Crisis PR tips from Tempe Town Lake

By on August 2nd, 2010 In Best Practices

Kris Baxter-Ging, who is Community Development Marketing Specialist for the City of Tempe, and Nikki Ripley, Communication and Media Relations Director, shared with me their experience handling the recent Tempe Town Lake dam breakage.   In the first 48 hours of the crisis, they handled 200 media calls.  As we all know now, one of the inflatable bladders for the dam broke [...]

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New “green” radio show launches next week on KFNX

By on July 28th, 2010 In Media

Our own Angelo Fernando is co-hosting a new radio show that launches next Wednesday, August 4th, at 7:00 p.m on KFNX 1100 AM talk radio.  Your Triple Bottom Line (“People, Planets and Profit”) Radio Show will be led  by Derrick Mains of Green Nurture and Angelo of Valley PR Blog/ www.publicradius.com and will feature national experts [...]

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New social network for my LBGT friends

By on July 23rd, 2010 In Social Media

A heads-up to my “alternative” friends in PR – there is a new social network site specifically targeted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender professionals.  www.dot429.com was launched this spring and is intended to be a resource for LBGT professionals. It’s a way to connect with like-minded individuals and to find mentoring opportunities, professional support and [...]

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3rd SMAZ will be biggest yet

By on July 21st, 2010 In Professional Development, Social Media

The third Social Media for Business Arizona event on Thursday, Sept. 9th will be the biggest yet, with more than 600 attendees expected.   Thanks to the efforts of Fred von Graf, local experts and beginners alike have a great bi-annual conference at which to network and learn.  It’s a business-focused event designed to showcase how local [...]

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APR: “The most divisive issue in the PR industry”

By on July 19th, 2010 In Professional Development

Six of the “master PR practitioners” from the local PRSA chapter met recently at Morton’s to discuss the current APR requirement for national PRSA leadership.   As the only one of the six who does not currently have accreditation, I felt a little outnumbered.   Kudos to George Couch APR, however, who is a delegate to the [...]

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Should you report sexual harassment?

By on July 15th, 2010 In Best Practices

The Supreme Court nominee hearings always remind me of Clarence Thomas, and Clarence Thomas always reminds me of Anita Hill, which reminds me of sexual harassment, and well, you get the idea.   We all know what happened to Anita in 1991 for reporting the harassment – she was belittled in the press, accused of fabricating [...]

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