So today I interviewed one of my favorite communicators on the planet for an article on analyst calls for McMurry's The Influential Executive.
She remarked sardonically that she works in a "feedback rich" environment, with IR guys who approve everything down to a gnat's ass.
For the same story I also interviewed an IR guy, who with his head shot, e-mailed a request: "Let me know if you’d like me to 'fact check' anything in the story (quotes, etc.) before you run with it."
Love the "fact check" in quotes. (Whereas, if it were me, I'd put "run with it" in quotes.)
He put his headshot in his email? Is this normal? I hope not.
Yes, his PDF head shot. Not normal?
Did you need the headshot for the story, or is he just attaching his head to his emails to promote his good looks? A bit weird if it’s the second.
Oh, yes, I asked for the (jpg, not pdf) headshot; he’s uptight, not vain.
Ohhhhhh – well ignore everything I said. Well, almost everything…not everything I’ve ever said! Now who’s uptight????