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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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Why ROI and PR are like Oil and Water

Doctor Spin

Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ). Instead, we must demonstrate how we’re increasing shareholder value, creating room for the organisation to grow, mitigating potential losses, and safeguarding future revenue. Any boardroom would be mad not to invite such a PR function. Humans influence humans. Image credit: Unknown.

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A Night at the 40th Annual Totem Awards

Barokas

Our team’s media relations chops and social media strategies rose above the competition and were honored in the following four categories: Media Relations – VICIS. billion media impressions for VICIS. Media Relations – CanPay Debit. Public Affairs – Apprenti.

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Meet the Media: John Hitch, Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are in the early stages of humans evolving from physical to digital creatures and no one knows how it will play out, but the spectrum of outcomes ranges from Skynet (from The Terminator ) taking over to Star Trek , where AI and 3D printing usher in a flourishing utopia. After that was a stint as a sonar technician in the Navy.

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

Communications Conversations

Former role: Vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). I resigned my last full-time PR job in December 2014, as vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). What was your last PR job? How long have you been in this job/field?

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Back to the future of PR at FutureComm15

Stuart Bruce

Public relations has always been a media neutral discipline. Getting a journalist to write a great case study that appears in a trade magazine (earned) and then buying re-prints of the article (paid) that can be used for direct mail to prospects (paid). Real PR professionals have used whatever channel happens to work.