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How I Started Standing: Mihaela Grad
By: Mihaela Grad
07/11/2011 - Corporate culture has become a key defining characteristic that helps companies stand out in today's business environment. This goes beyond first-impression descriptions of companies as either stodgy and hierarchical or laidback and creative. Corporate culture is crucial in helping companies handle change, confront ethical dilemmas…
How I Started Standing: Jessica Hartman
By: Jessica Hartman
12/15/2010 - My experience with Standing Partnership goes way back. Well, okay, maybe not that far back, but I do remember when Cathy Dunkin spoke to my public relations class at the Missouri School of Journalism my junior year of college. Since then, I kept my…
How I Started Standing: Dana Purkey
By: Dana Purkey
09/28/2010 - In the summer of 2004, I landed my first interview as a newly minted college graduate. Ironically, that place happened to be Standing Partnership. I remember the overwhelming feeling of nerves that enveloped me as I walked into Starbucks that morning. It was my first…
How I Started Standing: Jessi Goodhart
By: Jessi Goodhart
09/01/2010 - If you had asked me three months ago what I would be doing today, writing a "How I Started Standing" blog post would not have come to mind. I would have been fresh off planning my first charity golf tournament and knee-deep organizing one of…
How I Started Standing: Linda Maniscalco's Story
By: Linda Maniscalco
08/18/2010 - My first encounter with Standing Partnership was approximately 17 years ago. At the time, I was working for another company and Standing Partnership was renting office space from us. One of my responsibilities was to answer the phones for Standing. While Cathy only had a…
How I Started Standing: Maya Lunnemann
By: Maya Lunnemann
01/28/2008 - It's easy to fall into a rut – that's where I was last year. While I enjoyed my job and adored my co-workers, I knew that it was time for a change. I needed new challenges and wanted to soak up as much information as…
How I Started Standing: Part Four
By: Mistie Thompson
01/02/2008 - "PR? Sounds great! Uh...what exactly is PR again?" Thus began my foray into the world of public relations. I'm the "nontraditional" communications professional around Standing. Fortunately, I work with a wonderful group of people, and I've been here almost nine years, so the snickers and…
How I Started Standing: Part Three
By: Maria Donaldson
12/13/2007 - I fell into PR by accident. In college, I was drawn to Student Activities Board, Student Government and Greek Life – any opportunity to plan events, lead projects, be creative, research and write. Even though I wasn't majoring in communications I was inadvertently studying it.…
How I Started Standing: Christi Dixon
By: Christi Dixon
12/12/2007 - This is my story of how I met and re-met Standing Partnership. In the mid-1990s I began my public relations career with an internship and entry-level position at an integrated agency in Clayton, Mo. In fact, while I was there, we shared some office…
How I Started Standing: Part One
By: Marijean Jaggers
12/06/2007 - It was the summer of 2005 and I was working as the director of marketing for a small consulting firm. In addition, I was authoring Shop Talk, a blog about shopping for STLToday. It became clear that there was change underfoot at my firm and…
