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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

Cision

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What was it like to work with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics? But if you don’t understand how your brand fits into its specific market, you won’t be able to stand out.

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How Can Financial Services Organizations Use Social Media?

wiredPRworks

McGuffin Creative Group is a marketing and advertising agency dedicated to banks, financial services and healthcare organizations investing to grow their brands and motivate sales. Before joining McGuffin, Chris launched a digital promotion agency, Slant Marketing, and grew it to more than 25 people.

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The sunsetting of one of Minnesota’s most successful all-time blogs–the MN PR Blog

Communications Conversations

So, I thought it was worth commemorating since the MN PR Blog has been an instrumental part of the local PR community for 15+ years. I mean, I started this blog in 2008 and I got sideways looks. He posted an agency list that up until just recently, I was still referencing. He posted agency and corporate PR news.

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Why professional trade organizations need a complete revamp–and five ideas on how to do it

Communications Conversations

Locally, MIMA is still relatively new. Or, they could be more informal (like the two “mastermind” groups I run locally here in Minneapolis). Everyone from solos to agencies to third-party vendors are now competing for this time and attention by offering up programming like this. 4: Redefine leadership criteria.

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PR Rock Stars: Exponent PR’s Allison O’Keefe

Communications Conversations

I think I met Allison O’Keefe in 2008 at a PRSA meeting here in Minneapolis. She not only knew what PRSA was, but she was involved as a student, she was attending local PRSA meetings and finding the courage to introduce herself to people in the field, and she was quickly on her way to earning multiple PRSSA awards.

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

“When I first started blogging in 2008, it was to document my own journey through a changing media landscape, knowing PR needed a new approach. For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries. An experienced PR agency CEO, Jeff is a publisher, editor, and blogger at The PR Coach.