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ICON 2024 Recap: Crystal Washington on Navigating a Future of Unprecedented Change

PRSay

By 2001, the business reinvention cycle shrunk to 15 years. Washington reflected on a personal experience from years ago when she was hired to help community newspapers transition online. She explained that, in decades past, companies reinvented themselves every 75 years. And the repercussions?

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How the APR Changed My Future

PRSay

At the end of my buyout period, I joined a client — the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. The Community Foundation moved from $880 million in assets with annual grant-making of $80 million, and no brand awareness, to $1.2 She earned her credential in 2001. We sold Eos to a regional marketing organization.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. 9/11 Memorial Site. 2011 Update.

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In Memoriam: Ralph Kam, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

His dedication to the profession was evident in his roles as president of PRSA’s Hawaii Chapter (1991), Assembly delegate (1994 and 1998), Western District chair (1996), and member of the Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (2001-2003). He also served on the Board of Directors in the late 1990s.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. Welcome to 2021!

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The crisis gets personal

Stephen Waddington

Hyper connectivity is exhausting The isolation of lockdown has seemingly created a need for connection in our networks and communities. Ritson is bullish citing the recovery of the livestock industry in aftermath of mad cow disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis in 1996 and Foot and Mouth disease in 2001.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. 9/11 Memorial Site. 2011 Update.