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Insights from NPR
By: Melissa Lackey
03/17/2009 - Welcome Tim Eby! Watch out St. Louis...our local national public radio station has some exciting things in store, not the least of which is the potential move to Grand Center in 2011. Thanks to the monthly Focus St. Louis Breakfast Club, we had an opportunity…
Blog of the Week on CBS-19 Tonight!
By: Marijean Jaggers
03/17/2009 - Don't miss my weekly gig tonight on WCAV CBS-19 in Charlottesville or streaming live online at http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/ on the 6:30pm newscast (Eastern time for my Central time readers). Tonight we're featuring another Charlottesville blogger with a big presence online and in print. Tune in and find…
Twitter and Tourism: Communicating a Value Proposition
By: Amber Morris
03/16/2009 - My friend Keith is the public relations director at Gaylord Palms, a resort and convention center in Orlando. The resort prides itself on its world-class customer service and Keith recently used Twitter to not only deliver on this critical tourism industry value proposition, but to…
Media Relations for the Media: “Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish ‘09”
By: Patrick Lunsford
03/13/2009 - This past Thursday night, Jim Cramer, of CNBC's Mad Money fame, sat down for an interview with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. The event, satirically called the "week-long feud of the century," started after Cramer took personal offense to The Daily Show's recent lambasting of…
Facebook is the Suburbs; MySpace is the Ghetto
By: Marijean Jaggers
03/13/2009 - My friend Josh Hallett once (or maybe more often) said that "Facebook is the suburbs; MySpace is the ghetto." It's a funny phrase, and when I've repeated it in social media or social networking workshops, sometimes I get A LOOK. You know, the one that…
Journalists are Evolving, Ready or Not
By: Christi Dixon
03/11/2009 - I had a great conversation with a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning. It was enlightening. And informative. And depressing. This particular guy has a deep background in a particular area. He's been yanked off that beat to cover timely economic issues (depressing)…
A Star is Born
By: Mistie Thompson
03/10/2009 - Yes, Standing Partnership employs not only reputation management experts, but now also TV stars. Our very own Marijean Jaggers will be making her television debut Tuesday, March 10 on WCAV's CBS 19 6 p.m. newscast in Charlottesville, VA - and it's not just a one-time appearance. No siree,…
Good Is Actually Good
By: Mistie Thompson
03/09/2009 - Call me dumb, or delusional, or desperately in need of a long tropical vacation (guilty as charged), but in an effort to find a bright spot in the chaos that seems to be surrounding us these days, I believe I've identified one: we now must live…
Getting Laid Off? Searching for a Job? Get Going with LinkedIn
By: Marijean Jaggers
03/09/2009 - At this point, it's becoming an epidemic. Everyone knows someone facing the reality of corporate downsizing. We groaned, collectively, when someone shared at a Standing Partnership team meeting, the new buzz-term "reducing liveware" -- a more disgusting spin on laying people off, I've never heard.…
Have You Planned for a Crisis Lately, Part II
By: Kristin Gumper
03/06/2009 - As a follow-up to Loren's crisis communications post, one of the biggest strengths a business can have is knowing when to call in the pros. Before a crisis strikes, outside experts can provide valuable insight for finding the holes in a crisis plan, creating an…
