Tuesday, October 4, 2016

A lunch meeting with John David of David PR Group


October 4, 2016 

Today's meeting began with concerns about Hurricane Matthew, a concern reinforced by both the recent trajectory switch of the storm and the worries about its growing intensity. Due to this concern, attendance was down as compared to prior weeks as a few missed the meeting, understandably, due to storm preparation.

Our speaker, John P. David, focused on another kind of storm, a tempest that could change and stay with us for an entire lifetime, namely, our online reputation. John David's company, David PR Group, a public relations firm which is based in Miami, works to restore damaged online reputations, for if left unchecked, a damaged online presence can destroy not only your business but also your personal life.

Mr. David began his speech by asking for a show of hands, quickly checking to see those with an internet presence, pointing out, that in this day, you are without a doubt, off the grid if you don't at least have a website, you are practically invisible to potential clients, especially, I suspect to those versed and raised in this internet focused age beginning with Generation X on forward to Millennials.

John laid out a few basic fundamental internet posting guidelines. Guideline number one, don't document everything! More specifically, in regards to respect, beginning with self respect, from there, once you respect yourself, then you can understand the necessity of respecting others. And yet, we have been lacking on teaching this vital lesson as we have this disturbing practice of people posting their "private parts", a trend that just adds to the current level of unchecked voyeurism, where these implicit photos are then forwarded on to others ( the ultimate sign of disrespect ).

Ultimately, this lesson of "respect" is a good one to follow, the best one, for if we respect everyone as human beings first, then we can find a pathway that could lead to not only the elimination of malicious internet posts, but an elimination of malicious, sadistic, acts of inhumanity.

The day ended with Rotarian, Ernesto Lafontaine finally winning the growing club pot, he picked the right card! In my opinion, I think Ernesto's win is a win for everyone, as his winnings are going to his homeless outreach program! Additionally, Rotarian Reggie Laroche, brought in a bag of clothes adding to our growing collection for the Homeless outreach program to take place in downtown Miami on October 14! Thanks Reggie!



Originally posted by Jeff McNabb

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