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How should Obama communicate at the Summit of the Americas

Posted At : November 11, 2008 3:28 PM | Posted By : Judette
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My firm's media monitoring software downloaded  an article today  from the Arizona Sun. It was really instructive in its advice to Obama on the way he should handle his communications while attending the Summit of Americas in Trinidad, early next year.

Here's an excerpt:

 "...Take advantage of your policy virginity to revamp U.S. relations with the region. Among the proposals you should take to the Trinidad summit: Turn the Summit of the Americas into an annual event, instead of one being held every three or four years.... It's the only regular meeting between U.S. and Latin American presidents, and it would force you to focus on hemispheric issues even if you are overwhelmed by more urgent matters elsewhere in the world. That would send a strong signal."

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The Cleaner and the Queen. A lesson in intercultural communications

Posted At : May 1, 2008 10:46 AM | Posted By : Judette
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The Cleaner and the Queen A lesson in intercultural communications



Okay. Call me a prude. But when comedienne Deborah Maillard asked the IABC T&T’s conference speaker, Angela Sinickas, whether “she picked up a rasta man” during her diving trip in Tobago, I wanted the seat in Queen’s Hall to open up and fold me in.

Frankly, I didn’t know if I should have laughed out loud or cringed. Had Maillard gone too far? Before I answer, here’s the context.

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