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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

The full-service firm represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to local nonprofits, many of them clients for more than two decades. He was also a founding partner in Worldcom Public Relations Group, a network of independent firms that grew to include businesses in 35 countries.

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

PRSay

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, where I now live, and contributed my professional skills to local chapters of Indivisible and Black Lives Matter. Those of us who are activists may be reluctant to go public about our affiliations for fear of losing clients or alienating the boss or C-suite. I have marched the streets of Washington, D.C.,

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Behind the Headlines With Travis Taylor

Cision

After I graduated, Safety Center Incorporated, the Sacramento, California nonprofit behind the initiative, hired me to implement the plan. I’m going to push the boundaries of what clients expect from a public relations agency. I love combining fresh, local ingredients in new ways to create a tasty dish.

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The Value of Strategic Communications in the PRSA MBA/Business School Program

PRSay

The committee recently hosted a webinar for program faculty to discuss trends in strategic communications and best practices in teaching the course. By the end of the course, the students are creating videos, leading mock news conferences and developing crisis communications plans. Faculty talk trends and current events.

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Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Livecast talking Crisis PR

The Stalwart Blog

This show is basically focused on providing a voice to the small business community. If you’ve been watching any of the local media, you know that PR crises can take place. I started actually as a Navy officer, turned Navy public affairs officer. Dave Oates: Sure. They go to the news. Dave Oates: Right.

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What a Duck Can Do For “Social” Media Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Strategic America is a proud supporter of Youth Emergency Services and Shelter , a central Iowa nonprofit organization that serves kids that are at risk or sometimes homeless. For eight years, YESS has held an annual fundraiser that is increasingly becoming part of the fabric of the Des Moines community.

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PR Rock Stars (of the future): 19 new college grads ready to take over the world

Communications Conversations

He gained valuable skills in his internship in Washington, DC, where he dealt directly with senior level management to develop government affairs materials and engage members of Congress. His work in analytics while at Penn State was used as part of a presentation to the local minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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