Drew Houston Dropboxes in on MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
We all knew the feeling. It rang deep in one’s belly. As the plane taxied down the runway, that cornerstone document for your big meeting was safe and sound…on the thumb drive you left on your desk....
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Copy Editor at Bridgewater Associates
It’s not typical for us to use our blog as a job openings/classified section – there are a few not-inconsequential sites that seem to do a solid job on that front! But, this opportunity was shared with...
View ArticleRSA Conference: An Olympian Effort to Prove Our “Mettle”
Here at CHEN PR, we’ve handled just about every technology market during our 17+ years. About 3 years in, we dipped our toes into data security technologies. Now 14 years later we have built a solid...
View ArticleNews from the RSA Conference 2014
Get the skinny on CHEN PR clients’ latest announcements, presentations, panels and awards… Monday, February 24, 2014 Invincea Announces Expanded Threat Intelligence Integration in Invincea Management...
View ArticleTech Tuesdays: Coming to a City Near You
Networking can be difficult sometimes – but when you have great people and free food and drinks, it makes that whole awkward introduction thing not so awkward anymore! Last night was one of the...
View ArticlePost RSA Recap…and Recovery
My friend and colleague Kevin Kosh has just about fully recuperated from his non-stop RSA Conference schedule last week—late nights that often involved banter over a variety of beverages and very...
View ArticleBossy Pants…Banning the “B” Word
Like any work day morning, I watch the news while getting ready and try to listen to the first half of Good Morning America (GMA). This morning, I listened to a segment on GMA on banning the word...
View ArticleThe Sign of the Times: Earbuds Have Become a Part of Our Work Attire
I recently read an article titled, “Too Distracted to Work: The Dark Side of Open Offices” by Karen Klein at Business Week. One comment that hit home was that “people use headphones (earbuds) as...
View ArticleSigns that Spring will come.
Cabin fever. noun: an unhappy and impatient feeling that comes from being indoors for too long. I think it’s safe to say that I speak for most people when I say that we desperately need spring to...
View ArticleWashington Post Live: All Things Connected Forum Featuring Zscaler’s Michael...
On Tuesday, March 25, Vice President of Security Research Michael Sutton at Zscaler participated in a Washington Post Live Forum panel discussing privacy and security. He joined Commissioner U.S....
View ArticleA Sonnet for the Boston Marathon, 2014
In 2012 I began writing poems in advance of Massachusetts’ great Patriots’ Day tradition—the Boston Marathon. That year the weather forecast was for conditions decidedly hostile to long-distance racing...
View Article“Surprise Me”
Team CHEN PR shared conversation with veteran tech scribe Evan Schuman this morning. Out of respect for Evan I won’t divulge the number of decades he has been toiling as a journalist, but in his own...
View ArticleOn Earth Day: Life, Death and Perspective
On Earth Day nineteen years ago I learned a valuable lesson in public relations. Back then I was young and full of energy and ideals. Public relations was a new course for my career and I was...
View ArticleTop Five Likes & Dislikes of Commuting to Work Via the T (Subway)
Tomorrow marks CHEN PR’s first anniversary in our Downtown Crossing office at 71 Summer St. On my commute this morning, I found myself reflecting on all the fun my colleagues and I have had being in...
View ArticleGive that Man a Cigar!
When I tell people that public relations is my game (and after explaining what that means… and, no, it’s not like Mad Men, but thank you for mentioning my striking resemblance to Don Draper) I’ll...
View ArticleIt’s Not Always Easy, But It’s Worth It
Last week our newest CHENner, Mike Spinney, shared with the team an article he wrote for Inc. Magazine in 2006 called, “Learning to Love Networking.” The story of shy guy-turned master glad hander Reed...
View ArticleOwel Shot!
I ride the MBTA Commuter Rail to North Station most days for work. I love riding on trains, but I have to admit that the view from my window isn’t always pretty. Prime real estate almost never abuts...
View ArticleThree Important Changes
Acronyms tend to overwhelm me; and I get anxious when I encounter unfamiliar ones, which is fairly often since we live in a world full of them. You can then imagine my predicament when I attended an...
View ArticleWhat the Duck? Birds, Bread and Public Relations
I paid a visit to Boston Public Garden yesterday to distribute stale bread to the birds. Mallards, Canada geese, sparrows and pigeons, plus a few others I didn’t recognize (my name’s not Audubon, you...
View ArticleMy Retro Typewriter
Yesterday, I ventured to the lovely seaside town of Newburyport, Massachusetts to walk around, soak up the sun and fresh air and hit the incredible shops. One of the shops I visited was Flukes &...
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