Inspiring Guest Column Series Launched-John Pepper Discusses Pixar and ‘Excellence’
Joanne Maly
July, 2009
Cincinnati, Ohio. June 30, 2009. Lincoln Maly Marketing, an integrated marketing, media relations, PR and corporate communications firm, has announced that the Cincinnati-based company has introduced a new series of monthly guest columns as part of the www.lincolnmalymarketing.com website with a particularly stirring first guest column installment by John Pepper, former P&G CEO and current non-executive Chairman of the Board of Disney. Mr. Pepper’s column is titled, “If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It”.
Lincoln Maly Marketing principal, Joanne Maly, explained, “The guest column concept offers selected persons of true vision and leadership a forum to share their own personal passion – a passion that perhaps ties into their own business experience, but also reveals the unique personality of that person and taps into a reader’s own heart.”
In Mr. Pepper’s inspiring guest column post, he tells a story involving the Walt Disney Company, in particular Pixar, the producer of many great films, including “Toy Story”, “The Incredibles”, “Finding Nemo”, “A Bug’s Life”, “Cars”, and most recently, “UP”.
Mr. Pepper writes about the vision, obstacles and persistence of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, and Steve Jobs, when creating the Pixar company. In his column, Pepper explains, “The creation of Pixar is all about ‘a dream’ and the persistence and conviction of the people involved that they could make that dream come true; that they could ‘do it.’”
Maly commented that John Pepper’s column captures the very essence of what the Lincoln Maly Marketing’ website’s guest column concept is intended to be.
“The featured monthly guest columns will be written by persons who inspire others, and who have inspired me, to ‘make a difference.’ Whether that difference is to encourage others to be generous, creative and innovative; to use business acumen to help others in need; to encourage the artistic side in each of us; or to recognize the imaginative, the resourceful, and the out-of-the-box idea generators – my hope is that the guest columns will inspire, motivate, and incite energy, ideas, leadership, excellence, risk-taking and action in readers,” said Maly.
Maly continued that she perceives the guest pieces to be different from blog entries, white-papers, or magazine articles, and explained that “the columns are (1) a personal message (2) from a truly awesome person (3) who I see as an example for others in business and in life and, who, with their story, will (4) tap into a reader’s soul and inspire them.”
Confirmed future guest columnists include submissions by Elaine Suess, president of Beyondbeing Marketing Communications and also current president of the non-profit organization, IMPACT 100; Joan Fox, president of Eagle Inspiration and author of Sir Vival-Customer Service Under Seige; and Roxanne Qualls, current member of Cincinnati City Council and former Mayor of Cincinnati. Additional columns in discussion include pieces written by leaders in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurism, marketing, the arts, and education.
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