part I.) My key message is that great superintendents excel at creating great conditions, but they also [...]

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The key to great PR is GR — Part I

05Dec09

                                Earlier this fall, I was referred to as a “PR guy” by blogger Robert Thompson in relation to the communications work that I do for Nike Golf Canada. I’ve been called worse things. Most people in my line of work hate the acronym PR, short for public relations. So to be called a PR [...]

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