Karen Freberg

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

You know you have been busy when you realize it’s been a while since you have written a blog post. That’s been me because I realized it’s been not only month, but several (!!) since I have written a blog post. It’s been *that* busy for me for 2023. Blocking time on my calendar.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I did not attend, but the event featured a number of women leaders talking about their career progressions and encouraging others to seek the curiosity, bravery and creativity needed to drive successful careers–and lives (my educated guess based on the posts I saw from the event). Where is she now?

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode is Dave Honchul, APR Fellow, PRSA. One key thing many PR pros are forgetting to do How far do you need to dig before deciding something is true Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? That became my life passion, and I continued growing in that career field.

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Cision

JULY 7, 2016

So how can you ensure you make an impact? In this interview, Daniel discusses the process of building your brand, why it’s important to continue asking questions and how PR skills translate to other areas of communication. What drew you to the field of PR? In college, I fell in love with the persuasive power of words.

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Ethical Voices

JULY 25, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Filomena Fanelli , CEO of Impact PR & Communications. How to make your employees understand and live your values. Why don’t you tell our listeners more about yourself and your career? Why don’t you tell our listeners more about yourself and your career?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

I also have a particular interest in covering legislative and regulatory issues, and that’s something I like to keep up with. Constantly on my radar and well-received by HDT’s audience is: emerging technology, alternative fuel, and autonomous advancement. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

A lot of the trouble has to do with a labor shortage, which I also find to be fascinating. Working in China and northern Iraq early in my career opened my eyes to the possibilities of journalism. As a business reporter, I find great enjoyment in learning new things. I start with originality and human interest.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Nine years ago, I came home from a tour in Iraq and went back to my job. I had been gone for a total of about 18 months. The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. A half year later my employer was acquired.

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The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

While some of us pursued degrees in PR or journalism, many stumbled upon the industry from something vastly different: from accounting, history, law, to other creative backgrounds. Hear from the team as they share how they got to where they are now in an exclusive, blog series showcasing the diverse backgrounds of Hoffman Europe.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

Joining me in this week’s episode is Ken Kerrigan , a Vice President at Infinite Global , an international communications firm specializing in public relations, branding, and content. Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? This goes back to when I maybe was in the business for about five years.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 14, 2023

By Miho Sakai, Associate Account Executive My internship experience at The Hoffman Agency brought me a great learning opportunity and a better understanding about the PR industry, tech, communications and writing. But more importantly, and unexpectedly, I learned about myself.

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Cision

AUGUST 21, 2015

Welcome to Cision Blog’s newest content series, Behind the Blog, where we chat with a notable influencer in a particular digital space, such as food, fashion, or finance. . Though he never expected digital media to become a career, he’s thankful to be able to do what he loves. Now the nerds are taking over.”

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The Stalwart Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

And I got to meet Joanie Connell just about, I would say, a couple of months ago. And I’m really fascinated by her work, and I’m really fascinated by how she helps out different organizations. Joanie Connell: Oh, it’s my pleasure. Joanie Connell: Oh, it’s my pleasure.

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ZudePR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I devoured books as a child. Every Saturday I’d trot up the hill to my local village library, get kicked off the microfiche reader by the gorgeous librarian, and return home with a few books under my arm. If I appreciated an author, I would read everything they’d written. Then move on.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

I’ve always been a networker. In high school, I was the guy who had a ton of friends, but very few close friends. I also managed an underground student newspaper, so I had to know a ton of students. In college, I worked for the student newspaper. I worked at a computer lab where I met students.

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The Hoffman Agency

JULY 22, 2022

My journey to public relations started in a very minor way: joining a fantasy hockey league. We simulated games on NHL15, created logos and started Twitter accounts to emulate our favorite NHL teams’ live Tweets. For the first time, I started to and ended up choosing it as my major in university.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Aside from evaluating new vehicles, I also script and host videos, write feature stories and help produce commerce-related posts. Basically, I do everything (or at least it feels like I do, LOL). . I primarily cover product, vehicle reveals and first drives, so that’s where most of my energy is spent.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 14, 2023

By Anish Mandal, Account Executive With the National Apprenticeship week having just gone by, I’ve been having a moment of reflection – thinking about where I am now in my career, about how I got here, and what’s in store for the future. I am not one of those people.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

I am the finance and technology reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business , covering the startup sector in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as the region’s banks and lenders, such as Rocket Mortgage and UWM. Particularly within my role as a finance reporter, money is always a good news hook. What story or stories are you most proud of?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Anyone that’s ever looked for a job at a PR firm, has run into those words. That was Cassandra Sherrill’s experience too when she first started out years ago. She moved to Atlanta after graduating from college year and applied to “every entry-level PR job out there” with success.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 15, 2022

Once I had signed the contract to be a part of The Hoffman Agency’s fall internship program, I was mentally preparing myself for a rollercoaster ride full of ups, downs and loops. To my pleasant surprise, the program felt more like a rock-climbing wall. Have you really started looking at the job market?” Will I fail?”

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Communications Conversations

JULY 12, 2019

On The Gram, I follow a fellow solo consultant named Katie Miller. But, what really strikes me about Katie is her ability to work from anywhere in the world. And when I say “anywhere in the world” I really mean ANYWHERE in the world! Needless to say, I (along with almost everyone else) was a little jealous.

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Karen Freberg

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It seems like yesterday I was just a doctoral student over the holidays, preparing for my comprehensive exams, and thinking about what this decade had in store for me. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined all of the things that happened these past ten years. Here are some of the things I have learned.

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The Hoffman Agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

My internship spanned from the start of June 2021 to the end of August 2021. Within those three months, I accomplished so much more than I could have ever anticipated. This was a result of joining an exceptional team who consistently threw opportunities my way and ensured no two days were the same.

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Doctor Spin

JUNE 28, 2022

How to train a spokesperson? I’ve been training spokespersons and pitching their stories since 2005. Being a camera-shy introvert, I’ve got a profound respect for anyone prepared to step out into the spotlight. We often talk about how people connect with different brands. I love coaching spokespeople.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

I’m going to put it all in context and explain why you should listen to what I have to say. Over the last two years, I’ve been on a journey… Stop Right There. I Don’t Want To Know About Your Time-Saving Content Curation System, Or You, For That Matter. Just Take Me to the 29 Newsletters Bit.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Within Digital PR there are different types of tactics and formats used for creating content, each designed to achieve links and brand mentions. These different digital PR tactics range from surveys, commentary and quick pieces of data analysis through to large scale interactive campaigns. A great idea gets your foot in the door.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 24, 2018

I’ve known Emily Negrin now for probably almost 10 years. And, she’s always been one of those people I think would be fun to work with. That’s my kind of co-worker! I am the global director of communications and brand marketing at Geosys, a company which specializes in satellite remote sensing for agriculture.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Emily gives us a glimpse of how her career unfolded, and offers up advice for anyone looking to progress in the field of PR. . When did you start at SHIFT? I started at SHIFT in June 2012. I graduated the month prior from Boston University where I studied PR and Communications.

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ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

Are you looking for advice on how to get going, without an agent, without a publisher. In this 8,000-word article , you’ll discover how I – a 45-year-old Brit with no writerly mates – turned my pipedream into a not-so-shitty first draft of 87,000 words. I sincerely hope my story inspires you to do the same. . #1

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

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Communications Conversations

MAY 5, 2016

A few weeks ago, a colleague recommended to me that I feature more experienced pros within this series from time to time. Maybe I had gotten a bit *too* focused on our millennial audience in 2016. And today, I wanted to add another experienced counselor to that list: Andy Jacobson. Now, Andy is a client.

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ZudePR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

I turned 44 today. And I have a blog post itching to get out. I’d love to give you 44 things I’ve learnt in the last 44 years but I have Friday night comedy, some Miss Tilly’s fudge, and a bottle of Du Pape (not Chasse) with my name on them. I used to work for a PR company. When I was starting out.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2017

Like many in the middle , I have mixed feelings around the circumstances of its demise. It does seem to me as if a small piece of tradition will be lost forever. As a kid, my parents took me to the show, and I still remember the branded whiz-bang flashlight they purchase for me – a rare indulgence.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 21, 2018

Many years ago, I had a mentor that suggested the first 10 years of a career should be spent moving around and collecting skills. That’s one of the side benefits of growing up in tech PR – you are exposed to many facets of business. This interview with a CMO reminded me of that suggestion. Tell us how that happened?

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 19, 2017

A few weeks ago, I made a pledge to support #HeForShe and my female colleagues by blogging about ideas relevant to this issue on a monthly basis. I thought I’d start by taking ideas directly from the #HeForShe web site, as they have a list of potential topics and conversation starters. So, here goes!

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