Konnect Agency

JANUARY 7, 2022

From creating national brand awareness to supporting local store developments, a tailored funnel strategy incorporating digital marketing and social media promotion will help maximize your exposure to your target market. Supporting Local Market Development. How A PR Agency Fine-Tunes Your Strategy Plan.

Agency 52

Agency Local Newspapers Interviews 52

PRSay

MAY 26, 2020

“In April, when the American Heart Association and EMS agencies announced a huge drop in calls and admissions for heart attack and stroke around the country, we informed our patients and the community about the importance of seeking emergency help immediately,” she said. people should not delay visits to physicians and hospitals.

Communications 191

Communications Crisis System Healthcare 191

Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When we think about robotics, how do we give people in their own communities the choice to figure out what the values are of their robotic systems, what it should do, what it should not do? What decisions should we be making for the betterment of our local communities, but globally overall? Guess what? We can give people agency.

Technology 111

Technology Policies Government Community 111

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Publication of that collective interview was prompted by my piece called A radical view of PR , which generated 48 comments including, notably, a response from Jim Grunig – one of several in the resulting lively discussion.

Education 52

Education Reputation Leadership Technology 52

wiredPRworks

APRIL 13, 2022

Listen in as Barbara Rozgonyi interviews Chris McGuire about what’s working for his company’s financial services clients. Financial Services Organizations Social Media Interview Key Points. Currently, Chris serves as secretary of the local school council at Newberry Math and Science Academy in Chicago. About Barbara Rozgonyi.

Financial 52

Financial Social Media Banking Media 52

PRSay

MARCH 7, 2024

For example, Barbie’s initial interviews with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig revealed little about what the movie was about while galvanizing its intergenerational audience. Dr. Regina Luttrell is senior associate dean and associate professor, Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Film 129

Film Marketing Sports Hotels 129

PRSay

JUNE 5, 2023

There are infinite ways to talk about our relationship with the outdoors,” Thurston said in an interview with PRsay. Thurston is a speaker at PRSA’s Travel and Tourism Conference, held June 20-23, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis. Every local PBS affiliate has seemingly been doing marketing for it.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Tourism Travel Local 60

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Once I submitted my resume and started the interview process with DKY, the hiring team did a great job communicating expectations, next steps and keeping me informed of their anticipated timeline. If you interviewed with multiple people via video, did you feel that was easier or tougher than doing it in person? Give it a shot.

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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. Ryan posted interviews with key PR leaders. ” Joel Swanson, vice president-marketing & communications, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. This is a pretty big moment.

Blogging 78

Blogging Agency Community Local 78

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In this interview, she discusses what it’s like to work in PR in Asia, what it takes to build a successful brand and how to stay on top of an ever-evolving industry.

Local 120

Local Newspapers Retail Sports 120

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

I have a local bank client that just started working with me in September. ” Sure enough, two solid weeks of pitching landed two byline articles, and a handful of interviews. A wealth of opportunities, with placements for the most important local publications clustered to hit during a four to six-week period.

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Pitching Real Estate Banking How To 100

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I remember sitting with a college student at a local Starbucks. She was asking me about different careers in PR … what type of PR would suit her best and whether she should pursue agency or in-house communications work. Younger professionals have so much to share with you. Industry Associations. The Shout-Out.

Skype 150

Skype Industry Storytelling Interviews 150

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Perhaps the best way to learn about agency life and a particular employer is to set up informational interviews with current and past employees. Without this research, targeting, and communication strategies in place, it would be even harder for these companies to implement their renewable energy project in new areas across the United States.

Agency 88

Agency Energy Crisis Management Industry 88

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Content curation had been championed as a way to up the pace of content marketing by riding OPC (other people’s content), and to boost thought leadership, by commenting on others’ thoughts when you didn’t have an original idea. These are different times. But now we’re all exhausted from content overload.

Content Marketing 149

Content Marketing Privacy Government Web 149

Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. From there I went on to freelance for community newspapers around Milwaukee, and got a part-time job at a business-to-business publisher covering aviation for three sister magazines. I haven’t looked back since.

Meeting 81

Meeting Automotive Media Transportation 81

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2019

Influencers are a critical component of an effective communications campaign. Your community, your influencers and your customers define your brand. She also interviewed a program participant served by Goodwill as part of that. manual social media searching, local news, niche publications, community events, etc.,

Nonprofit 84

Nonprofit Fashion Retail Enterprise 84

PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

When my family undertook major renovations on our house in 2014, we began by interviewing several contractors. But few flood victims after Hurricane Harvey had the luxury of interviewing contractors. Fortunately, nonprofits and religious communities helped organize relief efforts and connected volunteers with families in need.

Corporate 108

Corporate Communications Crisis Management Crisis 108

PRSay

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The closure affected both the park and the surrounding communities during the height of the summer visitor season. That left me alone managing the press, doing 40 to 50 interviews a day, with six or seven satellite trucks here, and writing news releases. We always attract a lot of local, regional, national and international press.

Public Affairs 98

Public Affairs Hotels Publicity Interviews 98

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.

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In an interview for this article, Keyris Manzanares, a multimedia reporter at Virginia Public Media, said she often receives email pitches from PR people. In your pitch, convey how the story affects the community, Thrasher advised. Is it giving kids in the community a chance to do something different?”

Report 172

Report Local Media Pitching 172

Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It goes from whether you’re talking about universal versus absolute ethics, and you may have a guiding principle, but how do you adapt it for the localities? You also must work with local languages. Listen to the full interview, with bonus content, here. Absolutely. Those stories of kindness are contagious and elevated.

Ethics 78

Ethics Publicity Radio Local 78

PRSay

AUGUST 10, 2016

All these years, I’ve presented at conferences, talked to students, and given interviews in hopes of showing the world that we are here, and we are here to stay. I definitely think more can be done locally and nationally, as well as at the agency and corporate level, to create greater inclusiveness in the profession. Years in PR: 7.

Leadership 60

Leadership Groups Employee Industry 60

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Tasked with chronicling the GNP Company history and Helgeson family legacy, we dove deeply into the company’s archives, along with memorabilia from Helgeson family members and local historical societies. Source: GNP Company).

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Offer pro bono services to a non-profit organisation in your community. Host a podcast or YouTube series featuring interviews with industry experts. Partner with a local influencer to promote your business on social media. Host a community cleanup event or volunteer day with employees and customers. McGraw-Hill Education.

Strategy 52

Strategy Customer Service Airlines Hotels 52

Critical Mention

APRIL 26, 2017

However, we had 48 hours to create and host a championship celebration in the Carrier Dome to honor the team, and then, coordinate a major downtown parade, pep rally and community-wide tribute less than two days later. You’re often interviewed for pieces on the business of sports for media outlets like ESPN.

Sports 60

Sports Internal International Enterprise 60

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 59

Newspapers Meeting Ethics Social Media 59

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. She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews.

Sports 0

Sports Leadership Internal International 0

PR Conversations

JULY 17, 2014

Plus that organisational PR relies on the leadership (and employees) and their actions. It is a long-running and successful campaign that still resonates in our New Zealand community. Helen’s been self-employed for most of her 20 or so years in PR, with a brief in-house stint in local government. What is your idea of PR nirvana?

Real Estate 71

Real Estate Local Government Internal 71

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

That’s probably our biggest thing in certainly public relations, and corporate communications as well. And all of the leadership positions that we’re taking. Using local resources is huge. How do we want to engage people in the community so in the lead up to there is excitement, there’s fun?

Sports 68

Sports Education Construction Television 68

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

You’re a communications business partner at Ingersoll Rand, for the Trane Commercial business. I always enjoy reading your interviews with other communications professionals, and I am humbled you asked me to participate. I almost didn’t go to my internship interview because I had to drive 2.5

Energy 68

Energy Corporate Travel Internal 68

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 13, 2017

She’s an active networker (I saw her once at a local coffee shop meeting with a mentor she arranged all on her own). Really, it’s that balance that I argue is why people need to put on their public relations hat when doing community management over social media. Let’s meet Laura! It’s the New Year.

Insurance 60

Insurance Insurance Social Media Corporate 60

PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

It may be that practitioners highlight the issue during planning discussions, engage with HR or their leadership team. However, I’d like to see this in the form of practices such as collaborative communities of practice and what Yrjö Engeström calls negotiated knotworking.

Crisis 63

Crisis Crisis Management Leadership Training 63

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.

Employee 77

Employee How To Internal International 77

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.

Publicity 40

Publicity Local Training Education 40

5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Thought Leadership PR: Positions key executives or experts within the company as industry thought leaders through expert commentary, articles, and speaking engagements. Community Relations: Involves engaging with local communities, demonstrating corporate social responsibility, and building positive relationships beyond business interests.

Technology 78

Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

Onclusive

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Here is what they told us: “Your brand will no longer be defined by a logo or cute creative ad, but by your thought leadership: Content Marketing and the way we experience that content is the key to your brand identity.”. Shashi Bellamkonda, CMO, Surefire Local. Randy Frisch, Co-Founder, CMO & President, Uberflip.

Brand 246

Brand Branding eBook Leadership 246