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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 Here in the public affairs office there are just two of us — there used to be five, and then there were four, and then three.

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Event Sustainability — The Triple Bottom Line

Landis PR

Organizations are still hosting events to meet business goals but in a more responsible way, but now we are planning with consideration about how the event will impact investors, partners, and attendees, but also its workers, the local community, and the planet. While a larger budget never hurt anyone, it is not necessary.

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Ethical Issues with Coalitions and Front Groups – Greg Bailey

Ethical Voices

I was the managing editor of the local business journal here in Nashville before joining a local PR firm. In the public relations business, I’ve had one ethical dilemma. The work was in a 13-state region, and I was doing public affairs and grassroots advocacy. I was working for a national association client.

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BAME voices takeover #FuturePRoof for fourth book

Stephen Waddington

Topics range from audience targeting, social media, partnership working, reputation, pitching to radio and community building through to public affairs, internal comms, leadership, coaching and the psychology of decision-making. Broaden your recruitment practises, including sourcing, job descriptions and interview panels.

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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 mean, infrastructure is like the most local thing and the most global thing that you can imagine all at the same time. It really has to be at the center of what you do.

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PRoust Questionnaire: Kim Blanchette

PR Conversations

Understanding the social, economic, and political environment around you is crucial, so staying current on local, national, and global events is essential to me. At the core, earning my APR changed how I practised public relations and it definitely made me more disciplined.

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#15: Real-time decision-making with Kate LaVail of McDonald’s

NewsWhip

And so those three groups work along with a number of external functions within McDonald’s, such as public affairs and government relations, sustainability to really develop a honed intelligence that is both strategic and also very much focused on the reputational role of McDonald’s. And then we also have reputational risk.