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ICON 2024 Recap: ABC’s Gio Benitez on Setbacks, Storytelling and the Power of ‘Yes’

PRSay

Benitez talked about how he started out and recounted watching the local Miami news as a child. That’s how I realized how important local news was,” Benitez said, adding that he knew there was a future for him in television, sharing the news and telling stories. “I Then he started at the station as an Emma L.

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Book review: The Company and the Activist Going Beyond PR

Wadds Inc.

The chapter on communities is important reading for anyone involved in community engagement or consultation at a local level. Through in-depth first-person interviews and case studies, Thomsons book explores the commitment and clear positions one would expect from activism on individual topics.

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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

Cision

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In this interview, she discusses what it’s like to work in PR in Asia, what it takes to build a successful brand and how to stay on top of an ever-evolving industry.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

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The sunsetting of one of Minnesota’s most successful all-time blogs–the MN PR Blog

Communications Conversations

So, I thought it was worth commemorating since the MN PR Blog has been an instrumental part of the local PR community for 15+ years. I mean, I started this blog in 2008 and I got sideways looks. Ryan posted interviews with key PR leaders. Like I said, Ryan started the blog in 2003. Back when no one even knew what blogging was!

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

Publication of that collective interview was prompted by my piece called A radical view of PR , which generated 48 comments including, notably, a response from Jim Grunig – one of several in the resulting lively discussion. Then, please return to read this Reflexivity Memo inspired by Jim’s answers to the questions that I posed in 2008: Q9.

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How Can Financial Services Organizations Use Social Media?

wiredPRworks

Listen in as Barbara Rozgonyi interviews Chris McGuire about what’s working for his company’s financial services clients. Financial Services Organizations Social Media Interview Key Points. Currently, Chris serves as secretary of the local school council at Newberry Math and Science Academy in Chicago. About Growing Social Now.