Payson loses by a landslide

By on March 27th, 2008 In Hype!

Bad luck has really hit Payson, a town at 5,000 feet elevation about 75 minutes northeast of Scottsdale. Not only have they been suffering through the current economy, they now have been effectively cut off from the Valley with the shutdown of Arizona 87 following last Friday’s landslide. ADOT can’t say for sure when the [...]

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Virtual press conferences?

By on March 26th, 2008 In Hype!

Got spare time? Are you kidding me? I have enough going on that I refuse to even check out Second Life and then get sucked in. But I did find this of interest. I guess that Sun Microsystems put on a Virtual Press Conference there in 2006.  My Ragan  and I ask…Is this the future [...]

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TriWest Healthcare finalist for national award

By on March 26th, 2008 In Hype!

TriWest Healthcare Alliance was a finalist for a national award: The PR News Corporate Social Responsibility award for Cause Branding. They entered a Help From Home DVD initiative. Results were announced during a luncheon last Wednesday at the National Press Club in D.C. TriWest received an “honorable mention” award, which is significant considering the company [...]

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Radio moves and changes

By on March 25th, 2008 In Media

Other than news-talk radio, how many PR folks successfully get their clients on the local radio shows, especially AM radio? Just curious to know how ya did it or the challenges you have when a client says “Get me on Beth and Bill, etc”. The closest I have gotten was to get up at 4am [...]

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Is this comment spam?

By on March 25th, 2008 In Social Media

In November, Len posted about the proposed Decades Music Theme Park in Eloy. Today, we received a comment on the post from a local PR person involved with the project. The intention is clear, the PR execution is not. So, we’re stuck. And we can use your help. We can approve the comment because it’s [...]

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ASU on NBC News tonight

By on March 24th, 2008 In Media

I didn’t mention it here, (but here) that NBC News’ Ann Thompson visited the Decision Theater a few weeks back on a two-day visit to ASU. As NBC’s Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent she didn’t have that myopic view of sustainability, looking at it not as another flavor of going green. (Quick: How many “Green Issues” [...]

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