Comments on: PR Week’s Dreaded Todd Defren Match Up

By: johnrhopkins

johnrhopkins — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:52:24 +0000

uh, pose = post. too excited I guess.

By: johnrhopkins

johnrhopkins — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:51:48 +0000

Geoff… It truly makes me happy to see personality online. This pose hammers that nail in perfectly. Thank you… and nice job with the black and white mechanism in the video edits.

By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:04:33 +0000

Yes, the PR Week contest is silly, but who cares. No one is taking it seriously, least of all you. Your video is (not surprisingly) very funny and a good satire of a typical competition interview in the pseudo-documentary style. All sunshine and light when the camera is supposedly running, all angst and agony when the subject thinks he’s off camera.

As to whether it, or the PR week thing, isn’t sufficiently serious? Lighten up folks. That’s part of what needs to happen in the very C-suites we hope to influence. Gotta put on the comfy clothes and hang with the rest of the world. Bad jokes and all. Otherwise we will continue the same old, same old business, marketing and communications models that we *know* don’t really work.

By: Christine Campbell

Christine Campbell — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:20:13 +0000

Wow – that was time well spent while plowing through my lunch at 2:00. Reminds me of a story about my father which I won’t bore you with here.

Todd – for as long as I’ve known you, you have been the real deal and still are.

Geoff – for as long as I have not known you, you have inspired me and many others.

Hats off to both of you. Sorry to see the competition is off – KIDDING.

Christine

By: Christina Hoggatt

Christina Hoggatt — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:17:15 +0000

I look up to both Geoff and Todd immensely — this is all good fun! It is really nice to see how truly social the best really are. Looking forward to hopefully interviewing both of you for my thesis!

By: Bob LeDrew

Bob LeDrew — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:28:49 +0000

Dare I say it? I do:

“The thong is over, but the malady lingers on … “

By: PRJack

PRJack — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:24:36 +0000

I’d say that to those who are willing to look deep enough, there is an extremely valuable lesson to be learned and/or demonstrated about social media marketing – ESPECIALLY – in a client/agency situation. Social Media can not – or should not – be merely peddled as a ‘communications solution’ to clients. It’s all about engagement and interaction… and that takes a great many forms in a public space!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:18:38 +0000

I loved the video and I may just order a case of mugs to pass around the office. Wouldn’t it be nice if, every once in a while, we all just had a wee bit of fun…since we spend the other 99% of our working time helping folks “…demonstrate the value of a communications channel to business clients.”

Oh, and I think I’ve figured out a cost analysis ROI spreadsheet for the Defren boxer shorts, I’ll post to Google docs soon ;)

/kff

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:14:05 +0000

@Todd Me, too. I mean, geez. It was just supposed to be some off-handed fun, and a great way to poke at the sillyness of the blog competition. Guess I’ll have to start blogging about Al Ries and McLuhan theory applied to social media for the rest of my days. ;)

By: Beth Harte

Beth Harte — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:04:32 +0000

I appreciate the Buzz Bin as is, you know that. The common sense issue will be a long-hard battle, I fear. Now you have my wheels turning…perhaps there needs to be beginner, intermediate and advanced blog reading. But I don’t know any bloggers who would appreciate being grouped in that manner. ;-) Thanks for the insight Geoff!