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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

PRSay

Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It The closure affected both the park and the surrounding communities during the height of the summer visitor season. 22 about his experiences.

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#MediaMonday – Cary Pfeffer

HMA Public Relations

This #MediaMonday feature comes to us from Cary Pfeffer, an author, Rocky Mountain Emmy Silver Circle member and host of Arizona & Me, a weekly Public Affairs program covering topics relevant to Arizona, its people and its communities.

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The Different Types of Public Relations: A Complete Guide

Stern + Associates

Customers, investors, suppliers, employees, and even the community can be stakeholders. Community relations Community relations is a type of public relations that focuses on building relationships between an organization and its local community. There are many ways to build community relations.

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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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Behind the Headlines With Connie Partoyan

Cision

I am excited about being part of an evolving industry where local influence is growing in importance. A lot has changed in that time, especially in how companies, associations and organizations approach public affairs and government affairs. It is a lot more integrated, targeted and localized. I came to D.C.

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How public relations responded to COVID-19

Stephen Waddington

Practitioners helped build audiences for research projects, spearheaded hackathons, led the NHS communication response, underpinned support for NHS workers, vaccine uptake, community engagement, and business support. A joint PR campaign drove usage of the app with two million users signed up within a fortnight of launch.

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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.,