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Simple Holiday “De-Stressors”
By: Cathy Dunkin
12/22/2008 - It's no secret - I LOVE the traditions of Christmas! It's natural: I grew up singing carols around the piano with my family; power shopping for the perfect gifts for friends, family and even pets; and crying at all of the great holiday movies from…
Corporate Blogging 101: Bagels and Blogging
By: Amber Morris
12/10/2008 - I'm at the office eating a bagel. Today's bagel is a carrot really ... a carrot to incent a behavior. I'm blogging about it because I think it addresses a challenge many people face with blogs and other social media vehicles ... the time commitment they require. You…
Giving back to your community… through training
By: Christi Dixon
11/12/2008 - When we talk about giving back to our community, we’re often speaking of time, expertise or dollars. Standing Partnership has a long history of giving back. What I’ve been learning over the past several weeks is the importance of training and professional development in determining…
Newspapers debate their own ethical dilemmas
By: Maya Lunnemann
10/24/2008 - Steve Parker, deputy managing editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is following in the footsteps of the Knoxville News Sentinel and asking his readers to debate about the ethics of newspapers endorsing a presidential candidate. The News Sentinel raises the following points: Arguments in favor…
Happy Anniversary, Standing Partnership
By: Kristin Gumper
10/17/2008 - This week marks something special at Standing Partnership. Today, the 25 of us will leave our desktops for a few hours to celebrate our 17th anniversary as a company. Where you ask? Mount Pleasant Winery, of course, where we'll toast our accomplishments throughout our history,…
It's October 1, do you know where your holiday card is?
By: Tammy Stankey
10/01/2008 - It's that time of year again, and no, I don't mean "Black Friday" (a reference to the major stock market crashes that tend to occur in October), but something less sinister - time to start work on the holiday greeting card. At Standing, we rotate…
Finding Our Fun Again
By: Mistie Thompson
09/24/2008 - There's grumbling around the halls of Standing Partnership these days. Yes, I know I may be blowing our image as an utopian work paradise where happy Standing elves whistle while we work all day long. (OK, so we do whistle. Mostly Metallica.) And we're…
We Can Do It! A Standing Partnership Motto.
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/23/2008 - When Cathy Dunkin and her sister started Standing Partnership 17 years ago, a small sign hung on their office wall. It was a vintage sign from the War Production C0-ordinating Committee featuring Rosie the Riveter and proclaiming, "We Can Do It!" Cathy told me about…
STANDING for Our Communities: We Give Back
By: Cathy Dunkin
09/02/2008 - Just one part of what's special about our team at Standing Partnership is every person's excitement about giving back to our communities. The commitment began with the firm's founding in 1991, but I admit I was blown away recently when a team member pointed out…
I Know We're Going Global, but This is a Bit Much
By: Christi Dixon
08/13/2008 - I've been catching up on my industry reading (thanks to del.ici.ous and my ever-informed colleagues) and came across this piece in Business Week. Legitimate and respected news sources are now doing their editing, layout and yes, even LOCAL NEWS reporting from Mumbai. In the spirit…
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