Public Relations
Got news? MC is the new editor for BIZ (941) Daily
In 2011, BIZ 941 Magazine, the business sister magazine to Sarasota Magazine, asked me to edit news items for their daily e-newsletter that is read every day by thousands of Sarasota and Manatee County businesspeople. The newsletter is chock full of timely — sometimes breaking — news about local businesses, new businesses, unemployment and real [...]
M.C. Coolidge interviewed by ZweigWhite’s Marketing Now
Company Intranet sites are increasingly popular alternatives to keeping employees informed and connected.
M.C. Coolidge Part of Award-Winning Intranet Design Team
Local public relations and communications consultant, M.C. Coolidge, was part of the design and content development team that won first place in the 2010 National Communications Awards program of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS).
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MC in Print
Honesty and integrity are the only things we leave behind when we die. Work on it today.” I’d like to have met the man who thought like that. But Hart seems to have left one more thing behind: A much-needed legacy of a simpler time – and a place where the heart of Sarasota lives [...]
New Year, new me, new you … same old (wonderful) Siesta Key Beach
I love me some Siesta Key sand … read my homage to the #1 beach in the country in tomorrow’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Siesta Key, Florida beach rules!
John Donne wrote, “every man is a piece of the continent”; Thoreau asked, “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Gandhi said, “Live simply so that others may simply live.” Tom Shadyac, in his new film, I AM, gives us reason to hope that [...]
Nourish Your Noggin in Sarasota
Is it possible to nourish your noggin in Sarasota without breaking the bank? The answer is yes. And this week’s Sense and the City column tells you how! Click here to read my column online — or check it out in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Connecting Selby Scholars and Sarasota Movers and Shakers
Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation’s 11th annual Selby Scholar Symposium, which pairs mentors from the community with scholars who are currently attending college in Florida and beyond. To read the rest of this Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune, click here: [...]
Reality Online
UFood Grill– Food U Might Like
I’m not a big stock market person, but over the past several months I’ve been buying some stock — not a ton, but just enough to make life interesting — in a penny stock called UFood. UFood Grill (www.ufoodgrill.com) is a burgeoning restaurant chain based in Boston. This new restaurant brand was founded by the [...]
To boldly go … to the Longboat Key Education Center!
Yesterday, I had an absolute BLAST at the Longboat Key Education Center. I was there to give a talk and had a wonderful time speaking to and talking with the audience. The Center’s director Susan Goldfarb was super charming and the audience asked such great questions and added many great comments during the 30-minute Q&A [...]
Tell me, what is it you plan to do?
Tell me, after you read The Summer Day, what you plan to do with your one, wild, precious life, on this winter January day? The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung [...]
Welcome to the New Reality Online!
Wow! It’s hard to believe that three years ago this month — August 2008 — I launched MC’s Reality Online blog. I had no idea whether anyone would visit my blog, much less come back for a second visit …
Speaking & Events
Speaking & Workshop at Longboat Key Ed Center
Speaking and facilitating workshop at the Longboat Key Education Center. February 17 11 a.m. Longboat Key, Florida. Visit http://www.lbkeducationcenter.org/