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Join the #PRStudChat Community for a State of Healthcare Communications Twitter Chat on February 17th

Deirdre Breakenridge

ET, the #PRStudChat community will participate in a Twitter chat discussion focused the state of healthcare communications. Dana Lewis created and moderates #hcsm, the international healthcare & social media community on Twitter that meets Sunday nights at 8pm CT. On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.

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Meltwater acquired as private equity tightens grip on PR software market [PR tech sum no. 47]

Sword and the Script

The largest PR and comms tech companies, along with many startups, are now controlled by PE firms; is this good for the PR community? This adds to a growing collection of private equity firms (PE) that have taken an ownership stake in software companies that provide tools to PR and communications professionals. Muck Rack named Inc.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Susan Stoga

Solo PR Pro

It was in that role where she had her first experience owning crisis communications for a major brand, when the retailer came under fire on Black Friday by an anti-fur demonstration group. Since then, the firm has withstood the test of time, making it through The Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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PR Rock Stars: Medtronic’s Greg Zimprich

Communications Conversations

Probably partly because, at the time, he had a killer job managing brand PR for General Mills. This role affords me the chance to both learn corporate finance and also to help translate the finance story for both the function as well as the broader company. And partly because, well, he’s a rock star! Here are a few thoughts.

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Meet the Media: Erica Schueller, Editorial Director, Commercial Vehicle Group at Endeavor Business Media

Bianchi Biz Blog

The Endeavor Commercial Vehicle Group is comprised of six CV brands: FleetOwner, Fleet Maintenance, Trailer/Body Builders, Bulk Transporter, Refrigerated Transporter, and American Trucker. I work with the lead editors of each CVG brand to support implementation and continuation of consistent internal processes.

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Industry Consolidation Continues Among PR Vendors; PR Tech Sum: Onclusive, SocialChorus, Teletrax, iQ Media, Agility PR Solutions

Sword and the Script

Vocus owned or acquired brands like PRWeb, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), iContact, and several lesser-known social media technologies. I’ll include news from the PR vendor community and review and curate content they produce ( like this ). It also gains data from brand sponsorships and events.” all 210 U.S.

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Recap Part I: #PRStudChat Discusses PR Education & Learning

Deirdre Breakenridge

If you are looking for ways to improve your school’s PR program, here are several things that people like the most about their respective schools’ PR programs: community engagement, service-learning, active PRSSA chapters, guest speakers, group project, professor connections, and adjuncts. After all, PR folks are called pract itioners, right?

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