Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Industry Reach Tipping Point in 2010
By Louis Provenzano President of Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post More than 24 million U.S. residents speak a language other than English or have trouble communicating clearly without resorting to their native tongues. The new health care plan being debated in Congress promises to bring millions more of these legal immigrants [...]
The Top 10 tech trends of 2009
By John D. Sutter CNN Engineers didn’t make huge improvements to technology in 2009. The year’s big tech names — Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon — all existed before January. Instead, this is the year technology changed us. At year’s end, we’re connected to each other and to the Internet like never before. In 2009, [...]
OWC’s Crisis Communications Checklist
By Tracy Olmstead Williams Olmstead Williams Communications It is critical to be upfront and comprehensive with all crisis communications. Advance planning will significantly diminish any perception by the media and the public of a cover up. It’s a reassuring task to envision unthinkable scenarios and brainstorm about how best to respond. The following checklist can [...]
Crisis communications in the time of Tiger Woods
By Tracy Olmstead Williams Olmstead Williams Communucations For the past two weeks, almost every meeting, holiday party, conference call or chance encounter has started the same for me: “You’re in crisis communications, what should Tiger Woods do?” Any answer I give is already two weeks too late. Tiger Woods broke the cardinal rule of [...]
Advanced Bionics Partners With Skinit to Customize Appearance of Cochlear Implants
Decorative designs allow recipients to personalize devices just in time for the holidays VALENCIA, Calif., December 9, 2009 – Advanced Bionics®, the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or “bionic ears”), recently announced that the look of the world’s best performing cochlear implant system can now showcase customized designs. AB has partnered with Skinit, the [...]
This Just In: There’s No Positive Spin on OWC’s Bowling Skills
On Tuesday, December 8, Olmstead Williams Communications members celebrated the holidays by heading to Lucky Strike Lanes at the LA Live complex downtown. Good food, drinks, bad bowling and general hysterical laughter and mocking made for a great night out. Final Scores OWC staff: 321 OWC friends and family: 462 A unanimous decision was made to go ice skating [...]
Private-Sale Sites Bring Luxury Goods to Bargain Shoppers, Attract Big Investors
By Claire Cain Miller and Jenna Wortham The New York Times Daniela Busciglio still winces at the memory of shivering in line for hours to get into New York sample sales, then shoving her way through throngs of other shoppers looking for deals on designer clothes. But now the mobs are moving online, to sites [...]
Facebook Addict Calls it Quits
By Ashton Uytengsu Olmstead Williams Communications I’m 22 and my job is social media. I am also a full-fledged Facebooker. When I moved to California from the Philippines for college, it was a great way to keep in touch with friends back home. As my network grew, it allowed me to keep up to date on upcoming events [...]
