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HMA Wins First International Award!
Kelly Potts | Oct 10, 2013
As some of you know, Scott was in Sydney, Australia for the last two weeks at a PRGN meeting! Well – for some of it anyways. He was also hanging out with some snakes… Once at the meeting, the awards for 2013 PRGN Best Practice Award were handed out. HMA was awarded its first international […]
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What is it about Libras and communicators?
Abbie Fink | Oct 3, 2013
Thanks to Facebook, we get a daily reminder of our friends’ upcoming birthdays. When I glanced at the list late last week I realized I have quite a few friends in the communications industries whose birthdays fall under the Libra astrological sign (including three of us here at HMA). I wonder what it is about […]
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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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Youtility – Be Helpful and Not "Hypeful"
Kelly Potts | July 30, 2013
I chose to read Youtility by Jay Baer for our monthly book club report for the HMA blog. I was intrigued by the title and by the cover stating “why smart marketing is about help not hype,” so I figured this would be the perfect book to read for this month! And I was right. […]
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Kelly Potts | July 30, 2013
I chose to read Youtility by Jay Baer for our monthly book club report for the HMA blog. I was intrigued by the title and by the cover stating “why smart marketing is about help not hype,” so I figured this would be the perfect book to read for this month! And I was right. […]
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Are you an outlier?
Rachel Brockway | Apr 17, 2013
One of my favorite authors of all time is Malcolm Gladwell. He has written a few books you might have heard of including Blink, The Tipping Point, Outliers and What the Dog Saw. While all of them have concepts or ideas that apply can apply to public relations, for this blog I decided to discuss […]
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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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As They See ‘Em – A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires
Scott Hanson | Feb 12, 2013
Bruce Weber has been with The New York Times in various editorial positions since 1986. He took some time off from the newsroom’s daily grind a few years ago to research and write As They See ‘Em, A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires. Weber immersed himself in the highly scrutinized and grossly misunderstood […]
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When Sports Players “Meltdown”
Rachel Brockway | Jan 23, 2013
I was watching the Australian Open last night and I all I can say is that I am highly disappointed. In what started out as a great match between Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens quickly turned into something that Serena should be ashamed of. Being a “tennis player” myself I can understand the frustration and […]
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