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Is vacation time important to doing well at work?
By: Tammy Stankey
07/30/2008 - As I was driving to work listening to KWMU I heard a statistic on American Public Radio's Marketplace Morning Report that surprised me: According to a poll taken in April by the Conference Board, fewer than 40 percent of Americans planned a summer vacation this…
KickStands to Bring Home the Gold!
By: Jadea Abolahrari
07/24/2008 - If you're like me, you're anxiously awaiting and counting down the days until the Olympic games begin. In preparation for 8/8/08, several members of the Standing team will be entering a little competition of our own. No, we won't be traveling to Beijing, but rather…
The Value of Client Satisfaction
By: Julie Steininger
07/23/2008 - This spring, I was given the opportunity to serve as a judge for the Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil Awards. We call these the "Oscars of our industry," and I'm pleased to say that Standing Partnership has earned two Silver Anvils: one for…
BlueCasting: Proximity Marketing. Really!
By: Ryan Saale
07/22/2008 - A rather benign conversation last week with a friend in Argentina quickly turned into a heated discussion when she began explaining her newly chosen profession as a "BlueCaster." Not familiar? Don't feel bad, neither was I. She explained BlueCasting as a proximity marketing technology that…
Standing up for St. Louis' Next Generation of Writers
By: Gretchen Schiltz
07/10/2008 - I recently attended KidSmart's 2008 Push for Pencils campaign kickoff (which earned me a “Walking the Halls” award; thank you, Justin). KidSmart is a local nonprofit that supplies 40,000 St. Louis-area children with basic school supplies that they could not afford otherwise. To jump-start the…
Working at Home for Standing Partnership
By: Marijean Jaggers
07/09/2008 - I was recently honored as the C'ville Weekly Abode feature subject for Erika Howsare's A Room of One's Own article. As Standing Partnership's only full-time home office employee (I manage the Charlottesville presence of the reputation management firm), I have had to place a certain…
“Good Afternoon, Standing Partnership (a great place to work)”
By: Amber Morris
06/20/2008 - We started this Friday afternoon in a slight panic, Chrissy and I. It is our turn to answer the Standing Partnership phones after most of the office left at noon for Summer Fridays. It's a complicated system and as the first point of contact for…
Summer Fridays
By: Marijean Jaggers
06/13/2008 - Standing Partnership has taken a cue from several of our clients and instituted "summer Fridays." We've previously offered the option to cut out at noon one Friday a month, provided staff had logged all weekly time before lunchtime. This summer, however, EVERY Friday is a…
Nintendo = Doing Good
By: Susan Iskiwitch
06/03/2008 - St. Louis blogger Dana Loesch (aka Mamalogues) was contacted by Nintendo to host a party for friends introducing them to the Wii and the Wii Fit. Dana wrote, “I got to invite eight close friends to my house and Nintendo would bring the food, drinks,…
Wear Lipstick in the Home Office and Other Tips for Work-at-Home Success
By: Marijean Jaggers
05/20/2008 - Yesterday, I was interviewed by a reporter from a Charlottesville publication about my home office. When asked about my "routine" for working at home, I launched into my spiel of all I've learned since I began working in a home office two and a half…
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