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Employee Motivation and Commitment is the lowest since June 2022, according to recent data from the ADP Research Institute. Why are employees feeling less motivated right now and what can be done about it? Join “Can You Hear Me?” co-hosts Eileen Rochford and Rob Johnson as they welcome special guest Mark Heisten,  a brand strategy and enterprise storytelling expert who will answer the question “What do we do about disengaged workers?”Meet our GuestMark Heisten - Leadership LegendMark Heisten more than 25 years of experience in marketing, sales, and business development in global financial services brands and emerging growth start-ups. During his career, he cultivated a reputation as a brand and communications innovator and change agent, focusing on improvements in people, process, and measurement to increase the value of the companies and teams he's led.Mark is currently an brand strategy and strategic communication instructor at the University of Colorado – Boulder and a founder of an executive storybuilding start-up Leadership Legend, which works with executives and rising leaders to craft reputation-building stories.Prior to CU-Boulder and Leadership Legend, Mark served as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a FinTech start-up in San Francisco. Prior to that he was the Vice President/Head of Integrated Payments at Worldpay, a leading global payments technology company. There, he transformed the orientation of the team from work-product to work-results – data-driven and outcomes-focused. Mark oversaw the sales and marketing integration of the company's $425mm acquisition of Moneris US, and shaped the new global business strategy resulting from the $10B acquisition of Worldpay Plc.Mark served as the vice president of business development and a member of the executive team at Vanguard Cleaning Systems, a North American franchise system with more than 3,500 franchisees. During his tenure, he drove an overall increase in sales conversion rates, expanded the global footprint of the brand, and earned placement of the brand in the top 10 in the Franchise 500. Additionally, Mark implemented the company's marketing automation and Net Promoter Score (NPS) programs, which increased lead flow and retained existing clients more effectively.Prior to Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Mark was the head of commercial product marketing at Visa during the company's $18B IPO and was the Head of Account Management & Strategy at Nimblefish Technologies, a SaaS-based marketing automation start-up with clients including Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, FedEx, Lowe's Home Improvement and the U.S. Army among many others.Mark also worked at several start-ups and integrated marketing communication agencies. His programs earned numerous awards from the PRSA and DMA including a Silver Anvil of Excellence award and ECHO Diamond awards. Mark has worked with numerous clients including: American Express, Apple, AT&T, Adobe Systems, Business Objects, Capgemini, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, FedExKinkos, Holiday Inn, HP, IBM, IMD, Intuit, Lowe's Home Improvement, MasterCard, Microsoft, Midas, Owens Corning, Ralston-Purina, Vantiv, Visa and Worldpay.Mark earned his BA in English from the University of Missouri, his MBA from Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, and is currently finishing his Ph.D. Media Research and Practice from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His research focus is on ethics, leadership, and socio-political engagement by corporations.Mark adheres to the belief that great people make great cultures, and great cultures build valuable brands.

Working, Now: A Whole New World What You Need to Know about how we work, when we work, and why we work now. About Angee Linsey Angee Linsey has dedicated the last 20 years of her career to helping companies build great teams through exceptional recruitment strategies, as well as helping individuals achieve their career goals. Currently she leads Linsey Careers, a national executive search firm that specializes in marketing and communications recruitment and career coaching. She has successfully filled communications leadership roles for companies including Logitech, Serta Simmons Bedding, Nordstrom, Jackson Family Wines, A.T. Kearney, Omnitracs, Travelport, Kosmos Energy, Dolby, Kimberly Clark and more. Angee has been a featured presenter and keynote speaker at international and regional industry conferences, as well as at academic institutions from Columbia University to the University of Washington. She also authored the book, Dare to be Deliberate – Level Up Your Communications Career, a guide for communications professionals who want to be more intentional in how they manage their careers. A three-time Silver Anvil award-winning comms pro herself, Angee understands the sector and what it takes to succeed in it. She held communications roles in corporate and agency environments, as well as served for 25 years in the military — first as a U.S. Army journalist and then as a Navy Reserve Public Affairs Officer. She graduated from the highly regarded School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, and later earned a master's degree in career development.

Our special guest for this week is Paul Cohen, a PR wunderkind with more than two decades of experience in reputation management, media relations, brand development and crisis communications.  Paul was named in PRWeek's “40 Under 40” list and has been a key member of teams that have all major industry awards, including Silver Anvil, PRWeek (US and Asia-Pacific), CIPRA Gold Sabre, Cannes Lions finalist, and PRSA New York Big Apple. He serves on the advisory board for the International Center for Journalists and served as a Director of the Council of Public Relations Firms of Hong Kong. He earned a BA with highest honors in comparative literature from the University of Michigan.  Listen in! --- Connect with The Social Marketing Academy: www.Twitter.com/GoSocialAcademy  https://Apple.co/2KnGM8Z --- Connect with Christopher Tompkins: www.Twitter.com/chrisgoagency  www.Linkedin.com/in/chrisgomedia/  --- Connect with Paul Cohen and Milk & Honey PR: www.facebook.com/milkandhoneypr twitter.com/MilkHoneyPR www.twitter.com/paul_cohen1    www.linkedin.com/in/paul-cohen-/  --- The Social Marketing Academy is powered by The Go! Agency, a full-service marketing and sales agency based in Palm Harbor, Florida. To learn more about us check out the links below: www.GoSalesAndMarketing.com  www.Facebook.com/TheGoAgency  www.Twitter.com/TheGoAgency  www.LinkedIn.com/company/the-go-agency  www.Instagram.com/TheGoAgency

Our special guest for this week is Paul Cohen, a PR wunderkind with more than two decades of experience in reputation management, media relations, brand development and crisis communications.  Paul was named in PRWeek's “40 Under 40” list and has been a key member of teams that have all major industry awards, including Silver Anvil, PRWeek (US and Asia-Pacific), CIPRA Gold Sabre, Cannes Lions finalist, and PRSA New York Big Apple. He serves on the advisory board for the International Center for Journalists and served as a Director of the Council of Public Relations Firms of Hong Kong. He earned a BA with highest honors in comparative literature from the University of Michigan.  Listen in! --- Connect with The Social Marketing Academy: www.Twitter.com/GoSocialAcademy  https://Apple.co/2KnGM8Z --- Connect with Christopher Tompkins: www.Twitter.com/chrisgoagency  www.Linkedin.com/in/chrisgomedia/  --- Connect with Paul Cohen and Milk & Honey PR: www.facebook.com/milkandhoneypr twitter.com/MilkHoneyPR www.twitter.com/paul_cohen1    www.linkedin.com/in/paul-cohen-/  --- The Social Marketing Academy is powered by The Go! Agency, a full-service marketing and sales agency based in Palm Harbor, Florida. To learn more about us check out the links below: www.GoSalesAndMarketing.com  www.Facebook.com/TheGoAgency  www.Twitter.com/TheGoAgency  www.LinkedIn.com/company/the-go-agency  www.Instagram.com/TheGoAgency

About the Podcast The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.  Today's special guest is Alexis Davis Smith, President and CEO, PRecise Communications, Co-Founder, The Change Agencies.     About Our Guest Alexis Davis Smith President and CEO, PRecise Communications Co-Founder, The Change Agencies Building on nearly 30 years of experience and reputation as a trusted communications strategist, Alexis Davis Smith is a leader in Atlanta's public relations industry and a national voice for multicultural marketing. She is responsible for creating breakthrough and strategic communications programs for major consumer brands. Alexis has provided public relations counsel for leading global companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota and Pfizer. For Coca-Cola, she has directed nearly 100 PR programs including the launch of the innovative Coca-Cola Fridge Pack and the award-winning Coca-Cola Pay It Forward program. Her work with the world's No. 1 automaker, Toyota, has enhanced its brand reputation among multicultural audiences via media relations, experiential marketing, community and philanthropic activities and strategic partnerships. Alexis maximizes her influence and position to help make a difference in the community. As a result of her recommendations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store established a scholarship for history students at Spelman College, which continues to assist deserving young people today. In addition, Toyota has donated $20,000 the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help save endangered sites representing important moments and icons in Black history. Prior to establishing PRecise Communications in 2000, Alexis was an account supervisor at Ketchum, a top 10 global public relations firm, where she traveled the world supporting several key consumer accounts. In 1998, she co-founded the agency's African American Markets Group, the first-ever in-house ethnic marketing team created by an international PR agency. Her work since that time has established her as a nationally recognized multicultural communications expert. That expertise earned her the position of one of the six co-founders of The Change Agencies (TCA). TCA is the PR industry's first national collective of firms to offer inclusive communications services to represent, engage and connect with African American, Asian American, Latinx and LGBTQ communities. The group was launched in the summer of 2019 with the objective of changing how marketing communications professionals reach diverse audiences. Alexis has received a number of industry awards including a Silver Anvil, “the Oscar of PR” from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and seven Phoenix Awards from PRSA of Georgia. She is immediate past president of the Black Public Relations Society of Atlanta and a board of director for HOPE Atlanta. The Atlanta Business League has recognized Alexis as one of Atlanta's leading female entrepreneurs and a top 100 black women of influence. She served on its board for two terms. She is also on the executive committee for PRSA's Counselors Academy section. Alexis considers herself an advocate for multicultural consumers, helping companies recognize and tap into the viability and business opportunities ethnic groups offer. Her opinion has been featured in the popular industry trades, PR Week and O'Dwyers as well as Vanity Fair. She has also appeared on a number of PR and entrepreneurship-focused podcasts. Black Enterprise profiled her professional journey in a 2017 online article. In addition,

About the Podcast The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.  Today’s special guest is Alexis Davis Smith, President and CEO, PRecise Communications, Co-Founder, The Change Agencies.     About Our Guest Alexis Davis Smith President and CEO, PRecise Communications Co-Founder, The Change Agencies Building on nearly 30 years of experience and reputation as a trusted communications strategist, Alexis Davis Smith is a leader in Atlanta’s public relations industry and a national voice for multicultural marketing. She is responsible for creating breakthrough and strategic communications programs for major consumer brands. Alexis has provided public relations counsel for leading global companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota and Pfizer. For Coca-Cola, she has directed nearly 100 PR programs including the launch of the innovative Coca-Cola Fridge Pack and the award-winning Coca-Cola Pay It Forward program. Her work with the world’s No. 1 automaker, Toyota, has enhanced its brand reputation among multicultural audiences via media relations, experiential marketing, community and philanthropic activities and strategic partnerships. Alexis maximizes her influence and position to help make a difference in the community. As a result of her recommendations, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store established a scholarship for history students at Spelman College, which continues to assist deserving young people today. In addition, Toyota has donated $20,000 the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help save endangered sites representing important moments and icons in Black history. Prior to establishing PRecise Communications in 2000, Alexis was an account supervisor at Ketchum, a top 10 global public relations firm, where she traveled the world supporting several key consumer accounts. In 1998, she co-founded the agency’s African American Markets Group, the first-ever in-house ethnic marketing team created by an international PR agency. Her work since that time has established her as a nationally recognized multicultural communications expert. That expertise earned her the position of one of the six co-founders of The Change Agencies (TCA). TCA is the PR industry’s first national collective of firms to offer inclusive communications services to represent, engage and connect with African American, Asian American, Latinx and LGBTQ communities. The group was launched in the summer of 2019 with the objective of changing how marketing communications professionals reach diverse audiences. Alexis has received a number of industry awards including a Silver Anvil, “the Oscar of PR” from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and seven Phoenix Awards from PRSA of Georgia. She is immediate past president of the Black Public Relations Society of Atlanta and a board of director for HOPE Atlanta. The Atlanta Business League has recognized Alexis as one of Atlanta’s leading female entrepreneurs and a top 100 black women of influence. She served on its board for two terms. She is also on the executive committee for PRSA’s Counselors Academy section. Alexis considers herself an advocate for multicultural consumers, helping companies recognize and tap into the viability and business opportunities ethnic groups offer. Her opinion has been featured in the popular industry trades, PR Week and O’Dwyers as well as Vanity Fair. She has also appeared on a number of PR and entrepreneurship-focused podcasts. Black Enterprise profiled her professional journey in a 2017 online article. In addition, she has served as a speaker at various local and industry events including the 2015 Insurers Public Relations Council Fall Meeting,

Because of the demand for the podcast, I have decided to switch from a weekly episode to two episodes a week. This will give me the ability to share more stories along with doing specialized episodes to help highlight military women's issues and history. I'm excited about what is to come.Number 10: Episode 105: Deputy Director of the Air National GuardFrom planning to serve four years to Deputy Director of the Air National Guard. My guest, Maj Gen Dawne Deskins, this week didn’t want to join the military but needed a way to pay for college. Her dad said you only have to serve four years and then they will pay for your college. So she decided to join through ROTC. And 36 years later she is still in the Air Force.Number 9: Episode 93: First Female Thunderbird PilotThis week my guest is Nicole Malachowski. She is a combat veteran, the first female Thunderbird pilot, a former fighter squadron commander, a former White House Fellow and advisor, and a patient advocate. At five years old Nicole went to an air show in California and saw the F-4 fly and knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot. Even though women couldn’t be fighter pilots her family didn’t dissuade her from joining. She knew at 12 that she wanted to attend the Air Force Academy and even wrote a letter to the Academy letting them know she wanted to attend.Number 8: Episode 103: Female Engagement TeamsAmy Forsythe served on five combat tours as a correspondent and Public Affairs Officer. In 2006, she was part of the first-ever Female Engagement Teams in Iraq. I am excited to share her story this week on the podcast as I have done a lot of research about Female Engagement Teams, but have found limited information. It will be exciting to hear her experience being on the first one. She has won numerous journalism awards, including the Marine Corps Broadcaster of the Year award in 2006, and the PRSA Bronze and Silver Anvil awards in 2009.Number 7: Episode 100: What Advice Would You Give to Women considering Military ServiceI pulled some of the pieces of military advice for young women from my guests. There are pieces of their quotes in the blog post, but take time to listen to their full advice on the podcast. And make sure if you are considering military service to take time to listen to the stories shared on the podcast. Women have been serving for generations and have so much advice to help make service for the next generation even better.Number 6: Episode 57: Serving in Desert StormWhat do you know about Desert Storm? I loved getting to talk to Angela Beltz this week about her experience in the Army National Guard. She was one of the first to deploy for Desert Storm and talks about the challenges she faced. Also mentioned Episode 102: Serving in the Reserves Might not be what you ExpectNumber 5: Episode 85: The Challenge of Officer Candidate SchoolIt is challenging to be a woman in a leadership position in the military, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. We get a chance to see how Gwendolyn overcame the challenges she faced especially when she made the switch from Enlisted to Officer through Officer Candidate School. Number 4: Episode 80: Joining the Marine Corps Joining the Marine Corps seemed like a crazy idea, but it launched Jen’s career and it gave her so many tools that she has used for the rest of her life. Check out this great interview with Jen Furlong about her experience in the Marine Corps as a Public Affairs Officer. Number 3: Episode 87: Sirens: How to Pee Standing UpLaura served in the Army National Guard from March 2001-2009 as a military police officer. She was activated to active duty and deployed to Baghdad, Iraq from March 2003-July 2004. In 2019, Laura published her memoir, Sirens: How to Pee Standing Up, which is an alarming memoir of combat and coming back home.Number 2: Episode 82: What Branch of the Military Should I Join?Deciding to join the military is a big decision on its own, but it isn’t where the decisions end. There are six branches of the military that you can serve in. The Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Each branch has its own culture and mission and making sure to pick the one that fits you best is an important step when joining the military. You also need to consider if you would like to serve on active duty, in the National Guard or Reserves. There is no one right answer. The best branch for you needs to meet your goals and aspirations and not just be focused on the “perks” of one branch over another. Depending on why you are joining and what you are looking for will help you determine what branch and way you should serve in the military.Number 1: Episode 58: Overcoming Rape in the MilitaryCan you imagine what it is like to be a woman in the military? Unfortunately being raped is one of the struggles women face. Ruthie is a rape survivor She shares her story this week on the podcast about being raped, not once but twice and what she did to help someone who was being harassed. Ruthie served in the US Army for 8.5 years. She was stationed in California, Kentucky, Georgia, and Texas. She also did a 12-month tour in Afghanistan. she separated from the Army as a Staff Sergeant (E-6) in 2015. After staying at home for several months, she went back to work as a federal contractor in Maryland.Did your favorite episode from 2020 make the list of the top five played episodes of 2020? Head over to the blog or social media to share your favorite!Check out the full transcript here.  Thank you to my Patreon Sponsor Col Level and above:Kevin Barba, Adriana KeefeThank you Patreon members for your support. Want early access to episodes, ad-free content, and one on one mentorship advice? Become a Patreon member today! Click here.    

This episode is made possible by Freedom Sisters Magazine. Freedom Sister Magazine is a premier digital magazine app designed to share the stories of women veterans. It launches in January of 2021. Learn more here.She joined the Defense Information School faculty in 2019 as a government civilian after four years as bureau chief for the Defense Media Activity in Guam, supervising day-to-day operations and coordinating multimedia coverage throughout the Indo-Pacific region. She served as a combat correspondent and public affairs chief in the Marine Corps from 1993 through 2010, when she was commissioned as a public affairs officer in the Navy Reserve. Her first duty station was Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she produced daily radio and video reports as part of Operation Sea Signal and Joint Task Force 160, the military operation in response to the influx of Cuban and Haitian migrants attempting to gain asylum in the U.S. She transferred to Camp Pendleton, California in 1995. She served as a military journalist for the base newspaper and operations manager for the commander’s information channel. In 2003, she served as an instructor in the broadcast and public affairs departments at the Defense Information School, and while at DINFOS, was selected to be one of the first on-air anchors of the Pentagon Channel when it debuted in 2004. In 2002, she was mobilized and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. She also deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to Fallujah and Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 and 2008. It was in 2006, the value of the intelligence information was believed to be among the Iraqi women. Women would talk to each other as they performed their daily tasks and had a wealth of information. But American men were unable to gather that intelligence. Women began to be integrated into combat arm units to gather that information and the role of Female Engagement Teams began. Many people do not understand the role of women in the Iraq and Afghan conflicts over the past twenty years. Because of the work women have done, now all roles are open to women within the military. This changed was due to the courage and commitment of women starting with Female Engagement Teams.She was mobilized to active duty for two more deployments to Afghanistan, serving as the senior U.S. PAO at the German-led NATO Command in 2012 and as the PAO for Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force under the Joint Special Operations Command in 2018. She served a yearlong tour in 2014 at U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, supporting special operations exercises in Niger, coordinating a large-scale African media conference and helping to develop contingency plans for the military response to the Ebola virus. In 2019, she served as the PAO for naval support facilities and Aegis Ashore missile defense systems in Romania and Poland. As a civilian, she has worked as a general assignments and military beat reporter for NBC affiliates in San Diego, and as a producer and anchor for Oceanside Community Television in northern San Diego County, She was an adjunct professor at the California International Business University, teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and doctorate levels. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communication from California State University at San Marco and a Master of Science in global leadership from the University of San Diego.She has won numerous journalism awards, including the Marine Corps Broadcaster of the Year award in 2006, and the PRSA Bronze and Silver Anvil awards in 2009.Connect with Amy:InstagramLinkedInRelated Episode:When Public Affairs Changed – Episode 67How A Care Package Created a Business – Episode 74Finding Herself in the Marines – Episode 12Want to read the whole transcript? Click here.Thank you to my Patreon Sponsor Col Level and above:Kevin Barba, Adriana KeefeThank you Patreon members for your support. Want early access to episodes, ad-free content, and one on one mentorship advice? Become a Patreon member today! Click here.     

+++ A WOMAN IN CHARGE +++ I've heard some people wonder out loud, what it would be like if women were in charge of higher institutions. Are you one of them? I know what it is like to have a woman in charge of our family without "being in charge" ... my mom. One thing I can say is that she stood out as a leader not only in our home but in our neighborhood. She succeeded in that role without wearing the mantle of "leader." However, there is one woman who has stood out and succeeded like my mom, but with a position of leadership. Her name is Dr. Laura Saunders. In this episode, you will hear how our guest - Dr. Laura Saunders - navigated the world of male-dominated leaders to become the first and only female president of a university in the State of Florida. She will share how other women can also standout and succeed. ++++++++++++++++ Who is Dr. Laura Saunders? Dr. Martha Saunders has held leadership roles in higher education for nearly 35 years. She was the first woman chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and the first woman president at The University of Southern Mississippi. She assumed the presidency of the University of West Florida in 2017. Her contributions in the field of communication led to numerous publications on crisis communication and public relations, and two Silver Anvil awards, the Public Relations Society of America's highest honor. She is a 2011 national winner of the Stevie Award for Women in Business. Connect with her: www.uwf.edu https://www.facebook.com/DrMDSaunders/ +++++++++++++++ Please share this episode with one other person and leave a comment on the platform through which you listen to this show and/or on social media. Thanks so much. And remember, you are ONE SKILL AWAY... P.S. If this show is one that you are benefiting from, why not show your love and support at www.patreon.com/kingsleygrant. Your gift helps to underwrite the monthly cost of producing the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kingsleygrant/message

Bad news travels faster than ever. And bad stuff happens to everyone. Best make a plan to deal with those problems now. Jeff Caponigro wrote the book on crisis management and has some good ideas on how to prevent crisis, as well. [Watch the video version of this interview here.] Fellow author and speaker, Michael Angelo Caruso, talks with Jeff about what it was like to work on one the biggest public relations campaigns of all time. Jeff Caponigro, APR, PRSA is Executive Vice President-Corporate Communications and Chief Marketing Officer of Trion Solutions, Inc., in Troy, Michigan. and President and CEO of Caponigro Public Relations Inc., in Southfield, Michigan. Jeff is one of the country’s most respected public relations and marketing professionals, specializing in branding, reputation management, media relations, speaker and media training, executive coaching and crisis planning and crisis communications. More on Jeff: - Worked with approximately 1,000 corporations and non-profit organizations - In the PR-agency business for 30+ years - Inducted into the prestigious Public Relations Society of America’s College of Fellows - Inducted into the PRSA-Detroit Hall of Fame - Accredited in Public Relations - Served on the Universal Accreditation Board Jeff is the author of "The Crisis Counselor: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing a Business Crisis," named by "PR WEEK" magazine as one of the “10 best PR books ever written.”  The book is published in English, Chinese, Norwegian, Polish and Danish, and used in more than 100 colleges and universities worldwide. Caponigro was awarded PRSA’s highest national award, the Silver Anvil, for the public affairs program to encourage passage of safety-belt use laws in 48 states and increase national safety-belt use by 300 percent. That program was named by PR Week magazine as one of the “20 Greatest PR Campaigns Ever.” He also has received national recognition for his crisis-management work on the 1995 recall of seat belts, which, at the time, was the largest recall in the history of the automotive industry.  He established Caponigro Public Relations in 1995 and Caponigro Marketing Group in 2003. Jeff earned his B.A. degree from Central Michigan University, majoring in English and journalism, and participated in the month-long Wharton Business School Executive Development Program. He is a popular business speaker who has addressed groups in the United States, Europe and Asia, and is regularly quoted by the news media on topics such as branding, corporate reputation, strategic planning, communications and crisis management. He has appeared on more than 150 radio interview programs on various marketing and PR topics. [Watch the video version of this interview here.] Websites:  Jeff CaponigroMichael Angelo Caruso 

About James Hoggan With a career in public relations that spans over 30 years, James Hoggan has become highly sought-after by the media for his expert commentary, insight and advice. As a public speaker, his engaging lectures combine decades of PR knowledge, street smarts, spirituality and compassion. Jim has navigated executives and high profile clients through the glare of TV cameras, social media and front page investigations resulting in awards including the industry's prestigious Silver Anvil for the best crisis management campaign in North America as well as awards for ethics in public relations. In addition to crisis management, Jim develops long term communications strategies for Canadian and international clients and has become a globally renowned advocate for honesty, ethics and integrity in public discourse. Jim is the author of three books, Do the Right Thing: PR Tips for Skeptical Public (2009), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (2009) and his latest work, I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up (2nd Edition May 2019). Jim has a strong interest in public relations as a force for honest public conversation and founded the influential website DeSmogBlog, chosen as one of Time Magazine's Best Blogs in 2011. The extraordinary range of organizations that Jim has helped speaks volumes: from Shell Canada and Shell Global to the David Suzuki Foundation; from Ballard Power Systems and Canadian Pacific Railway to the Dalai Lama Center. Jim led the Province of British Columbia's Green Energy Task Force on Community Relations and First Nations Partnerships and works with clients such as the BC Law Society, BC Hydro, QLT Therapeutics, the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport among many others. About James Hoggan With a career in public relations that spans over 30 years, James Hoggan has become highly sought-after by the media for his expert commentary, insight and advice. As a public speaker, his engaging lectures combine decades of PR knowledge, street smarts, spirituality and compassion. Jim has navigated executives and high profile clients through the glare of TV cameras, social media and front page investigations resulting in awards including the industry's prestigious Silver Anvil for the best crisis management campaign in North America as well as awards for ethics in public relations. In addition to crisis management, Jim develops long term communications strategies for Canadian and international clients and has become a globally renowned advocate for honesty, ethics and integrity in public discourse. Jim is the author of three books, Do the Right Thing: PR Tips for Skeptical Public (2009), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (2009) and his latest work, I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up (2nd Edition May 2019). Jim has a strong interest in public relations as a force for honest public conversation and founded the influential website DeSmogBlog, chosen as one of Time Magazine's Best Blogs in 2011. The extraordinary range of organizations that Jim has helped speaks volumes: from Shell Canada and Shell Global to the David Suzuki Foundation; from Ballard Power Systems and Canadian Pacific Railway to the Dalai Lama Center. Jim led the Province of British Columbia's Green Energy Task Force on Community Relations and First Nations Partnerships and works with clients such as the BC Law Society, BC Hydro, QLT Therapeutics, the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport among many others. How to Connect with James? Website: https://www.imrightandyoureanidiot.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imrightandyoureanidiot/ I'm Right and You're an Idiot Book: https://amzn.to/2KOi5i7 ----more---- Get Connected with Dr. Vic Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrVicManzo Instagram: www.Instagram.com/DrVicManzo LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/DrManzo YouTube: Bit.Ly/38QULv91   Purchase a Copy of Dr. Vic's Book at a Discount http://bit.ly/37GY4UK   Hire Dr. Vic as Your Mentor/Coach http://bit.ly/2F7zUpU   Email DrVic@EmpowerYourReality.com

Episode 128: Crisis Me a RiverIn this day and age when it seems everyone is just waiting around to be offended by something YOUR company said or did, CRISIS public relations is pretty important. Joining me on the program is crisis PR expert David Oates. Oates helps organizations repair their brand's reputation in the press and online. David Oates can handle any Crisis PR situation and train others to do the same. As a U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer and a corporate PR professional, he dealt with a broad range of Crisis PR issues. These include mass layoffs, large-scale accidents, product recall, inappropriate acts by executives, and more. David and I will tag team who’s winning and losing this week and he’ll leave you with his best crisis PR tips and tricks on the next Silver Anvil award-winning episode of May the Best Brand Win only on Entertalk Media.

As one of (if not the only) female coppersmith in America (or the world), Sara Dahmen has had a varied career, from her first job producing commercials for CITGO, to building a Silver Anvil award winning event coordination company. After selling the wedding planning business she built over ten years, now Sara works as a metalsmith of vintage and modern cookware and manufactures pure metal kitchenware in tin, copper, and iron in her garage. Her debut novel, Widow 1881 {SillanPaceBrown 2018}, won the Laramie Award grand prize for Western Historical Fiction, Fiction Book of the Year from Author's Circle, featured as a Pulpwood Queen Book Club Book, and is in talks for media development. The historical research for her fiction inspired House Copper & Cookware. Sara's American-made cookware created with pure and/or organic materials has been featured in national and international publications, from Cooking Light to Food + Wine, Veranda and Root+Bone and and many more. HCC copper wares are built by Sara with some help from local, American, family owned and operated companies. She has published over 100 articles as a contributing editor for trade magazines, and recently spoke at TEDx Rapid City. She is the co-founder of the upcoming American Pure Metals Guild, and is courting interest from production companies for unscripted television. Sara is also an apprentice to a master tinsmith in Wisconsin, where she works with tools from the 1700 and 1800's to build vintage cookware or design custom work from scratch. She also is continually building her cookware line as well as her fiction series. When not writing or sewing authentic clothing for 1830's fur trade reenactments, she can be found managing her household (not very well), hosting themed dinner parties, reading the Economist and reference books, brainstorming with her husband, John, of 12 years, or playing with her three young children (William, aged 7; Hannah, aged 5; Jack, aged 3). She is also extremely active in her Port Washington, Wisconsin community, sitting on boards and volunteer positions throughout the city.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices (megaphone.fm/adchoices)

Public Relations expert Deb Radman discusses the power of harnessing the four horsemen of public relations: Leadership, Ethics, Intuition, and Courage. She explains why she would advise her younger self to shut up and listen, so she could really understand what’s being said. She contends that there is great power in taking time to think about something before you formulate an answer. We should then leverage the power of persuasion to engage, motivate, and activate.   Because of changes in the media landscape, PR now has “the opportunity to be the primary source of ideas for our companies and our clients as they seek new ways to communicate.” To do this, we have to venture way outside the box we’ve been in for so long, and have the guts and courage to do that.   Deb also is in favor of integration across the communication spectrum. She argues that public relations professionals have “to be strong enough to go to clients with recommendations that transcend specific disciplines; we cannot be afraid to recommend integrated campaigns that include advertising, digital, promotion, direct response, and public relations.” According to Deb, all of these disciplines are part of PR, because they are all part of trying to persuade an audience to do what you want them to do. In her words, “Paid, earned, shared, and owned media all have to work together.” If paid, earned, and owned are not consistent, they will not help people share our message, because it will be fragmented. With this in mind, she argues that social media now is the province of public relations, because it is part of what PR practitioners do in the earned media arena.   According to Deb, mentoring adds tremendous value by helping our people develop creativity and that “it’s no longer sufficient to be able to write; we must also be creative problem solvers.” She describes the PRSA College of Fellows‘ work with educators to create momentum for mentoring. She also urges junior PR practitioners to “Find teachers and mentors who will teach you what they know and what other people know.” While public relations people might be well-trained in communication techniques, they need to be even more capable of understanding what motivates people to engage. Deb stresses the importance of lifelong learning and the value in being exposed to marketers, innovators, researchers, and creatives in the advertising world and beyond. High points in her career have included winning the USO contract, when she won her first Silver Anvil award, presenting the James C. Bowling Executive-In-Residence Lecture at the University of Kentucky, and serving as project lead for the IBM centennial celebration, which included IBM’s Watson supercomputer competing on Jeopardy.

Clients may have unrealistic expectations when it comes to the amount of time required today for a product or service to gain traction. This session discusses the reasons and solutions. about Mike: Michael B. Perini is owner, perini & associates. Mike has worked in the public relations and marketing field for more than 30 years. He's an award winning writer and a Public Relations Society of America, Silver Anvil recipient. American Public University (APU) and American Military University (AMU) uses the firm’s PR and marketing materials in several of their marketing courses as examples of real world work. Perini holds an "ABC" accreditation from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). for more tips: WWW.PERINIASSOCIATES.COM OR ON FACEBOOK WE ALSO ARE ON TWITTER AND YOUTUBE

I am the parrot as I want to “squawk” in this post about what I think is becoming a lost art in today’s techno world with serious public relations implications. Yes, we have smart phones, radar guns, ATM machines, police scanners, electronic billboards and applications that allow one to program a TV from an iphone (yes, I have done that!) – all assisting with quick communications! But, as great as these devices are (Comment if you think otherwise) to our community, what is the long-standing impact on business community relations? ABOUT MIKE Michael B. Perini is owner, perini & associates. Mike has worked in the public relations and marketing field for more than 30 years. He's an award winning writer and a Public Relations Society of America, Silver Anvil recipient. American Public University (APU) and American Military University (AMU) uses the firm’s PR and marketing materials in several of their marketing courses as examples of real world work. Perini holds an "ABC" accreditation from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). FOR MORE TIPS YOU CAN CONTACT US AT WWW.PERINIASSOCIATES.COM OR ON FACEBOOK WE ALSO ARE ON TWITTER AND YOUTUBE UNTIL NEXT TIME…

Concluding our coverage of the 2009 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards, Brandy welcomes back the chair of the Silver Anvils Awards Committee, Jim Roop and the Chair of the PRSA Honors and Awards Committee, Joice Truban Curry. They're back to recount all of the happenings of this year's Silver Anvil Awards Ceremony.

Melanie Magara, the Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs at Northern Illinois University, discusses their Best of Silver Anvil crisis communications winning campaign regarding last year's tragic Northern Illinois University campus shooting.

PRSA Honor and Awards Committee Chair Joice Truban Curry Silver Anvil Award Chair Jim Roop join Brandy Shapiro-Babin to preview the 2009 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards. They discuss the prestige, history and significance of the awards, plus how any PR campaign can win, no matter the size of your budget.

WebmasterRadio.FM's Brandy Shapiro-Babin speaks with Jay Gooch, Procter and Gamble’s associate director of External Relations Deodorants and Personal Cleansing, about his company’s PRSA Silver Anvil submission, “TAG Experiences the ‘Clean Smell’ of Success with the Launch of TAG Records.” Also, listen in to learn about the Silver Anvil finalist “SuperTeacher Program” with Jill Vaughn, director of communication for the Virginia Lottery.

Hear from the Winners of the 2008 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards which included campaigns on education, disaster prevention and more.

Little Caesars director of communications Kathryn Oldham tells us the 2008 Best of PRSA Silver Anvil Winning Entry, the Little Caesar's Veteran's Program.

Brandy speaks to Avid Labs senior director Ilke Arici anbout the HIV Awareness PR Campaign nominated for a 2007 PRSA Silver Anvil Series Award.

Brandy talks with Yasmeen Coning, chief strategic media counsel for Edelman Public Relations, about the PRSA Silver Anvil Award nomination for Marketing – Consumer Technology Product Launch of the Year, due to their use of innovative social media strategies to launch and grow the Microsoft Zune product line.

Brandy talks with PRSA Silver Anvil Award finalists Emily Callahan and Dawn Kahle of Weber Chandwick on Events and Observances Category for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007 Campaign.

Joice Truban Curry, President and CEO of C3 Communications and Steve Littlejohn, Vice President of Public Affairs for Express Scripts preview the 2007 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards.

Cover Story begins its extended coverage of the 2007 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards and previews the event with guests Rhoda Weiss, APR, Fellow PRSA, is the 2007 chair and CEO of PRSA, Stacie Bright, senior communications marketing manager of Unilever and Larry Koffler, senior vice president, consumer brands for Edelman.

Bernadette Mansur, Senior Vice President for Communications as well as the Executive Director for the NHL Foundation, discusses her recognition as the Public Relations Professional of the year at the 2006 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards.

Stacie Bright, senior communications marketing manager of Unilever and Larry Koffler, senior vice president, consumer brands for Edelman discuss their 2006 Silver Anvil Award entry on their Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.

As Worldwide Public Relations Director for Kodaks Consumer Digital Imaging Group, Erin M. Foster is responsible for all global communication of the award-winning EasyShare consumer digital photography system that includes digital cameras and docks, home printing solutions, and Kodak Easy Share software and Kodak Gallery. Most recently, Erin has been instrumental in the Kodak brand transformation initiatives, managing programs such as the opening of the Kodak pop-up stores in New York and San Francisco and the company's innovation platforms at numerous trade shows and conferences around the world.

Learn about Alaska Communications Systems Group being honored with a 2006 PRSA Silver Anvil for outstanding IR programming for companies with sales up to $500 million.plus Marcus Thomas LLC partner Mark Bachmann and Lynn Eastop on their Silver Anvil entry.

Joice Truban Curry of c3 Communications explains the Silver Anvil Series finalist entry for the National PRSA Award of Excellence for their campaign with San Diego amusement park, Belmont Park, home to the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster.

Lubetkin's Other Blog Podcast #6: Live soundscape report from the Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil Awards Evening, held in New York City June 9, 2005. Interviews with participants and sounds of the awards ceremony, introduced by Steve Lubetkin.