From What's Now To What's Next

LPP is keeping a finger on the pulse of top industry headlines and conversations buzzing around social media, so you don't have to. Below is this week's round-up to serve as information and inspiration for discussions around real-time trends. Did we miss anything? What are your thoughts on what’s happening this week? Top Stories Marriage Equality: Oral arguments were presented at the Supreme Court in the legal battle to extend the right of marriage and associated federal benefits to same-sex...

Work friends can be real friends…. and nine other things I learned at LPP

Ten years ago, I started at Lois Paul and Partners in Austin as a bright eyed, yet terrified, account rep. One of my first assignments was to fax a press release and keep track of “clippings” to build a clip book for the client. The list of trade publications was endless, and I remember tracking speaking opportunities kept me busy all week. How things have changed! While we might not be faxing anymore, I learned so much in those first...

From What’s Now To What’s Next

LPP is keeping a finger on the pulse of top industry headlines and conversations buzzing around social media, so you don't have to. Below is this week's round-up to serve as information and inspiration for discussions around real-time trends. Did we miss anything? What are your thoughts on what’s happening this week? Top Stories SXSW Interactive: Check out photos from the event. Recaps and takeaways coming to the LPP blog this week. Make sure you’re subscribed and connected with us...

Focus on Leadership Issues, Not Gender Issues

Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook's new tome about the need for women to "lean in" to realize their full potential is yet another example of a successful leader who happens to be a woman building her leadership message around women's issues rather than about human issues. Few topics guarantee a ton of negative reaction and commentary like a successful, wealthy executive woman playing the woman card, and the reaction to Sandberg's message is no exception. Sandberg's premise is pretty simple: We...

From What’s Now To What’s Next

LPP is keeping a finger on the pulse of top industry headlines and conversations buzzing around social media, so you don't have to. Below is this week's round-up to serve as information and inspiration for discussions around real-time trends. Did we miss anything? What are your thoughts on what’s happening this week? Top Stories SXSW Interactive: It’s a wrap. Highlights from sessions, events, conversations with digital pros and more coming to this very blog soon! Make sure you’re subscribed and...

Less is More. Unless Less is Useless. Then it's Just Less.

Bans, bans, bans. Everywhere I turn I’m hearing about another ban somewhere, regarding something that “isn’t good for [insert any pronoun here].” Be it Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer banning the flexible work option, NYC’s Mayor Bloomberg banning sizable sodas from being served, or the Boston burbs banning water bottles, it seems as though leaders are resorting to elimination to alleviate waste. Wasted time, calories, resources…you name it. While each of these measures have roots in good causes like increased productivity,...

The Obvious Thing to Do in Austin While You’re at SXSW [#LPPSXSW]

Although I am a local, I did not want to write a “Things To Do in Austin While You’re at SXSW” blog post. But I did want to offer valuable insight to the 27,000 people headed this way for the event before it kicks off tomorrow. Here it is: The thing to do in Austin while you’re at SXSW is, in fact, SXSW. Duh, right? The reason this hardly-an-epiphany merits a blog post is that the unique nature of SXSW...

From What’s Now To What’s Next

LPP is keeping a finger on the pulse of top industry headlines and conversations buzzing around social media, so you don't have to. Below is this week's round-up to serve as information and inspiration for discussions around real-time trends. Did we miss anything? What are your thoughts on what’s happening this week? Top Stories Hugo Chavez Dies: Venezuela’s leader loses battle with cancer. Country mourns and worries about its future. Sequester: Senate failed to pass either Democratic or Republican replacement...

LPP Makes SXSW Interactive Easy For You: Sessions You Should Attend [#LPPSXSW]

It’s finally here. SXSW Interactive kicks off this Friday and I think my unrelenting excitement is best explained by the fact that I will be doing this whole thing in crutches. If you see me out there, I won’t blame you if you pass me to make sure you get a decent seat at your session. But I will never forget you if you slow down to walk with me to the next session or if you donate your seat...

RSA 2013 It's a Wrap!

RSA 2013 is a wrap! For anyone that didn’t make it to San Francisco’s Moscone Center to catch the show in person – or the great weather this past week – I can only tell you, you missed out. Not only did the show deliver on tracks and sessions covering all aspects of the security industry, it delivered some notable speakers including Tom Ridge, first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania; Howard Schmidt,...