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

Communications Conversations

“I’m done with agency life. You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field. Fall of 2002.

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Entertainment & Sports Section New Member Spotlight

PRSay

Getting the brand out there and everything that we stand for and everything that we built. That’s what we’re trying to do, to hit markets that make sense to grow the brand and awareness. That’s probably our biggest thing in certainly public relations, and corporate communications as well. We need to get that message out.

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Adapting Strategies for Effective Storytelling in the Social Media Era

PRSay

Before my time at adidas they were actually my client, as I worked for the brand’s PR agency for almost three years. Currently, I’m the Public Relations Director for adidas America, working across all brand categories in both Sport and Style. I started my PR career on the agency-side and the experience there is invaluable.

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Brand Values Q&A with Former General Mills CMO Mark Addicks (Part 1)

MaccaPR

This is part one of our two-part 'Your Brands Can Save the World' blog post series. But today, some of America’s boldest advocates for social change, LGBT rights and racial tolerance are brand names : Target, Campbell’s Soup, Chevrolet, Ben & Jerry’s, Burger King, Under Armour and Dove. You remember Robert F.

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Masters in Marketing Interview: Paul Furiga, WordWrite Communications

Mindful Marketing

We caught up with Paul to talk PR, journalism and branding – oh, and to find out what story crafting is. To us, storytelling is far more than a technique or tactic or cute parlor trick, though plenty of agencies that claim to be storytellers are mostly relying on story as one of those kinds of tools. Take Nike as an example.

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PReparing for Rio 2016: The Unique Opportunities & Challenges of an Olympic Year with Octagon Olympic & Action Sports’ Drew Johnson

PRSay

Over the next six months, we will once again not only witness some of the most exhilarating and historical athletic feats by Team USA Olympians and others from around the world, but also watch some incredible brand campaigns play out in their public relations and advertising initiatives along with being seen on a multitude of social media channels.

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