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Kickstart Your Business

Posted At: March 18, 2013 1:44 P.M. by Claudia Calhoun Answer this question: how are ideas for new inventions birthed? Simple – by coming up with solutions for the everyday problems of common people. What is not simple, however, is how these ideas transform from concepts

Colliding Ideas Create the Perfect “Storm”

Colliding Ideas Create the Perfect “Storm”

Posted At: March 15, 2013 9:30 P.M. by Kaitlyn Honnold Sometimes it takes 15 pairs of kneepads to get professionals brainstorming creatively. “Target wanted to make its kids department more interesting for kids,” said Glenn Karwoski, senior vice president of the Karwoski & Courage PR firm

Sequestration Strategies for Nonprofits

Sequestration Strategies for Nonprofits

Posted At: March 14, 2013 6:02 P.M. by Grayson Martin With the U.S. government unable to reach a bipartisan agreement to avoid the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, defense and domestic-related programs will see $1.2 trillion in cuts spread out over a nine-year period.

Ending Modern-Day Slavery

Posted At: March 14, 2013 11:40 A.M. by Claudia Calhoun Corporate responsibility and cause-related marketing are hot topics circulating throughout the business world today. As Americans, we are more aware of the world around us and how our businesses, products and purchasing habits are affecting others.

NASCAR Wreck Drives Home Need for Spectator Safety

Posted At: March 12, 2013 9:00 A.M. by Jessica Ruffin Millions of Americans sat horrified in front of their televisions as one of the tires and the flaming engine from Kyle Larson’s racecar went soaring into the stands at the Daytona 500 race on February 23,

UN-“Belieber”-ABLE

Posted At: March 11, 2013 2:05 P.M. by Katie Sanders When you think about public relations, you should immediately think of relationships. Even someone uninvolved in the industry knows that PR deals with the media, consumers, employees or other important publics. Building and maintaining relationships

Searching for Solutions: SEO

Posted At: March 8, 2013 12:00 P.M. by Caroline Murray Search engine optimization is a popular concept in communications today. The phrase is seen in every publication and blog and it is a part of every single Google search. What does SEO really mean though?

Taking Out the Gatekeeper

Posted At: March 7, 2013 1:24 P.M. by Martina Kaiwi It is no secret: media kits are an essential tool used to promote an organization to the news media. However, financial expert Dave Ramsey cuts out the middleman and sends his “bundles” directly to his audience.

A Toast to Triumph

Posted At: March 6, 2013 4:00 P.M. by Gillian Richard and Haley Clemons “Eighty-five percent of all restaurants fail within the first five years, and 50 percent fail within the first year,” said Kim Boyle, assistant professor of restaurant, hotel and meetings management at The

Lights, Camera, PR?

Posted At: March 6, 2013 2:35 P.M. by Jessica Ruffin I’ll never forget the day that I was sitting behind a desk in Los Angeles and calmly said into the phone, “Hello, may I please speak with the representative for Charlie Sheen?” I was put

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