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Selfish Altruism: Ned Lundquist on Origins of the JOTW and an Appeal to Take the Annual Comms Survey

Sword and the Script

. >>> Do you work in communications, PR, public affairs, marcom, or a related field? Ned: I started JOTW when I found myself rather suddenly out of work in January of 2001. When I started my new job in April 2001 the network had grown to about 150 people.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field. They all knew that I had no interest in returning to a corporate role.

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

Little did I know, all of this would change, and I would start my career in public relations. The sign had information about a conference that was being hosted by public relations directors who worked for various teams in the National Football League (NFL). This marked my beginning into the PR profession.