Blog written by Sarah Evans Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferrara is now a former finance committee member for the Clinton campaign.  Last week she was quoted as saying, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Morgan Smith I was upset and shocked earlier this week to learn that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, made an announcement about his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring. Normally, If I hear breaking news about something such as this, the information is from Drudge or some similar outlet, so it must be taken with a grain of salt. However, this information was [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Liz Pope Twenty Ninth Street, located in Boulder, Colo., is described as a unique, urban-development outdoor mall that is meant to depict class and forward-thinking environmentalism. Nevertheless, nearly two years after its grand opening, businesses are grumbling, or at least one is going so far as to sue the center’s developer and manager for lack of foot traffic. According to one Twenty Ninth [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Ayanna Green The Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines public relations as the art, technique, or profession of promoting goodwill between an organization or an individual and the public, employees, customers, etc. I will be focusing on the promotion of goodwill between an organization and its employees.  We hear news all of the time about poor employer/employee relations.  These relationships are often strained the [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Molli Megasko When I was little I was told to “never believe anything you read.”  I always I found the tabloids at the grocery stores to be simply fascinating!  Then it would backfire and I would come home terrified that I was going to have an alien baby one day. Now, thanks to Ashton Kutcher’s new television-vision, I don’t trust anyone.  From Punked [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Courtney Lawrence “The Morning Show” (unsure of which one exactly) is looking for individuals who were spanked as a child, and as a result, now suffer sexual problems.  This seems completely legit to me, it was posted on Craigslist.com. Do parents make so many mistakes raising their kids that everything from the foods they feed them, the amount of TV they allow them [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Brigitte Lyons I’m ashamed to admit, like so many Americans, I haven’t watched any of the debates between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In my defense, I’m a long-time Illinoisan and, perhaps arrogantly, feel as through I know both candidates pretty well. Yet as an avid consumer of news media, I’m beginning to wish I watched the debates, if only so I could [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Shawn M. Kahle, APR Public relations is a profession of words and actions.  Without words, our efforts to inform, persuade, or engage ring hollow.  Unfortunately, there’s a tendency to rely on words as an elixir for all that ails us.  Words.  We speak them, text them, write them, edit them, position them.  And we worry when we don’t hear the right words, or [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Sydney Ayers, APR A recent column by Maureen Hall in Ad Age discussed the fact that the words “public relations” had, unfortunately, lost their meaning.  I would pose that they didn’t so much lose their meaning as we haven’t really safeguarded it. Too frequently a client prospect will come to us and say, “We need some PR” when what they really mean is, [&hellip... Read More

Blog written by Maggie Hassler Managing reputations has become increasingly difficult with the development of the Web and easy access information through search engines.  In today’s world the easiest, and therefore most common choice of researching a person or business, is through the internet by way of search engines.  Unfortunately, not everyone is proud of the information that pops up on the computer screen.  When you [&hellip... Read More