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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

PRSay

Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It It seems like my life here is a perpetual crisis,” said Gediman, a longtime PRSA member. Do you also manage social media for the park?

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

PRSay

Please join the discussion via #PRSAChat and #EthicsMonth, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats throughout the month. We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills. This year’s theme is “Doing the Right Thing.”

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When The Crisis PR Guy Is The Crisis

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

That happened this week when the Campbell Soup Company found itself in hot water after a bizarre tweet from its own head of government affairs — an executive who ironically lists “crisis management” among his skills. Senate – not an unusual pedigree for a Public Affairs VP.

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Top 10 Influential PR Businesses to Follow in 2020

Critical Mention

The Perspectives section of their site covers many types of communication content, some including advertising, branding, marketing and public affairs. Finn Partners is a global integrated marketing agency that provides lasting results to its clients. Work hard play nice. Create a best place to work. Take risks. Collaborate.

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

Social media: PR practitioners may manage an organization’s social media accounts and use them to communicate with the public and promote the organization. Event planning: PR practitioners may plan events such as product launches, conferences, or charity events to get media attention and generate positive publicity.

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Six social media and digital communications trends for 2015

PR Conversations

As a result of the recent course, I’ve been reflecting on how in 2015, professional use of social media and digital communications will be essential for anyone working in PR, internal communications, public affairs, marketing and many other functions, in almost every type of organisation.

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#20: Building the bridge between infrastructure and data-driven media intelligence

NewsWhip

Brett: So, I guess is that, when we chatted before, I mean, that’s really the definition of a data-driven public affairs agency, correct? I was thinking when we were first talking about brainstorming, what is now the crisis management feature on Spike. It really has to be at the center of what you do.

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