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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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The #PRStudChat Community Discusses PR Education and Learning on October 13th

Deirdre Breakenridge

ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather to discuss PR education and learning in the classroom. PR professionals, educators and students will engage in a community discussion to share their perspectives on PR learning today. in Communication from Syracuse University, and her Ph.D. On Tuesday, October 13th at 8:30 p.m.

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7 mostly free professional development ideas that PR and comms pros can start today

Sword and the Script

Libby is a free app that connects to my local public library system (and probably yours too). I can check out audiobooks from my local library from the app on my phone. While I learned about how these EMS services operate and I made immediate fire prevention improvements to my home the program was a community relations program too.

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How to Generate Leads From Social Conversations

Cision

Back in June of 2009, an engineer posted a seemingly random tweet: That individual might not have had many followers on Twitter, and more than likely only a fraction of them ever saw the tweet. Where these two networks excel, though, is that they all have communities that are open for the public to join and engage.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

When he arrived on campus, however, he was amazed by the student-run broadcast stations, including radio and TV stations that would actually compete in the local market for ratings. “I His friend, Jeff, a partner at a prominent local accounting firm, reached out to Stu about potentially working with him.

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How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Non-Profit

Waxing UnLyrical

With Google Instant turned off, you come up with results for small local organizations including Washington Adventist Hospital Volunteer Services and Silver Spring Volunteers. While I have great respect for these two organizations, they are not local to my search. Of course, I am making some assumptions here. Read All About It!

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New book tells the story of the closure of the corner shop

Stephen Waddington

It’s a social history of the local economy of a corner of York. The sub-Post Office and shop closed in 2009, itself becoming part of the story of the demise of corner shops in the UK. The book is split into six sections, plotting the social history of a local economy of a corner of York.

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