article thumbnail

Behind the Headlines with Yvonne Lorie

Cision

Yvonne Lorie, the founder of ReFresh PR and a recipient of the 2013 HPRA Premio PR Achievement Award, has been elected president of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) national board for 2017. What is your secret to Public Relations and media relations success? The key ingredient is relationships.

article thumbnail

The Present & Future Tech Trends PRs Should Prepare For

Cision

In PR and media relations, it’s easy to become entirely focused on the day-to-day issues at the expense of the longer event horizon. For media relations and PR professionals, this means even more attention to not just the text and images but the coding and metadata of online content. Prepared for a brand crisis?

Trends 120
article thumbnail

Six Things That Haven’t Changed About PR

Mindful Marketing

Every brand must have a crisis communications plan. ” Every good PR team will have some kind of crisis communications in queue, and revisit it yearly to ensure it remains applicable and current in our constantly changing business and communications environment. You have to plan for the worst.”

article thumbnail

Orlando or Bust! Last Chance to Register for Solo PR Event at Discounted Rates

Solo PR Pro

This year, we’ve joined forces with the well-respected Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Conference – being held August 10-12, in Orlando – to help develop a program jam-packed with sessions of interest to the Solo PR Pro community.

Hotels 40
article thumbnail

An Interview with Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC

Critical Mention

When I came home in 2013, I did not have a business model or consultancy practice. My goal was to simply share my story and experience on-line through a blog, and to then re-share on social media.

article thumbnail

CSR Trends for PR and Media Relations Professionals

Cision

In 2013, a KMPG survey of the top 100 largest businesses in 41 different countries found that 71 percent of these companies report on their CSR performance and more than half include CSR in their annual financial reports. Prepare in advance for crisis. Governments and stock exchanges are even requiring CSR reporting.

article thumbnail

Your Favorite MaccaPR Blog Posts: Ellen's Oscar Selfie, Death of PR Spin and Online Content Secrets

MaccaPR

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers.