by Bruce Turkel | Apr 20, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Cribbing from Barack Obama’s success in the polling place in 2008 and 2012, it seems virtually every candidate in the 2016 election wants to develop a presidential brand and has released a campaign logo. Leaving our varied and ardent opinions of the candidates behind,...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 5, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
A recent story on public radio talked about the logistics of pursuing smugglers of coveted black rhino horns. The officer interviewed made the point that the discoveries made in this case also helped uncover smugglers of guns, drugs, and even human traffickers. His...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 9, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
925<247365 2,400 years ago Socrates said, “ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ.” (For those few of you who don’t read Greek, Socrates’ statement translates to something like, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”) Thanks to the computer’s limitless ability...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 15, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Last Friday’s edition of The New York Times included two stories on the trouble with transparency that few readers probably connected even though the problem affects all of us. One article was about how Brian Williams “misremembered” his flight on a United States...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 9, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Brian Williams is toast.Brian Williams is not going to return to NBC Nightly News. He is not going to reenergize his news career. He’s not going to make a comeback. Brian Williams is toast. Williams has promised to get back on the air, saying, “Upon my return I will...
