Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Pete area, but I’ve worked in agencies, corporations, and my experience spans a variety of industries including academia, banking, government, healthcare, tourism, and utilities. Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

Ethics 91

Ethics Healthcare Government Energy 91

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

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. He posted an agency list that up until just recently, I was still referencing. He posted agency and corporate PR news. This is a pretty big moment.

Blogging 78

Blogging Agency Community Local 78

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And, they take time and energy away from teams that are already stretched to the max. The company isn’t quite satisfied with their current agency. And, in many cases, for good reason (often times it’s an agency that doesn’t specialize in social, so they’re a little out of their depth). They take time.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media LinkedIn Facebook 104

Communications Conversations

MAY 30, 2018

“I’m done with agency life. You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field.

Apparel 106

Apparel Public Affairs Training Corporate 106

Maxim Behar

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Thank you so much for all your positive energy, leadership, and goodwill. Many of the people running the world’s biggest agencies are almost invisible on the global stage. This is what I can see every time when I visit your great agency in Sofia. Former President, Omnicom PR. Former President, ICCO. Thabisile Phumo. Dima Tutar.

Energy 52

Energy Groups Internal International 52

Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2017

We featured information about the state-of-the-art technology in her office, but also told a story about how she invests in the community by getting mouth guards for the local school athletics department. In your 7-8 years in the work world, you’ve been on the agency and corporate sides. And it’s true! Watkins, etc.

Corporate 0

Corporate Agency System Meeting 0

Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Its annual ICON conference is your opportunity to develop your skills, share ideas, learn fresh ways to grow yourself and your business, all while immersing yourself in a fostered community of professionals and resources that can enhance career knowledge. For independent practitioners like us, there’s PRSA’s Counselors Academy Section.

Conference 58

Conference Content Marketing Community Education 58

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 12, 2018

If I have learned one thing in the process of building brands for multinational corporations and my own company, it is that the key to success is simplicity. When I started my first communications agency, people asked me for my “elevator speech.” And, that getting to it isn’t always obvious or easy. Let me provide an example.

Brand 74

Brand Branding Banking Financial 74

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

I found clear lessons for corporate blogging , which I’ve weaved into the summary of the study below. This makes sense to me since WordPress is surrounded by a community of developers that created plugins that assist with design, organization, and content distribution – for search and social. WordPress the Dominate Platform.

Survey 60

Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 12, 2016

As president of Solo PR Pro, Karen will bring new energy and fresh, exciting ideas to the organization, while continuing its mission as the premier resource designed specifically for independent communications consultants. What change can Solo PR PRO Premium members and our wider community expect to see as a result of this transition?

Resources 40

Resources Community Enterprise Banking 40

PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

With intelligent resources focused on operations and a personalized customer journey and operations, brands will be able to dedicate greater resources to creativity, listening, relationship building, culture, and community. And REI invites its community on adventures to experience “global cultures, flavors, and wonders.”.

Marketing 52

Marketing Storytelling Technology Community 52

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Several years ago, when I was editor of the Women Grow Business blog community, Robin Ferrier wrote a piece I still remember to this day, about how smart blogging doesn’t always mean starting a blog. Else it’s a colossal waste of time, energy and resources. This is true. But they are searching online for answers.

Blogging 99

Blogging Leadership LinkedIn Google 99

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 6, 2015

I have seen this, time and time again, both while on the outside (consulting, teaching and training via SBC), and on the inside (working in very large agencies as well as on the client side). They treat it as an add-on instead of a new way of thinking and communicating. don’t “get” digital.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Measurement Survey 40

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Focused on the world of financial and corporate communications, club membership and participation in its SOJC stock index has increased 50% under his leadership. Bobby is poised for a career in corporate communications. In addition, Kathryn is highly active in The Agency at Southern Miss, the student run firm.

Sports 0

Sports Leadership Internal International 0

Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. I spent many years in the Top Management of ICCO, which is the International Communications Consultancy Organization, and this is an Australian PR organization. This is the largest PR community in the world.

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Social Media Ethics Travel 52

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It’s your first corporate job after years on the agency side. I consider myself so lucky to have started my career at PR agencies in New York that were founded and staffed by some of the most influential women I’ll ever meet. I’m newish to the corporate world, but I do believe that agency experience does everybody good.

Energy 128

Energy Corporate Agency Insurance 128

Cision

JUNE 1, 2017

This can be found from the smallest agencies to the largest corporations. KD: The most memorable milestone in my career was taking a leap of faith and starting my own agency, Powerhouse Communications. The traditional agency model is failing.

Sports 245

Sports Agency Industry Creativity 245

Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Shumen Theatre was the first theatre in Bulgaria, the Shumen Symphony Orchestra was the first, and the Shumen Community Center was the first in Bulgaria. My dad had sent me to learn the language at the local Community center and I knew only how to greet and say goodbye to people, but I still told him that I knew how to speak.

Newspapers 58

Newspapers Meeting Ethics Social Media 58

Shift Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

In the News Feed for brand pages, things like that they want to focus much more on the community or friends, the things that essentially would help people focus more on the network. And of course, that includes news organizations, corporate Facebook pages, pre-recorded videos, things like that. [00:01:02] But they have all the money.

Facebook 116

Facebook Video Brand Branding 116

NewsWhip

MAY 12, 2021

Monitoring for corporate social responsibility | 13:13-14:58. And one of the sub-trends is online communities. And, our community managers on Mountain Dew had said… We had launched a Dew store with products last summer as well, and people were just loving that type of content. I love our bigger agency team.

Trends 78

Trends Brand Branding Reddit 78

Beyond PR

JUNE 1, 2017

This can be found from the smallest agencies to the largest corporations. KD: The most memorable milestone in my career was taking a leap of faith and starting my own agency, Powerhouse Communications. The traditional agency model is failing.

Sports 81

Sports Agency Industry Creativity 81

MaccaPR

JULY 10, 2014

The humor in the Safety Dance clip comes not from punch lines, but from the unexpected joy and collaborative energy of top-flight dancers and singers working way, way outside most corporations’ comfort zones. Making me laugh is way, way down the list of my expectations for a resort, hotel, travel agency or airline.

Travel 89

Travel Airlines Hotels Marketing 89

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

An experienced PR agency CEO, Jeff is a publisher, editor, and blogger at The PR Coach. More recently, I focus time and energy in a curatorial role primarily for the blog’s Twitter account in addition to my own. Mindfulness regarding time and energy. And if another agency wants to follow our lead, that’s fine too!

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

One of the big reasons that most agencies have not invested in reengineering their agency model is down to the money it has taken to do this (£500,000 by our last count) and also the lack of digital knowledge of most agency owners, who have grown up in a very traditional PR career. Raf Weverbergh , founder of PR agency FINN.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

Communications Conversations

MAY 13, 2015

Mallory is full of energy and positive attitude. Riki demonstrated poise and confidence as she moderated a focus group with active and retired Texas Rangers (law enforcement agency) for an industry research methods course during the fall semester of 2014. Katie is a junior majoring in Communication at the University of Louisville.

Groups 60

Groups Internal International Conference 60