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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

With tight regulations and even tighter internal compliance guidelines, there’s no free and easy posting. Currently, Chris serves as secretary of the local school council at Newberry Math and Science Academy in Chicago. An early social media advocate, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008.

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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. Over time, it became a critical leadership resource. Like I said, Ryan started the blog in 2003. And, he was prolific.

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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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I still love you PRSA–even though I’m no longer a member

Communications Conversations

MIMA has this programming market completely cornered locally. In 2008, I accepted a position as secretary on the executive leadership team. photo credit: PRSA International Conference – Philadelphia, PA via photopin (license). For me, MIMA just made sense–for a number of different reasons: 1–Learning.

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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. Stuart is an international PR adviser, speaker, trainer, and blogger. For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries. He runs Stuart Bruce Associates.