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Talking About the Great Outdoors: Q&A With Acclaimed Storyteller Baratunde Thurston

PRSay

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. And yes, some of them are tourism groups and official outlets.

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Guest Post: The PR Generalist vs. The Industry Specialist

Deirdre Breakenridge

Those with a penchant for finance may go the IR route or look to represent banks or investment products, as someone with a love of travel takes a position with a destination or tourism bureau. Online communities like #PRStudChat are a great resource for learning, connecting with peers and hearing about different experiences.

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3 Tips to Clean Up a Crisis

Cision

Brown discussed how Cision Global Insights helped mitigate the crisis faster by tracking audience in real time, provided qualitative and quantitative data for better decision-making and preserved the state’s tourism during the busiest season of the year. How is this affecting businesses and what’s the economic impact on the state’s tourism?

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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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How to Reach Career Resonance: Purpose, Passion and Persistence

PR Job Coach

I put out an email to my network about potential new opportunities and received a response from someone at Visit Oakland who I had known in the community. After the initial interview, my boss created my role which plays directly to my strengths—media and relationships. Ask questions.

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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

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. Health disparity in low-income communities, that’s an ethical issue. I now live in the Tampa/St. My very first job out of college was unique.

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The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators – Kena Lewis

Ethical Voices

Then of course, like any good Orlandoan, I worked in travel and tourism. I did a stint in the nonprofit sector, which I want to say, if you really want to get to know a community, the nonprofit sector is something you should do. Listen to the full interview, with bonus content, here. . I started in cable television.