Public Relations

Having and Being a Mentor

I grant a lot of informational interviews. I have had interns as part of my team for most of my…

8 years ago

When PR Goes Bad

PR sometimes has a negative reputation. The impression PR is often that PR comes into play in a crisis, that…

8 years ago

PR Clients Like Bad Boyfriends

A friend of mine has a saying, "The ex-wife is never completely wrong." This is true, I've found, when it…

9 years ago

Three Important Things I Told University of Virginia Communications Students Today

My friend, media personality, and historian Coy Barefoot asked me to speak to his media class today at UVa. I love…

10 years ago

Do You Want to Build a … Reputation?

So many companies set up their marketing and social media efforts as an afterthought. They might engage an intern or…

10 years ago

Barilla’s Big Gay Mistake

Once again a brand is about to bite the dust over attempting to alienate a segment of its customer population.…

11 years ago

What Is Reputation Management, Anyway?

Public relations firms have begun to adopt a descriptor that I think more accurately describes what some of us do;…

12 years ago

The Joys of Being the PR Firm Around the Corner

I worked in St. Louis, Missouri for years.  17 in all, in fact. Five of those I lived in Charlottesville,…

12 years ago

Social Media Success Story: Finding a Job through your Network

Our friend Kim Connolly, @cvillekim on Twitter, vice president of Marketing & Communications with United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area, wrote me an…

12 years ago

Jaggers Communications on CBS-19: More about the Reinstatement of UVA President Teresa Sullivan

Did you catch Rusty Speidel on CBS-19? So much of the ousting and reinstatement of UVa President Teresa Sullivan has…

12 years ago