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We hired a professional writer to write a formalĬase statement on why Stan deserved the medal and we asked our regional Congressional delegation to help us make the case to the President. The effort remained behind the scenes from fans, we upped our game. The following year, after President Obama DeWitt’s friendship with the President, we were not able to get it The Senator approached the team during the twilight It was Senator Kit Bond’s idea to try to convince the President of the United States to award Musial the Medal of Freedom. We had failed to convince two Presidents that the Man was worthy. The Medal of Freedom before we moved forward with the campaign. We had made two prior attempts to get Musial Insights into communication that continue to fuel my work today.Ĭreating the campaign was born out of a personal sense of failure. It shifted my view of the world and gave me The campaign, I see what a profound role it has had on my understanding of modern communications and our path forward. Today the Musial Awards, which celebrateĮxtraordinary sportsmanship, bear his name. Get this - Stan Musial was never thrown out of a single game during his 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. Stan Musial was a role model you would want We felt strongly that baseball’s perfect warrior, baseball’s perfect knight It is the American equivalent of being knighted Trying to convince President Obama to Award Musial the Presidential Medal ofįreedom – the highest honor a civilian can receive in the United States. Our goal was to celebrate Stan Musial, the greatest Cardinal, while also

By all accounts, it was an extraordinary campaign that demonstrated the power of social media, as well as the global reach of the brand behind the birds on the bat. The Cardinals relatively new to social media and social media itself was relatively new. At that time, the Cardinals had just over 5,000 followers on Twitter. LouisĬardinals, that we launched the Stand for Stan campaign by tweeting images of It was ten years ago today, when I worked for the St.