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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

PRSay

Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It It seems like my life here is a perpetual crisis,” said Gediman, a longtime PRSA member. We want to present people with the best information.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

PRSay

Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills. This year’s theme is “Doing the Right Thing.” We shared social listening reports from FEMA.

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Finding Confidence Through Accreditation

PRSay

As the urgency started to lessen, I still had the burst of adrenaline from being in a constant crisis. There was indeed a right and wrong way to practice public relations, and I had to make the space to properly articulate and act on how important proactive, strategic planning was in our work. Darcel Walker, M.A.,

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

Melissa Agnes

Editor’s note: This blog post merely touches on an interesting and important discussion I had with Dr. Tom on The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. I have seen many government relations and public affairs manager positions that have caught my eye quite a bit in the private sector. By Dr. Thomas D. Now we leave it to you.

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5 “Founding Fathers” Of PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As some who worked at Edelman can attest , the agency used to begin every presentation with a slide of a stunt Dan dreamed up in the 1950s. But as VP of public affairs, he fashioned a unique response to mounting criticism of Mobil during the energy crisis. As the story goes, he had hair care client Toni Co.

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Why Business Students Should Learn Strategic Communications

PRSay

They presented this research during a panel discussion at the Institute for Public Relations’ (IPR) Bridge Conference in Washington, D.C. manager of cybersecurity compliance and oversight at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. She is a public affairs and media consultant based in Washington, D.C.

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Perception Management

Doctor Spin

Pre-suading publics to put them in a receptive state depending on the message. Presenting information in a way that influences how it is understood. Determining what issues the public thinks about by controlling media narratives. Actively managing an organisations credibility and public trust. Crisis communications.

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