By Anne Ready Listening to customers and employees and learning from them “to be a better company” is #PublicRelations at its finest. Courtesy of MentalFloss.com Think back to when Starbucks banned Black Lives Matter clothing and accessories on its baristas — a ban it quickly reversed. According to the New York Times, “Amid social media backlash, the coffee chain also …
It Is Rocket Science!
By Anne Ready LOS ANGELES – “Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program,” quipped Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author of The Sky is Not the Limit. Addressing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his crew, Dr. Tyson tweeted: “Good luck to @elonmusk and the @SpacexXcrew. “Though it’s rocket science, rocket launches can …
Social D i s t a n c i n g
By Anne Ready https://www.readyformedia.com/about-us/anne-ready\ Published April 3, 2020 Updated April 25, 2020 8 a.m. PT LOS ANGELES – To paraphrase Julie Andrews, ” A Spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down. In a most delightful way.” The world’s most iconic brands are redesigning their social media images with humor to reinforce the World Health Organization’s pleas. “Stay at …
A Woman’s Work
“A man can work from sun to sun. But a woman’s work is never done,” penned author Jean Little. Proving this poignant truth are women athletes in every sport from soccer and ice hockey to tennis players and elite runners. Photo courtesy of news.berkeley.edu Alex Morgan is part of the American team that brought home gold in the 2012 London …
Nike just did it!
There was no bad news for Nike at Sunday night’s Oscars! It had been a bad week for the shoemaker after top NBA draft prospect Duke’s Zion Williamson’s Nike shoe had fallen apart less than a minute into the game, resulting in a mild injury. But at the Oscars, Nike diverted attention from Mr. Williamson’s mishap by bridging to more …
Nike Just Did It
Nike reveals that Colin Kaepernick, American football quarterback and activist, will lead their 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. Colin Kaepernick has been widely known for initiating the trend of kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. It caused him to surrender his role as starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and become a free agent. However, …