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Remembering D. Parke Gibson, a Passionate Advocate for Race Relations and Public Relations

PRSay

Parke Gibson Pioneer Award is PRSA’s highest individual honor presented to a PR professional who has contributed to increased awareness of public relations within multicultural communities and participated in promoting issues that meet the needs of these diverse communities. Williams, a 2001 recipient of the D.

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The crisis gets personal

Stephen Waddington

Hyper connectivity is exhausting The isolation of lockdown has seemingly created a need for connection in our networks and communities. I‘ve started to think about the long term impact of changes in consumer behaviour that will result from the lockdown and a recession. It’s a point well made. Photo by Tutye/iStock / Getty Images.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. Welcome to 2021!

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6 Pro Tips to Create Bigger Buzz for Your Business

Cision

Once Shea developed his production process, he went back to his online communities to get the word out: “The backpacking, fishing, outdoors community has a very active and robust online community of blogs, forums, and review sites. We went to those online communities and announced our product and drummed up interest.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

Regardless of the organization or industry you serve, corporate communications and PR can be a time-consuming, workday-busting affair with little or no set schedule. For myself, I wanted to show that the JOTW network was a valuable resource, and a way to engage with communication professionals.”. “For

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

After a lot of persistence, I was offered a PR internship with the San Francisco 49ers during their 2001 summer training camp. He’s likely most known for being hired by Coca-Cola in 1948 to lead the company’s postwar advertising campaign to target African-American consumers since it wasn’t a popular beverage among them at that time.

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My Segway Ride

Flatiron Communications

I soon drafted a comprehensive launch strategy that entailed first building third-party ground-up support from the scientific, civil engineering, environmental, and governmental regulatory communities. A quick and easy phone pitch secured the exclusive GMA segment and the event production group got to work on Bryant Park.