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We are pleased to introduce the workinpr.com monthly newsletter. In each issue, we hope to offer you valuable information and articles about the PR industry, careers and people on the move.
Communications and PR Strategies in a Slowing Tech Economy
Despite the economic slowdown and dot-com layoffs, many tech companies are remaining in business, doing their best within a tight labor market. Because they have been reluctant to cut highly sought technical personnel, their public relations and marketing departments are often the first to be downsized, often to the point of counter-productivity.
PG&E: A Case Study in Online Crisis Management
An energy crisis in California resulting in rolling power blackouts. One of the largest corporations in the U.S. filing for bankruptcy protection. The political crisis surrounding deregulation of the California electricity industry. One of these crises would be daunting enough, but can you image having to manage them all?
Workinpr.com Forms Partnership with Local PRSA Chapter
Workinpr.com is pleased to announce our partnership with the Puget Sound PRSA chapter. Under the partnership, Puget Sound PRSA chapter members receive significant discounts on workinpr.com services. To learn more about the partnership, or to get your local PRSA chapter involved, contact Allison May, Workinpr.com, at 206.956.3933, or Megan Behrbaum, PRSA, at 206.318.7310.
People on the Move
Melissa Schumer was named SVP of GCI Los Angeles…Mike Shellenberger now heads up the new San Francisco office of Fenton Communications…Press Secretary to George W. Bush when he was govenor of Texas, Linda Edwards, has recently joined Shelton & Caulde, a Houston-based public affairs firm…Tony Greene, with Sterling Hager since 1992, now heads and manages their new Washington D.C. office…Maureen Blanc, the co-founder of Blanc & Otus which was aquired by Hill & Knowlton in 1999, is now the Acting Director of Hill & Knowlton's Worldwide Technology Practice... Terry Rooney, previously with Morgen-Walke Associates, joins M&R Capital Management as Director of Marketing and Communications…