If you’re in PR and you don’t know Justin Goldsborough, shame on you! If you’re not in PR and you don’t know Justin Goldsborough, shame on you!
Now that some of you are really feeling badly, I’ll give you a break by giving you the inside scoop so you feel like you’ve known him for years and can become friends quickly.
Trust me. You want to do this.
I have zero recollection of how Justin and I met and became friends. It’s not because he’s not remarkable; he is. It’s because it feels like we’ve been friends our entire lives.
To start, I’m pretty sure he has my old office at Fleishman-Hillard. If that doesn’t make us soul sisters (er, friends), I don’t know what does. And we have the same philosophies about new business and the definition of PR and of how much the Royals suck. OK. Maybe not that last one. I made that up.
But read this list of stuff he does outside of his job:
- He has a blog aptly named Justin Case You Were Wondering
- He’s on the Kansas City IABC board
- He is the co-founder (with another smartypants, Heather Whaling) of #PR20Chat (I wonder what happens when they turn 30?)
- He’s the HAPPO Kansas City champion (and I’m Chicago; ANOTHER soul sister bonding moment)
Sorry. I had to take a breath. This is all OUTSIDE of work!
I think you get it. Follow him on Twitter. Subscribe to his blog AND read it. Connect with him on LinkedIn. Get to know him. YWRI.
Oh, and I guess I totally made up his hating the Royals. He just said this:
I know it’s way early. And I know things will look different probably even at the end of April. But the KC Royals are 4-1, atop the AL Central with 4 straight wins in their last at-bat. Just sayin.
GO CUBS!