While doing research at the end of last week, I stumbled upon this great article from Cotton Delo of Ad Age. A quick summary: brand posts on Facebook simply aren’t reaching fans anymore. Free ones, to be more specific. Views of all organic brand posts on Facebook have plummeted almost...
This week's Washington Report! To sign up for the direct email, click here. Milestones this week -- Twitter celebrated its 8th birthday, C-SPAN turned 35 and Sunday will mark the 4th anniversary of the signing of the ACA. The House and Senate have been on recess this week, they...
In the 1990’s, I was working for Les Aspin as one of his team at the Pentagon. One of our biggest challenges when we arrived at the Department of Defense was to develop the FY 1994 budget and review the military structure at a time when the nation was clamoring...
This week's Washington Report! To sign up for the direct email, click here. It’s PI Day (for those who care about these things) … 3.14 Two physicists in Congress, Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL) and Rush Holt (D-NJ) are taking a break from the irrational Congress and celebrating an irrational number...
I was having a conversation about Capstone recently with a couple of friends and colleagues. They are advising me on our business plan as we continue to expand and evolve our service offering. As I shared terms like public relations, government affairs and lobbying, it became clear that language, which...
This week's Washington Report! To sign up for the direct email, click here. What a week … the Budget, QDR, a major confrontation with Russia and other highlights. Best, The Capstone National Partners Team (John Rogers, Alan MacLeod, Steve Moffitt, Diane Rogers, Erik Oksala, Kate Venne and Joyce Rubenstein)...