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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

As a passionate advocate of reflective practice and lifelong learning, it’s always useful to look back at my previous writing/thinking. Then, please return to read this Reflexivity Memo inspired by Jim’s answers to the questions that I posed in 2008: Q9. I’m not convinced this has happened. Image: Photo by Lea L on Unsplash

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4 under-the-radar tips for finding a job on LinkedIn during COVID-19

Communications Conversations

With unemployment approaching 2008-09 levels (and some projecting Great Depression 30% levels), finding a job the next few months to a year is going to be something a lot of people are doing. Consider: Commenting on local professional super networkers posts. I write one of the longest-running PR and social media blogs in the country.

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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

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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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Met the Media: Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-chief at Truck & Off-Highway Engineering

Bianchi Biz Blog

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now?

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Meet the Media: Cristina Commendatore, Editor in Chief of FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

In my role today, the most fun stories I get to write come from test-driving trucks. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

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In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

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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. Like I said, Ryan started the blog in 2003. Back when no one even knew what blogging was! Ryan was truly a pioneer in the blogging arena.