(I think.) 

There is a growing debate among online publications about the ubiquitous Comments section, which, we are told, is an important feature to promote dialogue and engagement with readers. (Read more about the issue here.)

Personally, though, most of the time I just feel squeamish when I read through the comments attached to most stories – particularly to any political coverage that I read.

As the owner of a new company in a cluttered world, I can speak, with experience, about the challenge of choosing a company name. Apart from the obvious requirement that one be able to attach some meaning to the name – something relevant to one’s business and, hopefully, one’s potential clients – the bigger hurdles are very practical ones: Is the name eligible to be approved for incorporation, and is a website address available?

More than 25,000 investors, analysts, mining executives, geologists, government officials, students and international delegations descended on the convention centre here in Toronto for the annual conference of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) – and my colleague Thomas Eckert from Mexico City was there among them.

Welcome to The Lanes!

For a long time, I have spoken with my friends and colleagues in the public affairs world about bringing together a group of talented business communicators and offering their expertise to businesses that might not be able to afford, or might not need, such talent on a full-time basis.

The Lanes brings together just such a group of women and men – with a diversity of experience and backgrounds (though all with a solid foundation in financial communications) – who have agreed to work together to serve our clients' needs.