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New book tells the story of the closure of the corner shop

Stephen Waddington

I’ve worked with my Mum on a new edition of A Shop on Every Corner, a book that she originally wrote with my Dad in 2007. The social history and stories contained within the book were gathered from friends and neighbours in the Leeman Road and wider York area following an appeal via the shop and York Press.

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How the New York Public Library’s Blog Mobilizes Communities

Cision

And for nonprofit organizations on a budget, blogging can often be the most effective way to engage and mobilize communities. I encourage people to write whatever inspires them, and often this does have a natural timeliness (“my favorite TV show just ended, I want to write a post about books that are similar in theme.”).

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Twenty years ago, today, we remember how 9/11 changed the world – and communications. Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. We needed to find ways to communicate quickly, accurately and effectively. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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The Top 10 Books of 2016 (According to Zude)

ZudePR

I’ve read some corking books this year. And this book came up. Reading this book inspired me to write this blog post , which has been shared more than 1700 times on social media. #2: Quite simply the best marketing book I’ve ever read (and I’ve read a few). ” More than 100 books. Sign Up Now. #1:

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Discovering the Roadmap in Teaching Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

In 2011, I was hired at the University of Louisville as an assistant professor in strategic communications and one of the main tasks I was asked to do was to create a new social media class to offer not only to our students in our department but for the university as well. What should you expect to see in this book?

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Winning better relations with the community

PR Conversations

James W Irwin, author of the next chapter being serialised from the 1948 book, Your Public Relations, was a member of one such group, The Wise Men , an invitation-only network of PR counsellors informally founded in 1938 in the New York apartment of John W Hill, another of the book’s authors.