Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I think about people like LeeAnn Rasachak and Sarah Reckard whom I met more than 10 years ago now (they were one of my first PR Rock Star interviews!). I’ve watched them both grow into fabulous communicators and leaders! So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire.

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OnePitch

JUNE 16, 2022

For her clients, she routinely develops holistic, personalized communications strategies, secures top-tier media placements, and crafts custom content that furthers their brand objectives. Read below for the entire interview with Desiree: 1.) As any PR professional knows, no two days are the same in our line of work!

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

I split my time in the vast Enercare Center between hosting duties, interviewing select attendees for this publication, and catching a few of the sessions. Mr. Kaminski had this to say: “At Politico…we’re only 15 years old, but we do think of ourselves as very old-fashioned in our approach to journalism….what Notably, Ms.

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Reputation Us

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Credit Union Times interviewed CU crisis experts, including LT Public Relations ‘s Casey Boggs, for the August 31st cover story (below), “Credit Union Crisis Planning Essential.” A local newspaper reporter picked up the incident from a police report and then two TV news stations did follow-up stories.

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PR Conversations

JULY 17, 2014

It is a long-running and successful campaign that still resonates in our New Zealand community. Although, if she’s really honest it started right back when she began in event management in the dark ages, totally inexperienced, organising a fashion parade for around 700 people for the local kindergarten fundraiser.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. Here’s the interview. That, I understand.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It is not merely semantics to believe communications take place between people and so recognise that employees are actually people who may be belong to Unions, be shareholders, members of a local community – and active, intelligent participants in the organisation’s success, not simply a human resource to be informed and persuaded.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Regardless, the focus of my position was to ‘professionalise’ the role, which was located within the highways departments of local councils. working with local petrolheads to beef up their events as a platform for getting out the road safety message. At this stage in my career, local government beguiled me to return to it.

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PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

One of the problems for me, though, with this focus is that it is almost entirely on individuals’ ability to adapt and their ‘internal local of control’ Public relations seems to reflect a largely individualistic perspective with little attention on systemic or structural factors and forces.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 19, 2014

We only recommend products we use and love, and those in the Solo PR community have heard us recommend these tools for years. Most communications consultants don’t love dealing with the backend financial stuff. Developing a screencast tutorial, multi-media FAQ, or producing a video interview? Financials.

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Mark My Words

APRIL 4, 2022

CBC News When Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, set off for the Caribbean recently, their royal visit was, among other things, billed as an opportunity to celebrate local culture and commemorate Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years as monarch. “It felt slightly colonial, the whole exercise.”

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Do you think attempting to mislead the public as to what was really going on gave them a better shot at their next job interview? But if someone is seeking information about community issues they should contact John Doe (no relation to Jane, just a happy coincidence). Are you a member of your local Chamber of Commerce?

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 14, 2017

Professionally the organization has helped me grow skill sets and build a reputation in this community. PRSA has helped me grow into the professional I am today, and I want to give back to this community that has given so much to me. I am who interviewed. Personally, it’s the people. People who have mentored me.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

To wit, including ethnic diversity and values, physical and mental health challenges and sensitivities, generational accommodation, and so on—embracing and respecting the human spectrum in its entirety within workplaces and communities at large, rather than marginalizing or patronizing with messaging and tokenism.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Or, these days, to click about it in some fashion or other. Mark as read Approve comment Shonali, I love you even more for writing this post. :) When I lived in Orlando, one of my pro bono clients was the local domestic violence shelter. So people do. And more organizations jump on board. And more people talk. These fine folk did: Jan.

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