From C-suite to a hospital room: A COVID casualty

Editor’s note: Greg Demetriou, a regular LIBN columnist and Long Island Business Hall of Fame member, is fighting COVID in an area hospital. He penned this column from his hospital bed, where he remains as of press time. Certain [...]

Early voting is a bad idea for the nation

As I write this, more than 60 million Americans have voted during the last two-plus weeks. In terms of voter participation that is good for the country. However, and there is a really big “however.” What has happened since the voting began?  [...]

Mail and the election are fraught with problems

Let me start with my bona fides: I am the CEO of Lorraine Gregory Communications, an integrated marketing company. My previous position was Director of Processing for the exclusive mailing shop providing services to a major securities brokerage house [...]

DEATH OF THE CONFERENCE CALL

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Recently I had the occasion to be on a conference call with several members of a board of directors that I am on. I suppose there were a dozen faceless voices on the call. To be kind it was a cacophony of noise. [...]

Remote Working Survey Results

During the second and third weeks of self-quarantine, social distancing and remote working edicts, Lorraine Gregory Communications conducted a digital poll via a Constant Contact email. Taking the pulse of those working remotely captured a cro [...]