Are Associations Relevant Anymore?

By on October 28th, 2007 In Social Media

Bulldog Reporter has some great contributed essays from time to time, and I really liked the recent one by Art Stevens, who is managing partner at StevensGouldPincus and immediate past president of PRSA-NY.   As a delegate to the recent PRSA assembly, he wrote an interesting column about PRSA being at a crossroads.  He mentioned a number [...]

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FEMA Stages Heckuva PR Reality Show

By on October 26th, 2007 In Hype!

“This is a FEMA and a federal government that’s leaning forward, not waiting to react. And you have to be pretty pleased to see that.” — FEMA Deputy Administrator Harvey Johnson. Say it ain’t so, Brownie! “It is not a practice that we would employ here at the White House.” –White House Press Secretary Dana [...]

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Open Door Communications adds four clients

By on October 26th, 2007 In Agencies

Arizona-based communications and public relations firm, Open Door Communications just announced that it has added four new clients during the third quarter of 2007. The clients include: Swift Aviation Group, a Phoenix-based provider of aviation services that includes a private, luxury terminal at Sky Harbor International Airport, two 40,000 square foot hangars for maintenance and [...]

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More Dees Memorial Info

By on October 26th, 2007 In People

Jill Bullock posted this as a comment but it bears another mention: I am offering my FTP site to help coordinate Lance’s effort to create a multi-media Presentation honoring Sally. My FTP site is open to all of Sally’s friends and family across the US. You may post photos, video, stories music and just about [...]

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Fires Demonstrate Practical PR Use for Twitter

By on October 26th, 2007 In Social Media

Twitter for me is the line in the social media sand that divides generations. It’s relatively easy to see how most social media apply — or will apply — to PR. But I’ve always struggled with Twitter in this regard. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s micro-broadcasting via text message and generally works around [...]

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Sally Dees (12/1/73 — 10/20/07)

By on October 25th, 2007 In People

Valley PR Blog has more details on the passing of Sally Dees and we’d like to offer up this space for friends and co-workers to post comments about Sally. While neither arrangements nor charitable organizations have been solidified by the family at this point, Pastor Lee Colbert of First Baptist Church in Smithfield, NC has [...]

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