I love silent auctions. Bidding on donated items is fun, especially if you’re the winner. At the event, charities or organizations raise funds and awareness. And, donating items to be displayed online or at an event is good publicity. Everybody wins: the organization raises funds, your business gets promoted and […]
Non-Profit PR
Looking for a workshop on how to hone your digital PR and social media skills? I’m teaching one on October 27. Here’s the event description. Register for DIY Digital PR Social Media Workshop. “Ingredient X: Top Secret Digital Fuel for Powerful Business Results” Learn how to propel your reach directly […]
Leave it to Chris Brogan to write what I’ve been thinking about. In his post, Grow Bigger Ears in 10 Minutes, Chris walks you through a process for listening to conversations online. You need to do this. It takes a surprisingly short amount of time to tune into online conversations […]
It sounds strange, but sometimes I forget that I’m a photographer. A photographer who is published, sells images and truly loves making pictures. Giving strategic marketing advice, crafting news releases and coaching clients is different than being the one capturing images, but it’s how I usually position myself […]
Today is Blog Action Day. Almost 9,600 bloggers with over 10 million readers will take over the Internet to talk about one topic: poverty. Blog Action Day 2007’s topic? The environment – last year I wrote about why you need environmental PR. Blog Action Day 2008’s site lists […]
Today is Blog Action Day. Almost 9,600 bloggers with over 10 million readers will take over the Internet to talk about one topic: poverty. Blog Action Day 2007’s topic? The environment – last year I wrote about why you need environmental PR. Blog Action Day 2008’s site lists […]
A reader writes . . . I’ve been volunteering with The Peace School for the last couple of years to help promote their annual Peace Day celebration. This year’s free event, open to the public, will take place on Friday, September 19th, at noon, Daley Plaza. The event has been […]
Notes from Community Media Workshop’s 2008 Making Media Connections conference panel: Youth Media’s New Storytellers. Read about how youth and video cameras are changing the world. This post is one in a series of four; browse the Making Media Connections 2008 category. Were you at the conference? Let us know […]
One of my clients asks me to do lots of research, but some of it is simple: I look into our creative archives and that’s where I find most of it. Sometimes, I have to go a bit further, but not far. That’s where I found myself today. Searching for […]