PodCamp this weekend

By Dan Wool on October 31st, 2008 In Social Media

PodCamp AZ begins tomorrow. Last year, this was perhaps the most useful and best organized local networking event and trade show. It is run and attended by those in Phoenix making a difference in the social media space — people this blog highly respects.
From the organizers:
As always, registration and attendance is free, [...]

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Impress gets ‘flexible’

By Dan Wool on October 30th, 2008 In Agencies

Phoenix-based B2B agency Impress PR has been named agency of record for the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University. FDC is a university-government-industry partnership whose mission is to advance full-color, video rate, flexible display technology and catalyze development of a vibrant flexible display and flexible electronics industry.
Impress will be involved in helping [...]

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A Friend in Need

By Len Gutman on October 29th, 2008 In People

I received news today that Phoenix police officer James Stenholm passed away on Friday. James was the husband of Valley public relations pro Rebecca Stenholm, who is also a longtime IABC member and served on the IABC board back in 2003 when I was president.
I wanted to pass along my deepest sympathies to Rebecca, who has two [...]

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From GMAZ to PR

By Charlotte Shaff on October 28th, 2008 In People

Many of us are familiar with the booking producers for local TV morning shows because the AM slot is a highly sought placement for many clients. How many times have you heard someone say “Can we do something with Brad Perry?” What could you learn from them that will make getting your clients on TV [...]

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Tomorrow’s job seeking skills: tweeting, typing and sms

By Angelo Fernando on October 27th, 2008 In Social Media

I hear a scary story over the weekend. A friend had approached his son’s high school teacher to see if there was some extra help the boy could get in writing. The answer was something like this: “Don’t worry about it. We first expose them to broad concepts, and toward the final year, we focus [...]

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What’s your favorite political campaign ad?

By Angelo Fernando on October 27th, 2008 In Hype!

I am working on an article about the good, the bad and the preposterous campaign ads for McCain and Obama, some of which are made for YouTube and the likes, rather for television.
Got any favorites? Including the ones you love to hate. Also I like to know what you think they set out to achieve [...]

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