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A Night at the 40th Annual Totem Awards

Barokas

Last night, our team attended PRSA Puget Sound’s annual Totem Awards , which recognizes creativity and accomplishment in public relations. Public Affairs – Apprenti. In other words, PR strategies and programs that kickass and deliver big. Our team’s work generated over 1.2 billion media impressions for VICIS.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

Former role: Vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). I resigned my last full-time PR job in December 2014, as vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). What was your last PR job?

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Back to the future of PR at FutureComm15

Stuart Bruce

PR led the strategy and even did the media planning for the advertising, but called in experts to do the creative and actual media buying. Getting a journalist to write a great case study that appears in a trade magazine (earned) and then buying re-prints of the article (paid) that can be used for direct mail to prospects (paid).

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PR software vendors are starting to talk security in generative AI pitches [PR Tech Sum No. 46]

Sword and the Script

This is the first time I’ve seen a PR software company introduce generative AI focused on creative content, like images. req.) , “Journalists can filter the kind of pitches they receive from PR professionals by topic and format – for example, whether the pitch is for print or online. According to PRWeek UK (reg. Brands (NYSE: YUM).

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BAME voices takeover #FuturePRoof for fourth book

Stephen Waddington

The fourth book, Celebrating BAME Talent is published today in digital and print formats. Topics range from audience targeting, social media, partnership working, reputation, pitching to radio and community building through to public affairs, internal comms, leadership, coaching and the psychology of decision-making. Seriously.

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Maxim Behar in Kamen Vodenicharov's show "The Evening of." on 7/8 TV

Maxim Behar

People who work in this area are the ones who invent new creative products and influence the hearts and minds of millions. Now, 10% of it is in print, the other 90% is on the social media platforms. The creativity comes from the way you describe it to people so that they can understand it. Get busy doing public outreach.

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The Blurry Edges of PR; Off Script #11: Kevin Hartman of LTPR

Sword and the Script

In all, the six-year period involved two combat deployments (Iraq ‘07-‘08; Afghanistan ‘12-‘13) with the National Guard and time in between working for the Oregon Army National Guard Public Affairs Office. I’ve served in Army Public Affairs for nearly 17 years now. That’s when I found LTPR.”.