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PR Rock Stars: Life Time’s Dan DeBaun

Communications Conversations

But, as you’ll quickly see in this short interview, Dan is a whole lot more. And, he may be the first (and only) journalist to interview cats on TV! Of course, being exposed to so many local business leaders during my time at the Business Journal was a blessing. Scott is also an employee at Life Time Savage now.

Radio 167
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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Jen Peterson

Solo PR Pro

She had a summer internship at a local station in Connecticut and discovered the job wasn’t the right fit for her after a particularly gut-wrenching day where she had to interview a grieving mother who had tragically lost her children in a fire. It seems like it’s just enough exercise for me to enjoy it and not hate it.”.

Meeting 83
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4 Corporate Communications Lessons From Hurricane Harvey

PRSay

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. Drills, exercises and seminars had built their knowledge and experience into muscle memory so they could respond almost instinctively.

Corporate 107
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We need to tell the hard truths – Ed Harrison

Ethical Voices

It was a great exercise very early in my career. When I was a senior in college, I was in a market research class and we were working with a local small business in Washington, DC, that was trying to do restaurant deliveries to students. Part of that was interviewing people at a metro stop and getting their takes on this.

Ethics 105
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Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

PR Conversations

I am sure there are statistics somewhere that record the number of employees who stick around long term after a crisis has occurred and if there aren’t, then there should be. There is absolutely a wider societal dimension to this and it also links to leadership, employee engagement as well as public relations and communications.

Crisis 63
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How to Craft a Messaging and Positioning Strategy for Your Brand

Contently - Strategy

What if I told you I exclusively use high-quality ingredients from local female or minority-owned farms? Or that I donate half of the money I make from each bake to the local hospice? During those interviews, you should have spoken to customers about your competitors. How do you develop employees?

Strategy 138
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Happiness and the improvement of professional PR/communications practice 

PR Conversations

When I interviewed women about working in PR in the 1970s and 1980s , they universally described their initial experiences as ‘exciting’ having moved into the occupation by accident. Not the quality of your close relationships (albeit that’s a close second), not whether you smoke, booze, exercise, or are fat or thin.