Author Archives: Alison Bailin
Getting the RIGHT Work Done – Part Four
Alison Bailin | Sep 26, 2013
It’s okay to be stressed, just not overwhelmed! Does just looking at your to-do list make you dizzy? Do you find yourself finding new ways not to get anything done, only to be sitting at work at 7 p.m. stressed out of your mind? Well, I just got some great advice from the The Harvard […]
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Getting the RIGHT Work Done – Part Three
Alison Bailin | Sep 19, 2013
Earlier this month, as part of the HMA Book Club, I presented my thoughts on The Harvard Business Review’s Guide to Getting the Right Work Done. The thing is – I learned too much for simply one blog post! So, here are some additional nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from the book. (Parts One and […]
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Getting the RIGHT Work Done – Part Two
Alison Bailin | Sep 12, 2013
Last week, as part of the HMA Book Club, I presented my thoughts on The Harvard Business Review’s Guide to Getting the Right Work Done. The thing is – I learned too much for simply one blog post! So, here are some additional nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from the book. (First batch of goodies […]
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Getting the RIGHT Work Done – Part One
Alison Bailin | Sep 5, 2013
Ever feel like your work is never done? Or, perhaps, like you will never catch up? It’s because it isn’t – and you won’t. We are fighting a losing battle with our phones, email, managers, mentors, mentees, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and about a dozen other mediums that pile up with our workloads. But, as Stuart […]
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#MediaMonday – Mike Atkinson
Alison Bailin | Aug 26, 2013
In perhaps the most surprising conversation I have had in recent memory, in my last conversation with Mike Atkinson, president and CEO of Arizona Big Media, we ended up talking our backyard, and how much cooler his is then mine. I know, random. But, in addition to putting out Az Business Magazine, Scottsdale Living Magazine, […]
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#MediaMonday – Dan Bickley
Alison Bailin | Aug 5, 2013
It is not often that my husband, Brian, is jealous. But today’s #MediaMonday Man is going to make him downright green with envy. Don’t worry – it is not what you are thinking. Get your minds out of the gutter, blogosphere! Over the past few months, I’ve had the chance to work with the one-and-only […]
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Top 10 Reasons YOU Have a (NOT) PR Problem
Alison Bailin | July 24, 2013
All too often, we see celebrities who have built brands for themselves get into major crisis communications situations for one reason or another (or many). And, when in crisis mode, the media all all all too often refer to the situation as a PR Problem, sometimes joking the PR team behind said celebrity should be […]
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#MediaMonday – Mark Asher
Alison Bailin | July 8, 2013
I’ve never been accused of being a “girly girl.” In fact, I take great pride in the fact that I know more about NBA Playoff stats (where Lebron has proven in recent weeks that he will never match Mike – bwahahahaha) and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s on-going football team woes, than I do about […]
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#MediaMonday – Jeremy Stevens
Alison Bailin | June 17, 2013
Fun fact – HMA’s own Scott Hanson was once an ace television reporter. It’s true – and it was in the 1980s, so he did it with a PERM! (think Mr. Brady in the later years of the Brady Bunch). Much like our Mr. Hanson, we have another ace television star in our midst – […]
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The Whole Kitten Caboodle
Alison Bailin | Apr 12, 2013
Yesterday, my world was shattered when Abbie noticed I used the phrase “the whole kitten caboodle” in a blog post. At first, I thought she – a clear dog person – was just giving me, “a clear kitty person” a hard time, as so many of you dog lovers do. (Ahem!). But, apparently the phrase […]
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Get Wack(er)ed Out with Us!
Alison Bailin | Apr 11, 2013
As most of you know, the team at HMA has been working hard to help plan and promote the PRSA Western District Conference, which is coming to the Valley for the first time in decades next week. In fact, our own Abbie S. Fink is co-chair of the whole kitten caboodle with PR buddy, Michelle […]
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#MediaMonday – Marc Buckhout
Alison Bailin | Apr 8, 2013
The Valley really is the smallest “big city” of all time. Get this: For the past several years, I have not only been pitching the Foothills Focus, which is a popular weekly newspaper covering all things in Anthem, Black Canyon City, Carefree, Cave Creek, Desert Hills, New River, north Phoenix and north Scottsdale, on a […]
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