Community Relations is commonly considered as one of the practice areas for public relations. However, it hasn't always been well defined, but many would agree that the general theme for community relations is "doing well by doing good." In fact, many companies have ditched their community relations efforts for more defined Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, or Cause read more...
Naked PR: Truth Not Charm, Jennifer Cuts Through the “Crap”
I am not 100 percent sure when I first came across Jennifer Mattern's blog Naked PR, but I know that it immediately caught my attention. Let's just say that she says things in ways that I wouldn't. She is very direct and you immediately know where you stand with her. Some recent titles on her blog:
Exclusive: Former FEMA External Affairs Head John Pat Philbin Sets the Record Straight About “Fake” Press Conference
I sat down with John "Pat" Philbin, APR, Ph.D., former Director of External Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For Immediate Release Interview has posted the full audio of the interview with Pat Philbin simultaneously. I have to admit that I also was pretty hard on FEMA about its staged press conference on October 23rd. It seemed to me at the time to be a junior mistake. So, when I heard that a senior communicator was found culpable, I questioned the ethics of the organization read more...
The Best Overtones for November 2007 and an All-Star Shout Out for Our Second Birthday
Search Marketing Gurus Interviews the Grand Dame of the Google Blogs
Li Evans of Search Marketing Gurus was so kind to interview me for her Women of Internet Marketing column this week. Luckily, I was one of two interviews, the first being an interesting talk with Karen Wickre. I really enjoyed Karen's interview. Karen oversees all of the blogs on Google, from Webmaster Central's blog to Google's blog, Karen's hand helps to guide and nurture these vast informational yet rather personal communication tools that Google has leveraged to help bring its' many tools and services into the public spectrum. read more...