by Bruce Turkel | Jun 5, 2018 | Building Brand Value
It used to be that a sincere “I’m sorry” was accompanied by a bouquet of flowers and a heartfelt card. Then life went back to normal. And for companies, rectifying a mistake usually meant a generic apology by the CEO and a conscientious program set up to...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 18, 2016 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
There are people who make a practice of not positioning themselves across from me at board meetings. That’s because I spend my time in those meetings drawing caricatures of everyone sitting around the conference table. Actually, I draw pictures of everyone...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 22, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Remember the village idiot? He was the only one person who watched the naked emperor parade down the street and pointed out that the emperor wasn’t wearing clothes. Everyone else fumfered and mumbled and looked at their feet. Only the village idiot dared mouth...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 2, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The Internet bubble burst right after Y2K and the real estate bubble burst after the middle of the decade because people believed that with all the new technology and opportunities the old rules simply didn’t apply anymore. But the history of fads has shown us...
by Bruce Turkel | May 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Community foundations exist to help local area residents manage their charitable giving and to funnel local funds to where they’ll do the most good in hometown neighborhoods. Most community foundations judge their success by two factors; the amount of good they...
