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Hawai`i is unlike anywhere else, but in business communications, experience is
the difference here, too.
Doug Carlson's background includes nearly four decades of public affairs work in Hawai`i, including arguably the broadest media experience among consultants in the Aloha State.
Doug has been on the Honolulu rail transit project's Public Involvement Team since 2007. He writes the Yes2Rail blog for the project, which received Federal Transit Administration approval in February 2012 to begin major construction. Work on the elevated guideway's support columns began on April 23. Doug first worked on Honolulu transit issues in 1990-92, when he supported Matra Transit of Paris, France on a similar Honolulu project that ultimately wasn't built.
Doug's service with Hawaiian Electric Company
and other energy providers has positioned him favorably to consult on public and media affairs for
the emerging renewable energy industry. His web log -- Hawaii Energy Options -- covers Hawai`i's unique dependence on fossil fuels and ongoing activities to reduce it. In 2009-10, Doug launched, produced and hosted Energy Futures, a "live" hour-long program on Hawai`i Public Radio that gave energy issues weekly prominence. Doug joined HECO after working in Washington, DC and Honolulu on the staff of Congressman Cecil Heftel. The Kahala post office in Honolulu was renamed in Cec's honor on March 16, 2012.
Doug started his "CHORE" blog
after the October 2006 Hawai`i earthquakes to focus on the imperative
to improve emergency communications, an ongoing challenge in Hawai`i. Another blog -- Tsunami Lessons
-- was launched one week after the Christmas 2004 earthquake and tsunami to highlight the importance of including the international news media in tsunami notification planning. Hundreds of
thousands of people around the Indian Ocean died when the news media were not used and existing communications channels failed
to warn them of their peril. On a lighter note, Doug's End the Hawaii MLB Blackout blog draws attention to the infuriating blackout of Bay Area baseball teams in Hawai`i.
Doug wrote and self-published "Me and Him Are Killing English!" with a cautionary message for career-minded young adults: Leaders in business, education and the professions use correct English, and your career prospects will be enhanced if you do, too. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin carried an excerpt in 2007, and columnist Charles Memminger added his "lite" touch more recently; the book's website posts examples of egregious "Me and Him Talk" from time to time.
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