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What Makes a Leader?
Alison Bailin | Feb 28, 2018
According to Pat Williams, co-founder of the Orlando Magic (yes, he drafted Shaq), there are seven basic traits that make up a great leader.
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Three Tips for Responding to a Crisis Situation
Rachel Brockway | Feb 27, 2018
Last week news broke in a Sports Illustrated story about the Dallas Mavericks and the “accepted” culture of sexual harassment and misconduct. Rachel is sharing three tips for responding to this particular crisis situation, Mark Cuban’s response and how Cuban should move forward.
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#MediaMonday – Max Darrow
Abbie Fink | Feb 26, 2018
HMA Public Relations started it’s Media Monday feature nearly 10 years ago and since then, some of our PRGN partners have adopted similar features for their agency blogs as well. That's just what happened when our friends at Landis Communications in San Francisco featured Max Darrow of KGUN in Tucson on Meet the Media.
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Twitter Analytics Takeaways
Rachel Brockway | Feb 23, 2018
Anyone who knows Rachel knows how much sh love Twitter and #hashtags. If she comes across an article about anything related to Twitter and it is on one of her favorite PR news websites, PR Daily, it is pretty much guaranteed that she will read it. So she loved it when she came across the blog post “6 takeaways from @PRDaily’s year on Twitter” from Carlin Twedt.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Public Relations
Alison Bailin | Feb 22, 2018
Last week, Alison had the privilege of speaking in her friend and long-time local journalist Christia Gibbons’ class at ASU’s Cronkite School. The students were split down the middle as to whether they were looking to go into careers in journalism or public relations.
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Poor Sportsmanship Has No Place
Scott Hanson | Feb 21, 2018
Verbal abuse is not typically permitted in a professional setting so why is it okay at sporting events? Scott explores sportsmanship in today's blog post.
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Planning for the Unexpected: Five Best Practices for Risk Management
Abbie Fink | Feb 20, 2018
This guest post is provided by Keri McIntosh, Senior Vice President, Events, CMP at The Castle Group, our PRGN partner in Boston, with offices in Atlanta and Maui. She offers five best practices for risk management when it comes to planning events.
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Effective Communications Post-Launch
Alison Bailin | Feb 16, 2018
Inspired by L.C. Williams & Associates' blog post on how to effectively launch a product, Alison advises us on how to keep the momentum going post-launch. [Click below for more]
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How to Get Published By Forming Relationships
Rachel Brockway | Feb 15, 2018
Some may believe that you can get published in top media outlets in one fell swoop. But Rachel thinks that this is not usually the case. [Click below for more]
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Will Snapchat Snap Back?
Breanne Krager | Feb 14, 2018
The most recent Snapchat redesign has sent users into a tizzy. So much so that hundreds of thousands have signed a petition to revert the update. But should the social media platform reconsider? [Click below for more]
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#TipForTuesday – What is Leadership?
Abbie Fink | Feb 13, 2018
This month's #TipForTuesday on the characteristics of leadership hits on the importance of creativity/innovation, honesty and customer satisfaction. [Click below for more]
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#MediaMonday — Jody Jackson
Scott Hanson | Feb 12, 2018
I had the chance to meet Jody Jackson a few times before and during the recent Diamondbacks Fantasy Camp. I also had the opportunity to locker next to her husband, Chad, during the week-long camp. That leads us to today’s #MediaMonday from Jody Jackson, a reporter and host for Fox Sports Arizona. Jody, take it […]
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