PRBytesFor what its worth, my responses below followed by *** .How good / bad are the Free / low cost online PR distribution services like PrWeb etc ? -Has...
I have a controversial and less than credible client (credible to the press) who has "dirt" on a major Presidential candidate. I have invited the press to a...
My 2 cents: I wouldn't risk the embargo or the exclusive. Announce your press conference at which major new information will be revealed on candidate X 24...
You say that your goal is to get good attendance at the press conference. However, your real goal is to sell books. Since sales are your ultimate goal, why do...
Kirkpatrick, Lois M.
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Jan 3, 2008 2:13 pm
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PRBytesGiven the fact that there are only three major presidential candidates, it's not going to take much to narrow the field down. Considering that you are...
For your situation, I also would not recommend an embargo or an exclusive. I only give an exclusive if I think the story would not be covered broadly or if I...
For those of you who might be interested, my blog is active again… The Dead has arisen! By deonbinneman The Dead has arisen! Not really! But after a hiatus,...
Dear Colleague, Compliments of the season to you! I trust that you had a wonderful rest and festive season. The latest version of Powerlines, my strategic...
Why, oh why am I seeing the word "trainings"? Lois Kirkpatrick, Manager Marketing & Strategic Analysis Office for Children Fairfax County Dept. of Family...
Kirkpatrick, Lois M.
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Jan 9, 2008 3:06 pm
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Embargo? Here's what Tim Russert and other key members of the media think of embargoes (as reported in American Journalism Review. Don't Read This Story--Yet ...
alvin.hattal
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Jan 9, 2008 3:58 pm
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Hello everyone. If you have the chance, please participate in my AAA Newsroom Usability Survey (It's very short). The results I collect will be used for an...
Poor neologism by folks who don't have a really fine sense for the English language. Foo! -- Dick In a message dated 1/9/2008 10:06:31 A.M. Eastern Standard...
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Jan 9, 2008 5:22 pm
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We ought to "task" these people with something that "impacts" the language. lol Waites ... From: DickWeltz@... ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Perhaps it is also that there are more than one type of training, hence trainings. One happens in a classroom, another happens behind a locomotive on railroad...
This post may add some additional fodder for this discussion: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE: WORDS AND VOCABULARY: LSSU Issues Annual List of...
FYI, All: From the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: <<<<<<<<<< task, v. ... 2. a. To force, put, or set (a person) to a task; to impose a task...
I'm looking to get my feet wet in the world of freelancing! I'm located in AR. Anyone know of any good agencies to go with? I'd greatly appreciate your...
To David Dillard: My Humor Detection Device (tm) hasn't warmed up yet. Was your whole response meant to be tongue-in-cheek? On the off chance that it wasn't,...
Kirkpatrick, Lois M.
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Jan 11, 2008 3:08 pm
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As it happens, "training" is a noun as well as a verb. Consider: "I gave him training in the skills he needed to write proper English." That being said,...
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Jan 11, 2008 3:35 pm
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Lois: As for "trainings" I have no explanation. It took me a while to get used to "researches," as a plural noun. Ten-plus years doing public relations at...
"Training" is a noun according to my 1968 edition of Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Vol. 3, page 2424, column 3). In the international company...
woodc
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Jan 11, 2008 4:10 pm
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I thought that trainings might be the new equivalent of love-fests for trains. No? BTW -- Wikipedia has an article on training at: ...
That reminds me: I'm available to design and conduct "trainings" that are build upon solid "researches" in behavior-based communication. Stephen ... Yet, your...
Change is one thing; sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Taste and style is something else. -- Dick In a message dated 1/11/2008 11:10:40 A.M....
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Jan 11, 2008 5:59 pm
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Gerunds are indeed nouns. Not that my opinion matters, but I'm OK with "trainings" as Chuck specifies - multiple instances of the same program. "Teacher...
I would prefer "I trained him to write English properly." Thereby, we would eliminate the need to use a word in a questionable and inelegant way and save a few...
It was very tongue in cheek. That is one problem with discussion groups, one just cannot see that sheepish grin. Indeed there are 173,000 occurances of this...
Usage is actually determined by use over time. Notwithstanding the possible assessment that trainings is poor language usage, the poor usage of today often...
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