by Amy Kossoff Smith Write Ideas, Inc. @WriteIdeasPR This year’s PRConsultants Group Conference rallied 32 PR pros from around the country in Kansas City for professional development, networking, and some CSI (Communication Strategies and Innovation) fun. Conference Chairs Alex Greenwood, Barb Harris, and Sharon Kreher, along with a committee*, planned 2+ jam packed days of…
It is now almost commonplace, getting bombarded by people asking for your “vote”. I am not talking about candidates running for public office. This is the barrage of organizations that are seeking you to vote for their businesses as a part of a social media contest. Some of the successful “contests” include the Pepsi Refresh…
By Alex Greenwood * AlexGPR * Kansas City, MO The folks at Men with Pens say that you should ditch your regular blogging schedule. Hmm…contrarian they may be…but does it make sense? Here’s an excerpt: Here’s what the rules told us to do: Blog according to a schedule, and you’d be conveying that your blog…
By Dawn Stranne PRConsultants Group, San Francisco Bay Area Not only did PRConsultants Group members have dozens of “Ah-Ha!” moments during our annual conference last month in Charleston, we had plenty of “Oohs and Ahhs” too! Especially when Jeffrey Ory and Bob Schiers shared how their firms created and managed an event…
By Brendy Barr News media outlets are short on staff, short on time and short on budget…yet they are swamped with an assortment of daily events and press releases that are all vying for an assignment editor’s attention. Priorities are set and choices are made as to which events will make the cut for news…
By Brenda Thompson, Brenda Thompson Communications A nonprofit organization providing services to 32,000 children in Austin, Texas, imploded recently when it was discovered that the agency was more than $3 million in debt to the IRS, had “financial irregularities” in its audits, and had no money left to continue operating. Arrest warrants have been issued…