Another day another dismal record. This one comes from the US Department of Labor who reported that 3.28 million new people filed for unemployment this past week. That’s more than five times the previous record. I know that we’re supposed to be flattening the curve by staying home but I […]
It took a total of 167 days from the first confirmed case of Coronavirus until we reached 100,000 confirmed cases. From then until the 200,000 confirmed cases was only 11 days. It took another 5 days to reach 300,000 and then just 3 days to reach 400,000. Yesterday alone 43,733 […]
TL;DR: Our new training webinar for Coronavirus Communication in healthcare is here. How do healthcare organizations communicate about COVID-19? It’s tricky, because the principles of healthcare can be difficult to turn into effective communication. How do we reconcile the Hippocratic oath (“first, do no harm”) with the marketer’s oath (“simplify the […]
So, the reason this US spending bill is taking so long is due to an old game in Washington called ‘fill the bill’. In this game, lawmakers like to pack each and every law they pass with many different things, some of which might be completely unrelated. The idea is, […]
A post on Reddit this morning asked, “When did COVID-19 get real for you?” For most people, Coronavirus is still not “real.” If anything, it’s surreal. We’ve all been thrown into the deep end of this incredibly weird pool, and the water is freezing cold. We’re trying to keep breathing […]
In my book Blockchain For Everyone (now a bestseller), I outlined a simple method for investing in digital assets without breaking the bank. If you’re still watching from the sidelines, the new year is a great time to get invested — and to review the results of our investing strategy […]
Man, the Fed will buy anything! Over the weekend there was much discussion surrounding Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who proposed the issuance of two platinum coins, each one worth exactly $1 trillion. Wait what?? The $1 trillion coin was first hypothesized during Obama’s response to the original financial crisis. And no, […]
“Like gold, US Dollars hold value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply.” Benjamin Bernanke Former Fed Chair November 21, 2002 Less than seven years later Helicopter Ben, as he’s since been nicknamed, became the father of quantitative easing and set the world down a path […]
Communication Can Save Lives For years, we’ve said to each other, particularly after a bad day, “Well, at least lives aren’t at stake.” But today, lives ARE at stake. When we communicate well about COVID-19, we help slow the spread of the virus and ease the burden on our healthcare […]
Seems like the markets have finally found some level of sanity today. Though things are still quite volatile, at least the reduced level of movement is providing some breathing room. So at this time, I’d like to ponder with you about a few of the ways that the world has […]
