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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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Pizza Hut is the Most Recent in “Fast Food Disgusts”, But Is It a Crisis?

Melissa Agnes

“Pizza Hut has zero tolerance for violations of our operating standards, and the local owner of the restaurant took immediate action and terminated the employee involved.” The very first time something along these lines was published to YouTube was the Domino’s Pizza crisis of 2009. ” [ source ].

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Being Smart and Strategic When Navigating the Current News Cycle

PRSay

When H1N1 was a major storyline in 2009, coverage of the issue spiked for several months before finally tapering off, which means that you’ll need to be prepared for the long haul and keep in touch with your sources. The medical producer at a local TV affiliate mentioned that COVID-19 “rules life right now.”

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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. I started this blog in early 2009 after coming home from an overseas deployment. This is where Libby comes in. All you need to do is have a valid library card.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

William Waugh and Kathleen Tierney, two highly respected colleagues, have written about the profession of emergency management in their 2007 book, Emergency Management: Principles and Practice of Local Government (Washington, DC: ICMA Press, pp. Retrieved 2009-11-07. In conclusion. Is emergency management a field or a profession?

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4 under-the-radar tips for finding a job on LinkedIn during COVID-19

Communications Conversations

Consider: Commenting on local professional super networkers posts. Could you also develop a creative banner featuring a Target step-and-repeat (or your local Target store). Then, in 2009, I started my own consultancy focused on social media marketing. And, it worked. But, I learned a ton–from a lot of smart people.

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Wrap Up Post from Issues Management Workshop at #CPRS2014

Melissa Agnes

Local and International Laws for Protecting Your Social Media Accounts. This was one of the first two major crises that an organization faced that originated and unfolded online (the other was the Domino’s Pizza incident, and both crises occurred in 2009). Can You Sue Former Employees for Social Media Accounts?

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