C.R.A.P. Awards to make comeback on new Webinar series

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 19, 2010

Big news here at Corporate Hallucinations: The C.R.A.P. Awards are coming back!  I started the C.R.A.P. Awards about 75 years ago, it seems, back when I still wrote for Ragan Communications.  Out of the hundreds of columns I wrote for Ragan over the years, the C.R.A.P. Awards were by far the most popular. And, in [...]


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Hey, Kevin Smith: Shut your fat ass up and fly United

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 16, 2010

(Note: We interrupt our three-part series on the creepy side of Social Media to take on an important timely subject: Fat men who take up two seats on airplanes.) Enough already with this Kevin Smith slob. By now you’ve heard the story: Smith, who is really superfat and obnoxious and arrogant, was kicked off a [...]


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The creepy, dark side of Social Media

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 09, 2010

Social Media has gone mainstream. I know this, because formy son’s travel baseball team, several of the parents suggested Twitter as away to stay in touch to provide updates on schedule changes, game times, andother news. Six months ago, nobody even knew what Twitter was. Now, I'm not saying it is 100 percent mainstream. For [...]


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Can you beat this communication nightmare story?

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 08, 2010

Had a great time in Kansas City last week, at the KC IABC Chapter's Business Communications Summit. And, as usual, all the really cool, awful, scary stories came out in the bar after the day's sessions were over. My favorite came from a graphic designer who works with a lot of big companies on various [...]


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Waiting for Brogan

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 05, 2010

I just got back from the Kansas City IABC chapter’s BusinessCommunication Summit, which was an awesome event, held at the famous KansasCity Uptown Theater. I am always blown away by the passion, commitment, andtalent that chapter volunteers pour into these events. As someone who rarelyvolunteers for anything, I stand in awe at the amount of [...]


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Come to Chicago for the Strategic Communication seminar and meet Oprah Winfrey!

Posted By: Steve Crescenzo | February 03, 2010

Whenever I ask the folks in my seminars to raise their handif they have a strategic communication plan, only about 20 percent of thehands go up. So, since the average seminar numbers about 50 people, that meansonly 10 of the people in the room have a plan. The rest are flying by the seat of [...]


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September 15, 2010

Corporate Communications 3.0: 7 Ways You Can Be Relevant 5 Years From Now

IABC Webinar: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Central Time

As social media and other factors chip away at the traditional role of the communicator as "publisher," organizations are going to take a harder look at what they're getting from their communicators - and whether or not they need them at all. During this webinar Steve shows you the skills that will always be in demand, no matter how much things change and how you can blend these skills with the ones you'll need for tomorrow.

September 16, 2010

Write & Rewrite Webinar

Webinar: 1:00 p.m. Central Time

Steve Crescenzo (Write) and Jim Ylisela (Rewrite) bring you a webinar with a twist: Steve and Jim will talk about whatever's on your mind: writing, social media, intranets, running an editorial operation, executive communications, boring initiatives and common communication problems.

October 14, 2010

Strategic Creative Communications

Washington, D.C.

The only seminar that links creative communications using print, online and social media tools with strategy, research and measurement.

October 17 - 19, 2010

IABC 2010 Heritage Region Conference

Philadelphia, PA

Cutting through the Clutter: Creating Communications that People Will Actually Pay Attention to . . . and Act on! In this keynote session on October 19, Steve showcases dozens of real-life examples of how to change the very nature of how you communicate so you can cut through the clutter and grab your audiences' attention.

October 28 - 29, 2010

IABC 2010 Employee Communication Conference

Chicago, Illinois

Breakout! Turn the traditional employee communication model upside down. With new media, Web 2.0, changing demographics and shifting corporate cultures, employee communicators need to change with the times and communicate differently. On October 28, Steve will show you how.